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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
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Consider This. O Glorious JESUS, Raised from the Dead, Thou art gone up to, and sat down at, the Right hand of GOD. All the Celestial Powers are thy Subjects and Servants; There is no Numbers of thy Armies. Yea, All Power in Heaven and Earth is given to thee; the Government of the whole World is in thy Almighty Hands. O my Soul what a SAVIOUR art thou to be Espoused unto!
Consider This. O Glorious JESUS, Raised from the Dead, Thou art gone up to, and sat down at, the Right hand of GOD. All the Caelestial Powers are thy Subjects and Servants; There is no Numbers of thy Armies. Yea, All Power in Heaven and Earth is given to thee; the Government of the whole World is in thy Almighty Hands. O my Soul what a SAVIOUR art thou to be Espoused unto!
Consider this. O Glorious JESUS, Raised from the Dead, thou hast had a Release from the Prison to which thou wast Committed for my Offences. Thou hast been Acquitted from every Charge, which the Violated Law of GOD had against those that belong unto thee. If I am thine, I am one of those for whom the Triumph is made, who can lay any thing to the Charge of GOD's Elect. O my Soul, what a SAVIOUR art thou to be Espoused unto!
Consider this. O Glorious JESUS, Raised from the Dead, thou art the Prince of Life; and thou dost bestow Life upon, infuse Life into them that belong unto thee. If I am thine, thou wilt Be and Act as a principle of Life in me, and Quicken me to Live unto GOD: The Best thing that can be done, for a Soul Dead in Trespasses and Sins! O ⟨p. 12⟩my Soul, what a SAVIOUR art thou to be Espoused unto!
Consider this. O Glorious JESUS, Raised from the Dead, thou art the Prince of Life; and thou dost bestow Life upon, infuse Life into them that belong unto thee. If I am thine, thou wilt Be and Act as a principle of Life in me, and Quicken me to Live unto GOD: The Best thing that can be done, for a Soul Dead in Trespasses and Sins! O