,Opened and ,Appli~d. .I 115 cfinf"'· Is thu a g~od Argu·m::nr for a W?man_? ~[<~. 54· 6, 7.> l). . It i; not the rime of b:tng ever wnh the Lord m hts ume of woomg ; {ohn 16. 20. I will dep11rt1 and JOU JhaU mourn, the world will pot, and Jour he.trt Jhall rej oyce. , · 1 Objett. 2. Becau(e mJ heart goes fo foon,fo oft a whoring fom him. Anfw.h. may b~ char you are f~rely te~p:ed,and thy hea:c _may begin. ro be raken,&c.but yet tf y~u cannot yteld to he m your fal ls, thts Is !lOt an evtdence of a br~ach of the match. Pfal. 73 .he w~s almo!l gone,yet the Lord recovers him, and fairh he, the Lord is with me; therefore as It was with Chri!t , it was not poffible that the bonds of death lhould hold him; fo here lhall it be with the poor doubting believer~ . Objed. 3· Bec.•ufe m7 heart cannot love hms. An[w.Why do you then ligh under captivity and bondage of your love?you cannot love him, other chinas do keep you under ; oh but can !he fay lhe loves not her husband,char cloth lighin b01\dage robe with h'm!Conlider how ids atChrills ahfenring himfelf from thee (as tho~ chinkell )lt any rime; for cheri Jove is feen, efpemlly at ·the time of parung. Object. 4· Bec(lufe he is f• unk.inde to me , h: hears not lill my 'lpra;ers. . • . . . . h "" d . h h.. .Anfw. Th1s IS a great ObJeCtion; tf C nn woul gn'e t em all t !It portion together which he promifeth them freely in his time, then they rhink he is kind, not elfe. Firll, Though he cloth not hear all prayers at once, yet he harh given thee that which is betterthan all prayers; ( v'"'· ) himfelf, and a pled"e of all the I S1111. I · 8. reil, and rhis is better than ten fons. 0 Secondly, It would do you hurt; oh therefore rejoyce in this day, whatever thy condition be now: Give fome women. ~~eir will, and y~u give them your Jives, and lolfeof all; fo here, and th~refore faith Chri(t, I will he" Lo,rd i11 mJ houfe. " I s-ECT. IV. OF Exhortntion: To rhofe that are out of Chri!l, or do not how that they be in ~~rill, to lab)ur to get your fouls ~fpoufed, and macch't to 1 the Lord Jefus; lt IS a laudable cu!lome •grounded on Scripture, that b~fore marriage rhere is rhe time of efpoufals or concraCl: ; and fuch may know though there be abfence for a time, yet that when he faith he will return to marriage, 1 hew!ll~omeasahusband; though others in eh~ ~amily cannot look for any fuch thmg; fo here the great work of rhe Mmtllery· is to efpoufe people to Chrill; now thatthey may be prefenred challe Virgins unto the Lord Jefus, z Cor. 11. 2. you may lookthenth~t he [hall come ao a Bridtgroom to comfort ;·ou; others cannot look for any fuch prefence of Chri!l, ro them chat ,are not .efpoufed to him now; -- Now Chril! is gone up to his Kingdom, 1 bur let bafc: du!l,and vile map hearken,the rime is coming,that he lhall come in glory eo the amazemenr of the World; before whom all the wicked /hall mete, 1 but the Saints lhalllive in glory, caught up in th~ clouds of heaven; Chrilt in1 finitely rejoycing in t~. em, and they in Cli'rill:,Would you have him come th~s to you, or as arevengmg Judge , and. cohfummg fue for yo_ur contempt? tf {o, then gee your fouls efpoufed to him now. . I P pp i s· E c T. Vfe 5·
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