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Christ the best husband
Christ the best husband: or An invitation of young women unto Christ Delivered in a sermon to young women. By Thomas Vincent, minister sometime of Maudlins Milkstreet, London.
London: printed for George Calvert and Samuel Sprint, 1672
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.
Doth the Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, invite all the children of men, and particularly the daughters of men, to be his Spouse? and is he so greatly desirous of the beauty of such as are joined unto him? This then should put all of you upon the enquiry, whether you are espoused unto Jesus Christ? You have been called hereunto, have you hearkened? You have had great proffers made to you, have you considered? You have been invited again and again, and many arguments have been used with you, to prevail with you to come and join your selves to the Lord Jesus; but have you inclined? Have you been persuaded? Is the match indeed made up between Christ and your souls?
DOth the Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, invite all the children of men, and particularly the daughters of men, to be his Spouse? and is he so greatly desirous of the beauty of such as are joyned unto him? This then should put all of you upon the enquiry, whether you are espoused unto Jesus Christ? You have been called hereunto, have you hearkened? You have had great proffers made to you, have you considered? You have been invited again and again, and many arguments have been used with you, to prevail with you to come and joyn your selves to the Lord Jesus; but have you inclined? Have you been perswaded? Is the match indeed made up between Christ and your souls?
If you are espoused unto Christ, then
1. You are disjoined from sin; Is the cursed league broken, which is naturally between sin and your hearts? Before you come to be espoused unto Christ, you are as it were espoused and married to sin; sin is your Husband, and you are tied in its bonds; sin doth inhabit with you, and dwell in the embracements of your dearest love and delight; you care for the things of sin, how you may please your flesh, and gratify your inordinate desires; and whilst this husband and beloved of your hearts liveth, you are not at liberty to be espoused and married unto Jesus Christ; and sin liveth in the affections, whilst it doth possess the