Ecclesia Monilia. The peculiar treasure of the Almighty King opened; and the jewels that…

THERE is one of them so expressive and so Instructive, that it may well pass for the Best part of my Sermon, if I now give to you all, and particularly the Daughters of our Zion, the Benefit of hearing it Read unto you. Tis the Instrument of her Marriage to her SAVIOUR, which when she was a very Young Woman, she thus Composed;

[LORD, I am Thine, and All that I have; my Soul, my Body, my Name, my Estate: I send a Bill of Divorce to my other Lovers; I give my Heart to thee; I will be Thine Undividedly, Thine Everlastingly: I will set thy Name on all I have, and use it only as thy Goods; as thy Loan during thy Leave; Resigning all to thee. I will have no King but Thee; Reign Thou over me; Other Lords ⟨p. 26⟩have had Dominion over me, but now I will make mention of Thy Name only, and I do here take an Oath of Fealty to Thee, Promising and Vowing to Serve and Love and Fear Thee, above all Competitors. I Disavow my own Righteousness, and I despair of ever being Pardoned and Saved for my own Duties and Graces, and lean only on thine All-sufficient Sacrifice and Intercession, for Pardon and Life and Acceptance before GOD I take thee for my only Guide and Instructor; Resolving to be Led and Directed by thee, and to wait for thy Counsel. COME, Thou SPIRIT of the most High; Here is an House for Thee; Here is a Temple for Thee; Here do Thou Rest for ever; Dwell Here, and Rest Here. Lo, I give up the Possession to Thee; full Possession I send Thee the Keys of my Heart; that all may be for thy Use; that thou mayst put thy Goods, thy Grace, into every Room. I give up the Use of all to thee, that every Faculty & every Member, may be Thine Instrument, to Work Righteousness, and do the Will of my Father which is in Heaven.]

[LORD, I am Thine, and All that I have; my Soul, my Body, my Name, my Estate: I send a Bill of Divorce to my other Lovers; I give my Heart to thee; I will be Thine Undividedly, Thine Everlastingly: I will set thy Name on all I have, and use it only as thy Goods; as thy Loan during thy Leave; Resigning all to thee. I will have no King but Thee; Reign Thou over me; Other Lords ⟨p. 26⟩