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Thirdly, The difficulty of believing their Marriage-union and communion with God. There is nothing that Satan doth so much envy and oppose, as he doth the souls Marriage-union and communion with God; and therefore God fetches it over again, and again, and again, I will betroth thee ⟨p. 113⟩unto thee, &c. And so in that, Isa. 61.10. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, ¹and as a bride adorneth her self with her jewels. And so, Chap. 62.5. For as a young man marrieth a Virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as a bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. I have read of five sisters, of the same birth, pedigree, and race, whereof one was married to a Knight, another to an Earl, a third to a Gentleman, a fourth to a mean man, and the fifth to a filthy beggar; though they were all alike by birth and descent, yet their difference did lie in their marriage; we are all alike by creation, by the fall, by nature, and by the first birth, 'tis only our Marriage-union ⟨p. 114⟩and communion with God that differences us from others, and that exalts and lifts us up above others. Look, as the husband is the wives by marriage-union and communion, so God is the believers God and portion, by virtue of that marriage-union and communion that is between God and the believer. And let thus much suffice for the second thing.

Thirdly, The difficulty of believing their Marriage-union and communion with God. There is nothing that Satan doth so much envy and oppose, as he doth the souls Marriage-union and communion with God; and therefore God fetches it over again, and again, and again, I will betroth thee ⟨p. 113⟩unto thee, &c. And so in that, Isa. 61.10. I will greatly rejoyce in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath cloathed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousnesse, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,