---------------~-----:- ---.--- My Sifler,my Spouje. ' ... -- . - one of another, and bath enjoyned the husband SE R M. JI. to beare·with the wife(a the weaker v~ell)will 1 Per ·3·7· not he beare with his Church(as the weaker v.ef. fell) perfonning the duty of ao husband in all our infirmities ~ Againe, His defire is to make her ·better, and not to caft her awav for that which is amiife. And for Outw.trdJI!s,theyare but to refin-e, and make us more conformable to Chrift our Hus– band, to fit us fo.r heaven, the fameway that he weat.They havea6/efjing in themall, for he takes away a11 that is hurtful], he pitties, and keeps~s .as the apple ofhu eyt. Therefore, let us often Za~h.z.s, thinke ofthis,fince'he hath vouchfafed to take us fo near te himfelfe. Let us not lofe the comfort that this meditation will yeeld us. we Jov~for goodndfe,beauty,riches, but Chrifi loves us to make us fo,and then loves us b.ecaufew~are fe in ail eftates whatfoever. . And if chrijl6efo near ru,let m lahoNrforchafle Vfl3- · ' j~Jdgements, that we doe not defile them with errours, .feeing the whole fouie is efpoufed to Chrift. Truth is the Spoufe .of our undertlan- VerittU e(J dines· it is·not left to us to be wanron in opini- · !JonJa imez. b ' - ' • • . . leCfw.• ons, to t({ke up what concelt we wtll of thmgs : . fo we ought to have chafie sffeet:ions, n<;>t cle.aving to bafethiogs : It bath been ~ft times feen t)lacunehusb~nd bath·hadmagy. wives,.but ne– ver from the beginning of the world, that one wife hath·had many-husbands. God promifeth to betroth his Church to him in righteoufndfe and faithfulnetre; th~tis,.as hewill befaithfun eo 1 , E · her11 i ' - .,.. . ~ .- ll> I -----
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