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MY Lord! Doth not thy Majestie send thy messages of love and favour, to those that will take hold of them, and beleeve there shall be a performance of what is promis'd, Thy Word tels us, That they that beleeve in thee shall have eternall life: My Lord, I do beleeve it, and that this Message, sent by thy royal Embassador, be∣longs
to mee, aswell as to any other; [I will marry thee to mee for ever] Thou art righteous and wilt perform it; who would now refuse so great, and so good a King? I disdain not marriage, I desire it with this great Prince, who is the Prince of Kings, and at whose foot-stool they must one day lay down all their Crowns, and bring in all their riches at his command: The greatest of them must confess they hold their Scepters of him, and to him they must doe service, at his will. This is a Prince of such exact perfection, that I cannot see any thing in him any way to be dislik't. When I consider any creature, I can finde in it but little to be belov'd, but a great deal of inconvenience with it, to be dislik't; why then should I set my minde on the creature of so little worth? and not wholly have my minde intent on the Creator, who alone is excellent. Most mighty Prince, I must confess my self unworthy to be the least servant in the Court of so magnificent a King; much lesse to be one who shall have the honour to be marryed to thee; but because I doe thinke my selfe unworthy of thee, shall I be such a fool to refuse so great a fortune? No, I will not. My Lord! I now challenge thy promise, for I doe think thou hast prepared me a minde for thy selfe, for thou madst me long since to be ambitious of perfection, but when I saw it was not to bee obtain'd in this world, how slightly did I esteem of all things in it? thou having prepared my mind for thy self, by the dislike of all imperfect creatures, and the love of perfection, Thou madst me to see a clear perfection in thy self, and wroughst in me a love to thee; and because I dare not presume to the thoughts of possessing thee, thou seeing my desires, sent that comfortable message to me, and to all that doe sincerely love thee, that thou wil receive us to thy selfe, and wilt marry us to thee for ever.
I being wedded to Heavens King, As his blest Spouse must his praise sing.