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This is a happy advancement, that the daughter of Zion is made the daughter of God; whom his equal and eternal son hath vouchsafed to marry. It was no small preferment in Davids opinion, by wedding Sauls daughter, to be made son in Law to a King: how far higher doth the Churches honour transcend, that by marrying the son of God, is made daughter in Law to the King of Kings? Specially, when this bond is indissoluble by the hand of death; uncancellable by the sentence of man, undivorceable by any defect or default in the Spouse: for he that chose her to himself, will preserve her from all cause, why he may not take pleasure in her beauty. And as Christ now in heaven, dwells with his Church on earth by grace: so she, though partly now on earth, dwells with him in heaven; all her members being Burgesses of that celestial Corporation. Since animus est, ub•amat, non ub•animat. ^lOur conversation is in heaven, whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Thus Augustine, Et ille adhuc deorsum est, & no• jam s••sum. His mercies are still descending to us, our affections ascending to him. The desires of the faithful Spouse are with her Beloved. Such ⟨p. 5⟩is the insolubility of that mystical union, which no eloquence of man can express, no violence of devils shall suppress. Therefore ascendamus interim cord, ut sequamur corpore: let us send up our affections before, that our persons may follow after. As Christ hath sent thee down his spirit, as a pawn and pledge of this assurance: so do thou send him up thy heart, for a token of thy acceptance: yea of thy hopeful expectation and desire to be with him: Minus anima promisit se Christo, quae non praemisit se Christo: that soule hath nothing less then vowed it self to Christ, that hovers and hankers about the world, and is loath to come at him.

This is a happy aduancement, that the daughter of Sion is made the daughter of God; whom his equall and eternal sonne hath vouchsafed to marry. It was no smal preferment in Dauids ōpinion, by wedding Saules daughter, to bee made sonne in Law to a King: how farre higher doth the Churches honour transcend, that by marrying the sonne of God, is made daughter in Law to the King of Kinges? Specially, when this bond is indissoluble by the hand of death; vncancellable by the sentence of man, vndiuorceable by any defect or default in the Spouse: for hee that chose her to himselfe, will preserue her from all cause, why hee may not take pleasure in her beauty. And as Christ now in heauen, dwels with his Church on earth by grace: so shee, though partly now on earth, dwels with him in heauen; all her members being Burgesses of that celestiall Corporation. Since animus est, vbamat, non vbanimat.