2~ 'l'he Churches Marriage. \ ference that was between their co.nd~rions in the events upon both; Saul and Dav1d 1f you looke on them in their difire{fe, David had a covert to goe rowhen hewas in dillreife ,JfoJ' I fpeake not now ofthe debt of finne ~ but ofall calamities in which you fhall have a husband to be a refuge for you,) I fay, David when bee was in dift:reffe ·upon any occafion, when his Citty-was burned and his wifes taken, bee had a covert to fly to l but when SAul was in dHtrdfe , bee had none, · he went to the Lord, but he had no anfwer•. I fay, it is a great matter to confider this , that we have ~covert, that when the Lor~ iliall rainedowne fire and brimfione upon us, when there is no rock to ilielter us, now for J efus Chriftto be a covert to us. We know the Egyptians when they were in that deadly fiorme ofhayle, the Ifraelites were . in thei.r houfes under covert, and Iook't out , and faw the danger they were in, and.they th~n knew the benefit what it was[(} be under {helrer: fuch is the cond ttjon ofall thofe tha·t are in Chrill:. · Bdides- .this immupity , confider all thofe . great pr iviledges that doe come by him , for this ts not all; but when you have matched with him, hewill make you rich, bee will make you heires ofall things,ali th~ precious promifes belong to you., which it may be you reckon a fmall matter; but the promifes of G'ld·are moft: precious·, and _ vvill make one rich, as you know a man tbat bath nothing but bills and bonds ,and evidences, may . be very ricb, though he have not a penny by hfin; [o to have all the pmmifes belong to !l~: now· as • foone
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