Andm,J Be/o'7Jedismine. 4~1 ) vine jufiice, he did it with a purpofe tomarry us SE R .XIX J to himfelfe, we have nothing to bring him but debt and mifery, yet he tooke upon him oor , nature to difcharge all, that he might marry us, and take us to himfelfe, fo weare his byMarriage. ' Thenagaine,we are hisby Confent_, we have R c }e paffed our felves over unto him, he bath given ~ on enr. himfelfe to us, and we have given our felves to him backe againe. To come~o fome U fe of it, ifwe be Chrifl:s as Chrift is ours. Firft it is apoint of wondrous comfort, God ,}'fl~r. '11 c. ffi h' · b · fc h Co11J ulatton aWl not 1U er 1s owne to want, e JS wo.r et .en gamJl wantr an Infidell that willfuffer his Fa~ily to peritb; · · when we are once of Chrith Family1 and not only ofhis Family, but ofhis body, his Spc:lufe, can we thinke he will fuffer us to wane that which is needfull ~ Then againe, as it camforts us againtl: wanr, f0 it likewife fenceth us againft all the accufati– ons of Satan, I am ChrHl:s, I am Chrifts, if he have any thing tofay, loe we may bid him goe , to Chrifi:Ifthe Creditor comes to the wife, fbe is not lyable to pay her owne debts, but faith, goe to my husband : fo in all tc;mptations learne hence, to fend Satan whether bee lhould be fent, when we cannot anfwer him, fend him to Chrift.. '2. Againft aUSt~. tanr accuf"· tionr. Andforthetimeto come, whatagroundof Forth~~ilnero comfort is this, that weare Chrifl:s as well ashe come. is ours ; what a plea doth this put into o~r mouths for all things that are beneficiall to us, Lord
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