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The Virgin chose this, and she was married ⟨p. 97⟩to the Kings son. Choose this vessel, O my soul; and Jesus Christ the king of heaven shall marry thee. No matter though it seem lead without; glister not with earthly vanities: it is rich within; the wealth thereof cannot be valued, though all the Arithmeticians of the world go about to sum it.¹ There be many that say, who will show us any good? Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

The Virgin chose this, and she was married ⟨p. 97⟩to the Kings sonne. Chuse this vessell, O my soule; and Iesus Christ the king of heauen shall marry thee. No matter though it seeme lead without; glister not with earthly vanities: it is rich within; the wealth thereof cannot be valued, though all the Arithmeticians of the world goe about to summe it.¹ There bee many that say, who will shewe vs anie good? Lord lift thou vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs.

1. 1Psal. 4. 6.

This blessing hath yet a further extent, to the blessedness of our Country: when we shall hear it: Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ¹For, si sic bonus es sequentibus te, qualis futurus es consequentibus! If thou Lord,² be so good to those that follow thee, what wilt thou be to those that find thee! If there be such blessing in this world, what shall that be in the life to come! If the first fruits of our inheritance, and the earnest of the spirit be so graciously sweet here: surely when that infinite mass of glory shall be broken up, and communicated to us, we shall be wonderfully ravished. When that which is perfect is come,