Christ the best husband

5. Do you desire one that is good? There is none like unto Christ in this regard; others may have some goodness, but it is imperfect; Christs goodness is complete and perfect; He is full of goodness, and in him dwelleth no evil; He is good, and he doth good; and if you are espoused unto Christ, however bad you are by nature, he will make you in some measure good like himself.

5. Do you desire one that is good? There is none like unto Christ in this regard; others may have some goodness, but it is imperfect; Christs goodness is compleat and perfect; He is full of goodness, and in him dwelleth no evil; He is good, and he doth good; and if you are espoused unto Christ, however bad you are by nature, he will make you in some measure good like himself.

6. Do you desire one that is beautiful? Christ is fairer than the children of men, Psal 43. 2. He is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand, Cant. 5. 10. His mouth is most sweet, yea, he is altogether lovely, v. 16. His eyes are most sparkling, his looks and glances of love are most ravishing, his smiles are most delightful and refreshing unto the Soul; Christ is the most lovely and amiable person of all others in the world, none so accomplished in all regard as he is accomplished, and therefore he is most desirable in this relation; and however unlovely you are in your selves, however deformed and defiled by sin, yet if you be espoused unto Christ, he will put his comeliness upon you, he will wash you in a bath made of his own blood, ⟨p. 22⟩from your defilements, and beautify you with his own image, and so you shall become exceeding fair; and as you may have leave to delight your selves in Christs beauty, so he will greatly desire and delight in yours, as in the Text; Hearken, O daughter, and consider, incline thine ear, &c. so shall the King greatly desire thy beauty.