'The Churches Marriage. gerous thing. Who knowes whether ever thou J £halt bee invited more? as ypu fee wh~n they refu– fed, the Lord did not fend the fecond time, but pronounced this peremptory conclufion, and fen- - tfnce upon them, Not aman that was invited fbould C01fJC,. Anobjedion may be made, which I will anfwer and fo proceed,which is concerning the!e motives I have given~and that is)whether we may.ufefach to our hearts, to move us tb take Chrifl:, as to confider the privi1edges and liberty we fhail have with -him, for will fomefay, w.~e are bound to match withCbrift meerly out of love to.his perfon: bow iliall thefe be ufed as motives then ? · Thefe motives ferve notwithftanding to two ends. · Firft they are a good introdu6tion to leadus to · the match: for when we make a tender of Chrifl:, men will not harken to us; as many a woman will not heare of fuch .a fuitor; but when tbe is told, that he harh fuch an eftate, that he will bTing-her to fuch an houfe, thus and thus furn!fhed, that {he fuall have thefe and thefe commodities by him, it may he that will winne her thus farre as now to fee him, tbee is content now that he fhould come, and be a fuitor, fhe is content to confer with him; So I fay, this is that that brings every man fidl: ·to looke afte.r Chriil: Jefus, to admit him as it were~ to be content to fee his perfon, to give him leave . to conferre with them ; therefore that is 0\1e ufe · . to be made of them. The fecond ufe of fitch motives is, when a man 31 Obietf. . .Anfw. I Cc 3 bath ---------~------...:_:_:_ ____ ,
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