An heavenly wonder, or, A Christian cloath'd with Christ purposely penned to comfort Christs sin-sick-spouse / by Sam. Moore, minister of the gospel of God sometimes at Brides in Fleetstreete, London.

SECT. 6.

5. BY paction comes beautie too, Thou shalt not be for ano∣ther, for all, so also will I be for thee. Christ keepes himselfe and gives himselfe for Christians; they doe the like for Christ: when hee be∣stows himselfe on a soule, he brings his Dowry with him. Christians, doe you note this? in the league of Christ with the soule, there are ex∣changes made of glory for shame, beauty for deformity; sweet Christ makes such matches as never man made; gives gold for dirt, cloaths earth with Heaven, gives glory for shame, a massie Crowne for a mas∣sie Crosse, takes off a poore soules ragges, and returnes robes; and gets nothing with us, but a burden of sinnes, as heavy as a mountaine of iron, as hell it selfe; a burden which hee must beare and burie; yet wee poore soules can be shie of this Suiter, and often say him nay.

Ah Lord! what a wonder is this, will no body take it up, stand arna∣zed and amused in earnest! a Chri∣stian being married to Christ, in League with Christ, makes all things thine by paction; art thou hungry? all the bread 'ith world's thy fathers; art thou in a Ship at Sea? thou' art in thy fathers waters; art thou in the fields? they are thy redeemers, thy husbands, and what seest thou which is not his? all the Woods, Trees, Flowers, Corne, Cattell, and birds in every bush, call thy God father, and they are all thine, not in possession, but in a choice, free-hold Heritage; thou hast the best income of all, and thy Land is named all things; the worst things are thine by way of reducti∣on, and the best things are thine in way of reversion; Tanquam haeres ex asse; There's a sweet communi∣cation of all Christs beauty, goods, and goodnesse, to the wife of his bosome: and 'tis hee that heades all her glory, Crowns all her com∣forts,

and converts all her crosses into contentments; his presence is her Paradise, his victory her safetie. O! Christ, is a condition sweet∣ning Husband, he makes our soure herbes, and bitter pills sweet, our rough wayes smooth, and doth plaine all mountaines that inter∣vene twixt us and him, our soules, and his blessed bosome; and all this, to strengthen our motion that way. Christians by Covenant, are coupled to Christ; the Tabernacle Curtaines had their juncture by Loopes; Christ and his members their juncture by Love, the bond of perfection or couple thereof.

Notes

• Hosea 3. 3.
• 1 Cor. 3. 21. Psal. 37. 11.
• Rev. 21. 7.
• Col. 3. 14.
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