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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
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Expost. II. Will it not be a Joy unto the Heart of your SAVIOUR, to see you Espoused unto Him? Of Solomon we read, Cant. III. 11. He was Crowned, (A Crown on the Head of the Bridegroom, was of Old one of the Matrimonial Ceremonies,) in the Day of his Espousals, & in the Day of the Gladness of his Heart. Soul, May this be the Day of thy Espousal to thy SAVIOUR, 'twill be the Day of the Gladness of His Heart. Oh! The Satisfaction with which thy SAVIOUR will say upon it! Now do I see the Travail of my Soul, and what my Blood has purchased! Now do I see another added unto the Children of GOD, & unto the Number of them that shall be saved! Now is my Father Glorified, & I have one Object more for me to do Good unto; the Good in the doing ⟨p. 31⟩whereof my Delight is Infinite! And now, will not thy Heart have a Share in the Gladness! Oh! Give thy self unto thy SAVIOUR, This Hour! This Hour! 'Twill be the Best Hour that ever thou saw! The Hour, that will bring thee into a State, that will see a Succession of none but Good Things for Eternal Ages.
Expost. II. Will it not be a Joy unto the Heart of your SAVIOUR, to see you Espoused unto Him? Of Solomon we read, Cant. III. 11. He was Crowned, (A Crown on the Head of the Bridegroom, was of Old one of the Matrimonial Ceremonies,) in the Day of his Espousals, & in the Day of the Gladness of his Heart. Soul, May this be the Day of thy Espousal to thy SAVIOUR, 'twil be the Day of the Gladness of His Heart. Oh! The Satisfaction with which thy SAVIOUR will say upon it! Now do I see the Travail of my Soul, and what my Blood has purchased! Now do I see another added unto the Children of GOD, & unto the Number of them that shall be saved! Now is my Father Glorified, & I have one Object more for me to do Good unto; the Good in the doing ⟨p. 31⟩whereof my Delight is Infinite! And now, will not thy Heart have a Share in the Gladness! Oh! Give thy self unto thy SAVIOUR, This Hour! This Hour! 'Twill be the Best Hour that ever thou saw! The Hour, that will bring thee into a State, that will see a Succession of none but Good Things for Eternal Ages.