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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.
I answer, this very word hath a miracle going along with it, and you shall see them put together in Matth. 4. 23. where you shall see the Lord Jesus 1when He came to His own, to make a tender of Himself, in what manner He comes, saith the Text, He went about preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, that is, to tell men this good news, that if they would match with Him, they should have a Kingdom: Here is the Word, and see the Miracle follows, He went about preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing sicknesses, and diseases, there is the miracle, that seeing it would be a wondrous thing that the Lord should match with dust and ashes, that He should bestow Himself thus freely on us, saith the Lord, if you will not believe me for the words sake, yet for the Miracles sake, you see what I do, I that preach this.
I answere, this very word hath a miracle going along with it, and you shal see them put together in Matth. 4. 23. where you shall see the Lord Iesus 1when He came to His owne, to make a tender of Himselfe, in what manner Hee comes, sayth the Text, Hee went about preaching the Gospell of the Kingdome, that is, to tell men this good newes, that if they would match with Him, they should have a Kingdome: Here is the Word, and see the Miracle followes, Hee went about preaching the Gospell of the Kingdome, and healing sicknesses, and diseases, there is the miracle, that seeing it would bee a wondrous thing that the Lord should match with dust and ashes, that Hee should bestowe Himselfe thus freely on us, saith the Lord, if you will not beleeve mee for the words sake, yet for the Miracles sake, you see what I doe, I that preach this.