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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 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 ⟨p. 12⟩my Soul, what a SAVIOUR art thou to be Espous'd unto!
Consider this. O Glorious JESUS, Raised from the Dead, thou wilt Require, but thou wilt also Procure my walking before GOD in a Newness of Life. Thou dost Rescue from the Dead Works of the Old Man, & from a Vain Conversation all that belong unto thee. If I am thine, thou wilt make a New Creature of me. And being Renewed in the Spirit of my Mind, thou wilt enable me to lead a Godly and Sober and Righteous Life before thee. O my Soul, what a SAVIOUR art thou to be Espoused unto!