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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.
For this my beloved I beseech you consider, that it is true, for a man to live as he will, if his 1will be right, it is a great benefit; but for a Frantic man to do what he will, for a man whose will is set upon things hurtful to himself, for such a man to have his will, it were better he were restrained: and this is the case of every man till he be matched with the Lord Jesus: therefore that you may know what this liberty is, we will put you but this case; you must know that every man is married to one of these two husbands, either he is subject to the law of righteousness, or to the law of sin; either he is in bondage to the flesh or to the spirit, either he is subject to Christ, or else he is subject to Satan. Now consider which of these two thou wouldest choose, whether to be subject to the law of sin, or to Christ: and that you may know which to choose, I will express it to you by this; It is as when a sick man lies between the Physician and the disease, he must needs be subject to one of 2them: the disease counsels him to do one thing, the Physician another: now consider which of these two thou wouldest obey.
For this my beloved I beseech you consider, that it is true, for a man to live as hee will, if his 1will bee right, it is a great benefit; but for a Franticke man to doe what hee will, for a man whose will is set upon things hurtfull to himselfe, for such a man to have his will, it were better hee were restrained: and this is the case of every man till hee bee matched with the Lord Iesus: therefore that you may know what this liberty is, wee will put you but this case; you must know that every man is marryed to one of these two husbands, either hee is subject to the law of righteousnesse, or to the law of sinne; either hee is in bondage to the flesh or to the spirit, either hee is subject to Christ, or else he is subject to Sathan. Now consider which of these two thou wouldest choose, whether to bee subject to the law of sin, or to Christ: and that you may know which to choose, I will expresse it to you by this; It is as when a sicke man lyes betweene the Physician and the disease, hee must needes bee subject to one of 2them: the disease counsells him to doe one thing, the Physician another: now consider which of these two thou wouldest obey.