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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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For the Life that is to come,—Eye has not seen, Ear has not heard, there has not been any Ascent high enough in the Heart of Man to conceive, what thy Espoused LORD intends to do for thee. What an easy Lodging, will thy SAVIOUR provide for thee in His Paradise, when thy expired Spirit is turned out of Doors! But what a Body will He endow it withal, when He shall bring thee with Him, at His descending to Burn and Judge and Rule the World! What will thy SAVIOUR do for thee, in His Heavenly Jerusalem; when He will present thee Faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy; and all that He has ever helped thee to do for Him, shall from His Book of Remembrance be published unto Praise and Honour and Glory; and have unutterable Rewards assigned unto it. What will thy SAVIOUR do for thee, when he has thee forever with Him in a Deathless and Sinless World; where the overwhelming Testimonies and Emanations of His Everlasting Love, shall be multiplied in a Boundless Variety and an endless Eternity upon thee, and He shall in Ways that will well become an Omnipotent GOD, make Thee and all His Holy ones, to know that he has loved thee! O Happy Soul! O Happy Soul!
For the Life that is to come,—Eye has not seen, Ear has not heard, there has not been any Ascent high enough in the Heart of Man to conceive, what thy Espoused LORD intends to do for thee. What an easy Lodging, will thy SAVIOUR provide for thee in His Paradise, when thy expired Spirit is turn'd out of Doors! But what a Body will He endow it withal, when He shall bring thee with Him, at His descending to Burn and Judge and Rule the World! What will thy SAVIOUR do for thee, in His Heavenly Jerusalem; when He will present thee Faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy; and all that He has ever helped thee to do for Him, shall from His Book of Remembrance be published unto Praise and Honour and Glory; and have unutterable Rewards assign'd unto it. What will thy SAVIOUR do for thee, when he has thee forever with Him in a Deathless and Sinl•ss World; where the overwhelming Testimonies and Emantions of His Everlasting Love, shall be multiplied in a Boundless Variety and an endless Eternity upon thee, and He shall in Ways that will well become an Omnipotent GOD, make Thee and all His Holy ones, to know that he has loved thee! O Happy Soul! O Happy Soul!