Obie[f , <> I ,, 7"heChurchesMt~rriage. 1with Chrifr, -now you ~re delivered fro~ ban~ dage and fet at liberty. · I, but you will fay, it is apleafant thing for a man to doe what hewill j liberty is a fweet thing, and to part with this-,, and now t9 live under a husband, it isahard cafe. . F.orrhis my beloved I befeech you confider, , that it is tme, for a ,man to live as he will, if his will bee ·right, it is :a great ',benefit; but for a Franticke man to doe what bee will, for a man .whofe will is fet upon things hurtful! to himfelfe, for fuch a man to have his will, it were li>etter he were re frra.ined: and this is the cafe ofevery rrian till hee be matched with the Lord Jefits : there~ fore that you may knowwhatthisliberty is, wee will put you but this cafe; you muft know that . every man is marryed to one·of thefe two hus– bands , either hee is fubje& to the law of rigb.. teoufnelfe, or to the law of ftnne; either bee is in bondage to the flelb or to the fpirit, either he is fi.tbjeCl: to Chrift, or elfe bee is fubje& to Satan. Now confider which ofthefe two thou wouldefi choofe, whether to be fubjed: to the law offtnne, or to Chrift: and that you may know which to ehoqfe, I will eJCprelfe it to you by-this; It is as when a ficke man lyes betweene the Phyfician and the difeafe, bee mull: needs be fub}eQ: to one of them : the difeafe counfells him to doe one thing , the Phyfician another : now: confider which ofthefe two thou \Vouldeft obey. You will fay, I would doe what I Iill:, I would doe as my dife.afe fuggefis to me , and would ' have
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