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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.
4. Do you desire one that is potent, who may defend you against your enemies, and any kind of injuries and abuses? There is none that can equal Christ in power; others have some power, but Christ hath all power, Matth. 28. 18. Others may be potent, but Christ is omnipotent; others have power, Christ is power; the power of God, 1 Cor. 1. 24. ⟨p. 21⟩And if you be espoused unto Christ, his infinite power is engaged in your defence against your enemies; He will subdue your iniquities, Mic. 7. 19. By that power whereby he is able to subdue all things, Philip. 3. 21. He will bruise Satan under your feet, Rom. 16 20. He will keep you from the evil of the world, Joh. 17, 15, He will make you more than conquerors over all your spiritual enemies, who, without his help, would not only abuse and injure you, but also ruin and destroy you, Rom. 8. 37.
4. Do you desire one that is potent, who may defend you against your enemies, and any kind of injuries and abuses? There is none that can equal Christ in power; others have some power, but Christ hath all power, Matth. 28. 18. Others may be potent, but Christ is omnipotent; others have power, Christ is power; the power of God, 1 Cor. 1. 24. ⟨p. 21⟩And if you be espoused unto Christ, his infinite power is engaged in your desence against your enemies; He will subdue your iniquities,