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I have read of many Inviters in the holy Writ: some good, many indifferent, most evil, this worst of all. 1. Good, ¹Matth. 22. you have the King of Heaven a Feast-maker:² Cant. 5. you have the Kings Son a Feast-maker: Jesus Christ bids, Eat oh friends, drink abundantly, ³oh beloved, Revel. 22. you have the Spirit of glory a Feast-maker, and an Inviter too: The Spirit and the Bride say, Come. To this Feast ^rfew come, but those that do come, are welcome: well come in regard of themselves, for there is the best cheer: ^sBlessed are they that are called to the Marriage-Supper of the Lamb: welcome, in respect of God, who doth not grudge his mercies. 2. Many indifferent, and inclining to good. ^tAbraham's feast at Isaac's weaning: ^uSamsons at his marriage. The Wedding-feast in Cana, where the King of glory was a Guest; and honoured it with a Miracle, with the ^*first Miracle, that ever he ^awrought. 3. Evil; ^bNabals feast at his Sheep-shearing; a drunken feast: ^cBelshazzars feast to a thousand of his Lords, surfeiting with full carouses from the sacred Boles; a sacrilegious Feast. The