-~ - ~- .'. ; : ,\ this, tba~ ·till a 'man be matched toJ~fus Chrilr, the Law of God ,_the moral! Law that is written ' in every.mans confcienae., it rules 'there ltke a . h'ard husband , a fcvere cmcll husband, that fe.ts a~hard taske to doe, and gives no {hengthat all ' to doe it, _and thereio~e it brings forth dea~h: for • 1 when the Law co~mands a man to··doe a thing, · 1 he bath no ability to performe it: and withall it dothftgnifi' unto -him, that if bee doe not per– forme.it ,.he.lhal:l be curfed; this is tobe fubjeet ; · · to the Law.: aqd foa man lives in bondageall · 1 his time; Jo -that whofoever is not marryed to · Chrifi, he isall the while ft-lbjeCl:..to an c:vill con– fCience, to the I:aw tb!}t.fuggefis whathe.fuould -· 1 doe, with threa.tning-him -if not; and when _con•. .fcience tells him~- that he bath not performed ir, . it is a continuall vexation, aburthen and a griefe tohim :but now w~enhe is marryed to Chrift,– thenhe fcrves in ner1nejle of fFirit~· not>in the oldnejje ofrhe let-ter, as it followes th,ere,that is, heecloth every thing freely, hre-doth it out ofcboice, he · doth that ,which his owne fpirit carries him to; · .lookwbat commandement'liebath, hehatb fome . 1ab i1 ity to porforrne ir. · · Againe; he fervrsa kind husband, that takes · every thing in good part, that will not pay him· with· death, as nis firfi husbandd_oth ~ Ifayconft- . .der this, and let it be thc.feeondmotive. · The thi-rd thing I wil concludewid.1,is,the dan·'· gcr ofrefuGnghim,wherein I tltbugbt to have bin large, but Icanbuttouchit.l .fay confider this, thati£ thbu refufc, itis-the greateft ftp that thou . canfr' ----.c------- ---~-
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