A01553:112
Two marriage sermons the former on Prov. 19. 14. By Thomas Gataker B. of…Tvvo mariage sermons the former on Prov. 19. 14. By Thomas Gataker B. of…
Two marriage sermons the former on Prov. 19. 14. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith. The latter on John 2. 1--12. By that learned and judicious divine Mr William Bradshaw some time fellow of Sidney College in Cambridge.Tvvo mariage sermons the former on Prov. 19. 14. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith. The latter on Iohn 2. 1--12. By that learned and judicious divine Mr William Bradshaw some time fellow of Sidney Colledge in Cambridge.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Fulke Clifton, 1620
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And great reason it is, that among others, nay above all other Guests, Christ Jesus should be one.
And great reason it is, that among others, nay aboue all other Guests, Christ Iesus should be one.
For 1.1 If you that are to be married be Christians, Christ Jesus is the greatest friend that you have in the whole world, in heaven, or in earth: And nature and custom hath taught men this, to call their chiefest and best friends to their Weddings. So that inviting others and passing by him, it shows that they make higher account of others then of him, and that (at the least) he is none of their dearest friends. And they are deadly enemies to Christ that take not him to be their dearest friend.
For 1.1 If you that are to be maried be Christians, Christ Iesus is the greatest frend that you haue in the whole world, in heauen, or in earth: And nature and custome hath taught men this, to call their cheifest and best frends to their Weddings. So that inviting others and passing by him, it shewes that they make higher account of others then of him, and that (at the least) he is none of their dearest frends. And they are deadly enemies to Christ that take not him to be their dearest frend.
- 11. Reason.
2.1 As Christ is the dearest friend to every true Christian, so is he the nearest neighbour: Thou needs not send far for him, he is deer always, and