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The mystical marriage. A brief essay, on, the grace of the Redeemer espousing the…
The mystical marriage. A brief essay, on, the grace of the Redeemer espousing the soul of the believer. / By the late Reverend Dr. Cotton Mather. ; Approved by several pastors of our churches, as a present, proper to be offered unto our young people: and very particularly when the celebration of a marriage affords an agreeable occasion for it.
Boston N.E.: printed for N. Belknap, 1728
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
This Transaction appears under the Character of a Marriage, because from this Time, there is an UNION, and not only a Legal Union, but also a Vital Union, between the Redeemer and the Believer. It comes to that, Joh. XIV.20. You in Me, and I in You: As upon an Espousal, the Married Couple becomes One flesh, so the Redeemer and the Believer become ONE, both in point of Interest, and in point of Influence. The Debts of the Believer lie on the Redeemer, and the Redeemer pays them all. The claims of the Redeemer are imparted unto the Believer, and the Believer is Entitled unto His precious Benefits; What He has bought belongs to thee, O thou Blessed of the Lord. At the same time the Redeemer does Converse with the Believer; and follow him with Goodness and Mercy all his Days, and receives him into the Mansions of His Fathers House at the proper period of his Days, and Show, Oh! What Wonders to the Dead! The Believer does depend on the Redeemer for all the Blessings of Goodness, and pay Him all possible Affection and Obedience; Delighting in Communion with Him; and Resolving to be for Him and not for another. He is thy Lord, and, O Loyal and Faithful one, Thou dost Worship Him.
This Transaction appears under the Character of a Marriage, because from this Time, there is an UNION, and not only a Legal Union, but also a Vital Union, between the Redeemer and the Believer. It comes to that, Joh. XIV.20. You in Me, and I in You: As upon an Espousal, the Married Couple becomes One flesh, so the Redeemer and the Believer become ONE, both in point of Interest, and in point of Influence. The Debts of the Believer ly on the Redeemer, and the Redeemer pays them all. The claims of the Redeemer are imparted unto the Believer, and the Believer is Entitled unto His precious Benefits; What He has bought belongs to thee, O thou Blessed of the Lord. At the same time the Redeemer does Converse with the Believer; and follow him with Goodness and Mercy all his Days, and receives him into the Mansions of His Fathers House at the proper period of his Days, and Show, Oh! What Wonders to the Dead! The Believer does depend on the Redeemer for all the Blessings of Goodness, and pay Him all possible Affection and Obedience; Delighting in Communion with Him; and Resolving to be for Him and not for another. He is thy Lord, and, O Loyal and Faithful one, Thou dost Worship Him.