N01720:10
A glorious espousal. A brief essay, to illustrate and prosecute the marriage, wherein our…
A glorious espousal. A brief essay, to illustrate and prosecute the marriage, wherein our great Saviour offers to espouse unto himself the children of men. And thereupon to recommend from that grand pattern a good carriage in the married life among them. : An essay proper and useful in the hands of those who travel on the noble design of espousing the souls of men unto their Saviour. But more particularly and seasonably to be presented, where a marriage is upon a celebration.
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for B. Gray, 1719
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.
AND is this thy Voice, O Our SAVIOUR? A most wonderful Word! What? The Great GOD who formed all Things; […] Omnipotent GOD, speak such a Word, unto Frail Creatures, that are the Works of His Hands! I Marry my self unto you. The Most High Possessor of Heaven and ⟨p. 2⟩Earth, speak such a Word unto Poor Creatures, who have nothing but what He gives unto them! I Marry my self unto you. The most Holy One, who is of purer Eyes than to behold Evil, speak such a Word, unto Vile Creatures, which are all gone aside and all together become filthy! I Marry my self unto you. O Wonderful! O Wonderful! But so it is. O Lord GOD, Thou art that GOD, and thy Words are True, and thou hast promised this Goodness unto all that are willing to become the Objects of it!
AND is this thy Voice, O Our SAVIOUR? A most wonderful Word! What? The Great GOD who formed all Things; 〈…〉 Omnipotent GOD, speak such a Word, unto Frail Creatures, that are the Works of His Hands! I Marry my self unto you. The Most High Possessor of Heaven and ⟨p. 2⟩Earth, speak such a Word unto Poor Creatures, who have nothing but what He gives unto them! I Marry my self unto you. The most Holy One, who is of purer Eyes than to behold Evil, speak such a Word, unto Vile Creatures, which are all gone aside and all together become filthy! I Marry my self unto you. O Wonderful! O Wonderful! But so it is. O Lord GOD, Thou art that GOD, and thy Words are True, and thou hast promised this Goodness unto all that are willing to become the Objects of it!
Great is the Honour which the Glorious GOD has put upon the Married State. He Honoured it, when He Appointed it in Paradise, and made it an Institution for our First Parents, while they were yet in their sinless Integrity. He Honoured it, by doing at it the First of those Miracles, wherein His Divinity shone forth under the Eclipse of His Humanity. He has Honoured it, in the Desirable Effects of it, and the Glories of Mankind, which it has produced in Successive Generations. On such Accounts Marriage is Honourable in all. But we have no small Addition to the Accounts on which it is