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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 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!
Finally, Consider this. O Glorious JESUS, Raised from the Dead; my Head is Raised from the Dead; then I shall be so too. Thou wilt bring me to be where thou art, and there behold thy Glory. Yea, thou wilt bring me to be as thou art, where I shall behold thy Glory. If I am thine, I shall be fetched up into thy Holy City; and when thou, O Great KING, hast brought me into thy Chambers, How Great, How Great is the Good which I shall find laid up for me there! O my Soul, what a Saviour art thou to be Espoused unto! Behold the Notes of the Epithalamium, or, Wedding Song to be Sung on this occasion!