CJ"he [hurches Marriage. · For firft ycu feel t.bat for fixtecn hundredy~eres wcln igh, the wrath of God bath laynon them ; take the times of the Lords wrath formerly upon th'l,.tnation,it may be forfevency ye~res br for for.... ty yeeres, as in the time ofthe Judges, and in the captivity of BabyIon~ what wa.s that. to . this wrath? SecondIy, .in thofedmes~ thbugh they were in captivity, and ~ere hardly ufed, yet the nation was frill kept together, and reftored againe ;.now they are fcattered to all nations of the earth, fo that this very finne of the I ewes in refufing Iefus Chrifi,youfee;how the Lord was .offended with it, as the Apoftle expreffeth it, ·theivra.tb .efi GodJ J c~me upon them to the utmojt: rnarke it, for·itis yotir owne cafe, tha-t when we preach the Gofpell, and offer Chri ft,we are the friends ofthe bridegroom: our buiin~lfe. is, to .pre(ent you as a pure Virgin to Chrifi, .an.d whenyouwillnotheare but refufe, when webefeech you to be.reconciled, you coni– mitthe fame fin that . thele.wes did, wP:en they. would riot receive Chrill:: this is the cafe of e.. very man thatrefufeth,. you knQw thofe.thatwe.re · bid to the wedding ;the text faith, thc .King ·waJ ex.. ceeding angry, and pronounced this , that not one that was bid iliould tafie ofthe Supper: rhus for ~l man. t-o refufe, we know not what God will doe -ro that man: we cannot difiioguilh of the time: {ec;ret times belong, to him: but for a man to re- . 'fufe at any-time, when bee -is 'invired to come to ChriH Iefus, either by the preachingpfthe word, , j·or by the fccret niotions ,of the fp,irit, it is a,dan:!. . . . _ &erous ..
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