Christ the best husband

And what do yon now say, young women? shall I have a grant for my Master, or be sent away with a repulse and refusal? Methinks by this time ye should begin to have a mind unto Jesus Christ; You look as if you did desire; you hearken, as if you would consent; what do you say? shall the match be made up this day between Christ and your souls? may I be instrumental to join your hands, or rather your hearts together? may I be instrumental to tie that knot which can never be untied? Some marry in haste, and repent at leisure; but if you were once espoused unto Jesus Christ, you would never repent; nothing would grieve you but that you were joined unto him no sooner; ⟨p. 27⟩and you would not be disjoined again for all the world. Shall this be the day of your espousals? Some of you have stayed a long time, and will you defer any longer? If you will not now, it may be Christ will not another time; if you refuse now Christ calleth and inviteth, Christ may refuse when you call and entreat: this may be the last time of asking, and therefore it is dangerous to refuse: Some of you are very young, too young for other espousals, but none of you are too young for this espousal unto Jesus Christ; in other espousals you must have the consent of Parents, but in this you are at your own dispose; you may give, and ought to match your selves to Christ, whether Parents do consent or no.

And what do yon now say, young women? shall I have a grant for my Master, or be sent away with a repulse and refusal? Methinks by this time ye should begin to have a mind unto Jesus Christ; You look as if you did desire; you hearken, as if you would consent; what do you say? shall the match be made up this day between Christ and your souls? may I be instrumental to joyn your hands, or rather your hearts together? may I be instrumental to tye that knot which can never be untied? Some marry in haste, and repent at leisure; but if you were once espoused unto Jesus Christ, you would never repent; nothing would grieve you but that you were joyned unto him no sooner; ⟨p. 27⟩and you would not be disjoyned again for all the world. Shall this be the day of your espousals? Some of you have stayed a long time, and will you deferr any longer? If you will not now, it may be Christ will not another time; if you refuse now Christ calleth and inviteth, Christ may refuse when you call and intreat: this may be the last time of asking, and therefore it is dangerous to refuse: Some of you are very young, too young for other espousa's, but none of you are too young for this espousal unto Jesus Christ; in other espousals you must have the consent of Parents, but in this you are at your own dispose; you may give, and ought to match your selves to Christ, whether Parents do consent or no.