Besides this, consider that thou hast not only 1the person of Christ alone, with all his Attributes, but how much comes with him, which add to this; as the immunity thou hast by matching with Christ, that when thou art once matched with him, thou art under covert, thy 2debts are paid, thou art out of all danger. My beloved, if it were but to be freed from those injuries, and wrongs that a woman is subject unto, from potent enemies that are able to hurt her upon all occasions, you know it is a great motive to move her to match. Now Jesus Christ frees us from all those great enemies of our salvation, as it is Luke 1. 74. That being delivered from the hands of all our enemies, we might serve him in holiness 3and righteousness all the days of our lives. This we have by him, that when Satan shall come to us, and arrest us, we may say to him, I am now under covert, thou must go to my husband, he is bound to pay my debts. My beloved, we consider not what a benefit this is, what it is to have Jesus Christ at such a time, when you come to dye, when you shall be arrested by death; now to have the Lord Jesus to undertake all your debts, now to be under covert it is a great matter; as you know (to express it to you a little what it is,) Judas when he had committed that great sin, he was indited and arrested, he had none to flee to; Peter when he had committed a sin, he had a covert to go to, and you all know the difference ⟨p. 28⟩that was between their conditions in the events upon both; Saul and David if you look on them in their distress, David had a covert to go to when he was in distress, (for I speak not now of the debt of sin, but of all calamities in which you shall have a husband to be a refuge for you,) I say, David when he was in distress upon any occasion, when his City was burned and his Wives taken, he had a covert to fly to; but when Saul was in distress, he had none, he went to the Lord, but he had no answer. I say, it is a great matter to consider this, that we have a covert, that when the Lord shall rain down fire and brimstone upon us, when there is no rock to shelter us, now for Jesus Christ to be a covert to us.
Besides this, consider that thou hast not onely 1the person of Christ alone, with all his Attributes, but how much comes with him, which adde to this; as the immunity thou hast by matching with Christ, that when thou art once matched with him, thou art under covert, thy 2debts are paid, thou art out of all danger. My beloved, if it were but to bee freed from those injuries, and wrongs that a woman is subject unto, from potent enemies that are able to hurt her upon all occasions, you know it is a great motive to move her to match. Now Iesus Christ frees us from all those great enemies of our salvation, as it is Luke 1. 74. That being delivered from the hands of all our enemies, wee might serve him in holinesse 3and righteousnesse all the days of our lives. This wee have by him, that when Satan shall come to us, and arrest us, wee may say to him, I am now under covert, thou must goe to my husband, hee is bound to pay my debts. My beloved, we consider not what a benefit this is, what it is to have Iesus Christ at such a time, when you come to dye, when you shall be arrested by death; now to have the Lord Iesus to undertake all your debts, now to bee under covert it is a great matter; as you know (to expresse it to you a little what it is,) Iudas when hee had committed that great sinne, he was indited and arrested, hee had none to flee to; Peter when he had committed a sinne, hee had a covert to goe to, and you all know the difference ⟨p. 28⟩that was betweene their conditions in the events upon both; Saul and David if you looke on them in their distresse, David had a covert to goe to when he was in distresse, (for I speake not now of the debt of sinne, but of all calamities in which you shall have a husband to bee a refuge for you,) I say, David when hee was in distresse upon any occasion, when his Citty was burned and his Wives taken, hee had a covert to fly to; but when Saul was in distresse, hee had none, hee went to the Lord, but he had no answer. I say, it is a great matter to consider this, that we have a covert, that when the Lord shall raine downe fire and brimstone upon us, when there is no rock to shelter us, now for Iesus Christ to bee a covert to us.
- 12 What we have by him.
- 21 Our immunity.
- 3Luke 1. 74.
