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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.
Thy SAVIOUR Offers it; Shall I multiply the Expressions of my Love unto thee? Shall I give thee to find that I have meant unto Good, all that occurs in my Dispensations towards thee? Shall I Comfort thee under all thy Sorrows with speaking of those Good Words unto thee, which will gladden an Heart s•ouping with heaviness? This is according to what He speaks to the Believer; Jer. XXXI. 3. I have loved thee with an Everlasting Love: Therefore with Loving kindness have I drawn thee.
Once more; Thy SAVIOUR Offers it; Shall I bring thee into my Fathers House, and the King bring thee into His Chambers, and then fill thee with Joy Unspeakable and full of Glory, from wondrous, endless, inconceivable demonstrations of my Love unto thee; and shall I give thee to enjoy all the Spiritual Blessings of the Heavenly Places? This is according to what He speaks to the Believer; Joh. XIV. 2. In my Fathers House there are many Mansions. I go to prepare a Place for you.
O most Heart-melting Proposal! How ⟨p. 20⟩Vicious, How Obdurate must be the Heart, which will not hearken to it! The Heart which will not comply, like an Abigail, when an Espousal unto a David was proposed unto her; Let me be Received among the Servants of my Lord!