'The [hurches Marriage. 1~ .pardon, arid that the Lord will match wit·h them 7 yet they arewilling toliveas they did, they are not willing to come under his fubjeCl:ion to live by his Lawes. Now befi4es confider , wha·t is the caufe of this, what keepes men off from -this.' Firft, you fball find one great generall caufe-is IncQnjidertttion : this is the fault of young_men :» that have a thoufand vanities in their heads, and neven think-.ofmatchingwith Chr ift, and oftheir fpirituall ell:ate : And not of them onely, but of others cooJ who as they ak: held off by pleafures, fo .others by bufinelfe, as appeares inthofe in- ·-vited to the marriage: onewent about his mcr– .chandize, another t0 his oxen, and'nev.(;!rconftde– red,they never tooke to heart this their inviting to the marriage: confider that in Dtut 3 2. 27.When Mo[eshad made an exhortation, that they fhould not receive the firange Gods of the people, but -come into covenant and _ bee marryed to him (for that is the fcope ofthe Chapter)threatning vvith · all, thatwhen they ibould provoke him to jealoit.. fy, he would provoke them ; faith bee, o/.1 that yo1e werewife to conjideryour latter end,as if he fhould fay; this is the caufe that you come not in, and keepe ,notclofe to theLord,oh thatyouwere wife to eo{Jderj for it is a mans wifedome to confider this, for a wife man fiands as one upon the top of an M6h hill -or a rGcke, and fo he lookes round about him, -and fee-s all events before they come, whereas a foole is eaken unawares by death, bee is arreilcd , and judgement-comes upon him on the fuddaine . Dd3 as ·
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