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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 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!
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 fetch'd 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!
IV. O! Happy the People, that are in such a Case! Happy the People whose GOD is the Lord! Yea, who, who is there Qualified Sufficiently to declare the Happiness of such a Marriage!