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The mystical match between Christ and his churchThe mysticall match between Christ and his church
The mystical match between Christ and his church by the late learned and reverend divine, John Preston ... The leading sermon to that treatise of his called The churches marriage.The mysticall match between Christ and his church by the late learned and reverend divine, John Preston ... The leading sermon to that treatise of his called The churches marriage.
London: printed for Francis Eaglesfield, 1648
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 lastly consider, how fair a life you shall ⟨p. 31⟩live with him, in what plenty; that there is nothing that your heart can desire, but you shall have it; In that security, that you need fear no enemy; whereas other men have a thousand fears, a Christian hath this benefit, he makes the Lord his dread, that he need fear nothing; but he is delivered from the hands of all his enemies. Consider with what contentment thou shalt live, that thou hast such a husband that is an adequate object (that I may so say) that shall fill thy soul, that when thou hast him, thou needest not thirst after any thing besides. That is the great benefit that is promised, that thou shalt Thirst no more, that is, when a man is married to the Lord Jesus, he is so filled and satisfied with contentment, that he lets all other things go: if he have them so it is; if he want them, it is no great matter: he hath one that is contentment enough to him, he hath one that is instead of all.
And lastly consider, how faire a life you shall ⟨p. 31⟩live with him, in what plenty; that there is nothing that your heart can desire, but you shall have it; In that security, that you neede feare no enemy; whereas other men have a thousand feares, a Christian hath this benefit, hee makes the Lord his dread, that hee need feare nothing; but he is delivered from the hands of all his enemies. Consider with what contentment thou shalt live, that thou hast such a husband that is an adequate object (that I may so say) that shall fill thy soule, that when thou hast him, thou needest not thirst after any thing besides. That is the great benefit that is promised, that thou shalt Thirst no more, that is, when a man is married to the Lord Iesus, hee is so filled and satisfied with contenment, that hee lets all other things goe: if hee have them so it is; if he want them, it is no great matter: hee hath one that is contentment enough to him, hee hath one that is instead of all.
But you will say, if I have this husband, I