• N&vv Gov&NA NT. 459 ~--------~--------------------- nant is never nullified, untill thou haft chofen to thy felfe another Husband, till thou hafi ta. ken to thy felfe another ~ord. In a marriage, ,theremaybemany failings ofa Wife towards her Husband, inany neglects, many difobedi: ences, many fits ofpaffion, many offences fhee may givehim,buttill·flJecommit adultery d1e bond c"6tinues fure.,rhereis no divorce between them ;-the:Covenant-ofGod frill remaines be– rweeneth~m, thereisnodilfolution ofthe Co.~ venant:Beloved, fo it is'here, ·thou commit– tell: many tranfgreffions, thou offendeA: God oft, thou fail ell: much in the fer vice thou owdl: him, but tillthou fhaltcom-mit fpirituall adul– tery, till thou'leave him, as it were, and {halt . felect ana choofe thy felfe another "Mafier, another Lord, another 'Husband, the Cove– nant remaines fure betweene you, thereis no di!folution of the ··covenant. Beloved, this is a point e-xceedi~gfullofcomfort:·thou mull: not·thinke, that '·upon every ·finne the ·cove· nant is otierthrowne betweene God and thee : 110, the Covenant remaines fure, the bond is notuntyeda.s yet, though thoufaile exceeding much, though thou fall into many aduall re– bellions againfl: him, yet the Covenant is not .di!folved. But youwill fay to me,lfthis be to brea'kethc Covenant, r·ochoofeanotherHusband, I hope the~eisnoneofus that are breakers of the Co– venant then, we have not chofen another God, we are,willing enough to ferue t:heLord• . , K k4 Beloved, Note. Simile.. ,,· , I t' ,,
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