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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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But it must be Remembered; That if thou art Espoused unto thy SAVIOUR, it will be made evident in thy bringing forth fruit unto GOD by him; yea, in thy hearing the Fruits of Righteousness, which are by JESUS CHRIST unto the Glory & praise of G0D.
But it must be Remembred; That if thou art Espoused unto thy SAVIOUR, it will be made evident in thy bringing forth fruit unto GOD by him; yea, in thy hearing the Fruits of Righteuosnes, which are by JESUS CHRIST unto the Glory & praise of G0D.
[COROLLARY.]
And as the Espoused of the LORD, Count all His Precepts concerning all things to be right, so such as are in the MARRIED STATE of Life, and bear a Conjugal Relation to one another, if they are Espoused unto the Lord, this will be found among the Fruits of it; They will Study in their Good Carriage towards one another to exhibit a Lively Emblem, of what passes between the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and His CHURCH.
Unto a MARRIED COUPLE it is impossible to do any thing more Seasonable and Serviceable, than to Recommend unto them a serious and frequent Meditation [First on their own Latter End, and then] on the Latter End of the Fifth Chapter in the Epistle to the Ephesians. My Friends, the Sum of your