First, In other Matches the Bride makes some Wooing of her own sort; but here Men cannot move, but as Christ's Spirit woos in us, and teaches us. In other Contracts the Bride and her Friends are bound for their Part, the Bride has some Tocher of her own, or she may be an Heretrix, she may have all, and he Nothing: But here the Bridegroom in this Contract is obliged for all, he give his Name for himself and his Wife, Ezekiel 36. 27. I will put My Spirit in you, and cause you to Walk in my Judgements. Here the Kirk has no Tocher of her own, and yet she has not the Good Manners to look up to her LORD, but as he commands and holds up her Head: All the Tocher is Christ's, and the Inheritance is Christs; the Kirk has Nothing, he has the Houses, John 14. He has the Land, Romans 8. The Fine Gold, Revelation 3. and buys the Spousing Clothes of the Religion that came in with her Saviour Christ, and that is the best Religion in the World; for it gives most to GOD and least to Man. I will tell you who are meet for Christ, even these that are out of ⟨p. 10⟩themselves, and lays all upon Christ. The best Scholars that Christ gets are Publicans and Sinners, Whores, Harlots, Blind, Lame, Cripples, and such like, and such as feels themselves Sinners. Look how much ye trust in your selves, and rest upon the World, and Loves your Lusts, as far ye are from Christ; and when ye are all out of your selves, and changed into GOD's Image from Glory to Glory, as by the Spirit of the LORD, 2 Corinthians 3: 18: then ye are meet for Christ, begging Poor Sinners are our LORDs Scholars. The Lintel-stone of our LORDs School-door is a Low-stone, ye must stoop Low and Lout; Ye will be on your Knees with it or ye can win in; Ye must be very humble, else that Stone will take your head and ding you back, and ye will not win in; than be Fools that Christ may be your Wisdom, 1 Corinthians 1: 30: There is as much merit in Christ as will buy a Thousand Heavens. Now if our Wooer Christ were not Kind, and sought our Kindness, even Words of us, and brought the Love. Tokens, the Friendship betwixt Christ and us would soon wear out of Date, & grow Cold; Christ ay blows at the Coal ere it wear out: Christ would win a Friend, yea a Foe to be kind to him; He is ay thriping and claiming Kindness of us, as if he were the Beggar and the Poor-man, and we the King. O he claims Kindness to us.
First, In other Matches the Bride makes some Wooing of her own sort; but here Men cannot move, but as Christ's Spirit wooes in us, and teaches us. In other Contracts the Bride and her Friends are bound for their Part, the Bride has some Toocher of her own, or she may be an Heretrix, she may have all, and he Nothing: But here the Bridegroom in this Contract is obliged for all, he give his Name for himself and his Wife, Ezekel 36. 27. I will put My Spirit in you, and cause you to Walk in my Judgements. Here the Kirk has no Toocher of her own, and yet she has not the Good Manners to look up to her LORD, but as he commands and holds up her Head: All the Toocher is Christ's, and the Inheritance is Christs; the Kirk has Nothing, he has the Houses, John 14. He has the Land, Romans 8. The Fine Gold, Revelation 3. and buys the Spousing Cloaths of the Religion that came in with her Saviour Christ, and that is the best Religion in the World; for it gives most to GOD and least to Man. I will tell you who are meet for Christ, even these that are out of ⟨p. 10⟩themselves, and lays all upon Christ. The best Schollars that Christ gets are Publicans and Sinners, Whores, Harlots, Blind, Lame, Criples, and such like, and such as feels themselves Sinners. Look how much ye trust in your selves, and rest upon the World, and Loves your Lusts, as far ye are from Christ; and when ye are all out of your selves, and changed into GOD's Image from Glory to Glory, as by the Spirit of the LORD, 2 Corinthians 3: 18: then ye are meet for Christ, begging Poor Sinners are our LORDs Schollars. The Lintel-stone of our LORDs School-door is a Low-stone, ye must stoup Low and Lout; Ye will be on your Knees with it or ye can win in; Ye must be very humble, else that Stone will take your head and ding you back, and ye will not win in; than be Fools that Christ may be your Wisdom, 1 Corinthians 1: 30: There is as much merit in Christ as will buy a Thousand Heavens. Now if our Wooer Christ were not Kind, and sought our Kindness, even Words of us, and brought the Love. Tokens, the Friendship betwixt Christ and us would soon wear out of Date, & grow Cold; Christ ay blows at the Coal ere it wear out: Christ would win a Friend, yea a Foe to be kind to him; He is ay thriping and claiming Kindness of us, as if he were the Beggar and the Poor-man, and we the King. O he claims Kindness to us.
