4.6 My Sifler,my Spouje. { ---~ ----::-:--::-:----:------'---"------~ \ S BRM. Il. out ofhis fide( when it was pierced) the Church rofeoutofhisbloud and death;for he redeemed it,by fatisfying divine jull:ice: webeing in fuch a condition,that Chrift mull: redeem us,before he · could wed us. Firft, he mull: be incarnate in our \ Nature, be!ore he could beafit husband ~ and then,becaufe we were in bondage and captivity, we mull: be redeemed before he could marry us: Atbo.z8. he purchafedhis chtirch with his own hloud. Chrift bath rightto us,heboughtusdearly. . Againe,anotherfoundation of this Marrittgebe– tween Chriftand us, is Confent ;heworkes us by his Spirit to yeeld to him, there mull: be confent onompart, which is not in us by nature} but wrought by his fpirit,&c.We yeeld to take him How chiO upon his owne tearmes ; that is,that we fballleave muft be tak_en our fathers houfe.,all our former carnall acquain– of•. ranee : when he hath wrought our confenr, then the marriage between him and us is firooke up. I. Some few refemblances will make the confiderat:ion of this the more comfortable. r. The Husband takes his wift under his owne name, ibe loofing her owne name is called by his. So we are called Chrifrians of Chrifl: . z. The Wifa is taken withalt her de/;t>andmade partakers o('theHO· nours)andRiches ofher HtUband. Whatfoever he hath is hers, and fie fi~nds anfwerable for a) 1her debts:fo it is here, we have not only thenameo Chrifi upon us}but we partake of his h.onors,ancl Rev.x.s,6• areKings,Priefts,and Heireswith him. Whatfoever he hath,he hath taken os intothefellowf11ip ofit i fo that his Riches are ours, and likewife, what-(
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