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.

A Soul Espoused unto a SAVIOUR.

The most Marvellous Proposal that ever was made among the Children of Men, calls now for a most Admiring Attention from us.

Tis that in, Rom. VII.4.

That ye should be MARRIED unto HIM who is Raised from the Dead.

CAN such a Thing be heard with|out Astonishment! —Sing O Hea|vens, and be Joyful, O Earth, and break forth into Singing, O Moun|tains; For, Oh! how astonishing are the Comforts which the Glorious Lord has for his Chosen People.

Married unto a Glorious Christ, Raised from the Dead, and so taken up to, and sitting down on, the Throne of GOD. O Wonderful! O Wonderful! The Soul of a poor, Foolish, Filthy Creature; the Soul of a Miserable Sinner,—Married unto the Only Begotten Son of God, who has all the Angels in the Heavens forever Ordered by Him, and Ador|ing of Him! To be Commanded by Him, is a Dig|nity; To be Employed for Him, is an Advancement, beyond what we can desire. But then, to be Married unto Him!—Seemeth it a light matter unto you, O

Children of Men! Verily, tis a matter which cannot (be sufficiently wondred at! But it is a matter, which we now have in prosecution and in expectation.

Behold, an lllustrious Demonstration, That Be|lievers on a Glorious Christ are delivered from the Dominion of Sin. The Evil principle which disposes us to Sin, is mortified and extinguished in Believers, to such a degree, that tho' the Continuance of it is an Intolerable Vexation unto them, yet it has not a Dominion over them. While we remain under the Covenant of Works, or the Covenant made with the First Adam, as the Head of his Natural Offspring, we are under a Law which requires a perfect Obedience from us, but at the same time it affords us no Strength for that Obedience: No; our Corrupt Nature is there|by irritated unto Rebellion rather than annimated unto Obedience, and [the Evil Principle gains the Force of a Law upon us. The Law which in it self is Holy, and just and Good, in the Event is turned into, a Law of Sin and Death unto us. If we read a few Lines more, we cannot but stand amazed at the Blindness of them, who exclude the Moral Law of the Ten Commandments from the meaning of the Apostles, and expound it only for the Law of the Mosaical Ceremonies, when here we read of being Delivered from the Law. But now, our Blessed Jesus is a Second Adam. And by our being united unto HIM, we are brought into a Covenant of Grace. In that Covenant the Redeemer, to whom we are united, makes Attonement for our Trespasses, against the Law, answers the Demands of the Law in our stead, and conveys into us by his Good Spirit a principle of Life, which quickens us to endeavour a perfection of Obedience, and Strengthens us to make a Gradual Progress towards a perfection of Holiness in the Fear of GOD. Thus we become Dead unto the Law! Our Hopes of obtaining the Justification of Life by our own doing of the Works which the Law re|quires,

are all Dead. We have laid aside all Hopes of coming to Life, on those Terms of the Law, Do and Live. The Law is also Dead unto us, and can make no more claim upon us, to adhere unto those Terms of, Do and Live, than a Dead Man can upon one that he was once by Marriage a Master of. Christians, You have the very Substance and Marrow of the Gospel, and a plain Gloss upon a famous Paragraph of the Sacred Scriptures, in these few Communications. But what is our Condition in this Change of our State before the Lord? And what is it that brings us into this Happy Condition? Tis this Marvellous Felicity; Our Marriage with a Redeemer that is Raised from the Dead. Of this I am now to Entertain you with a DOCTRINE, that brings unto us those Consolatioas of GOD, which, O Hard-Hearted we, if they be Small unto us!

A Soul Married unto a Jesus Raised from the Dead, is an Happy Soul. And it is by Marrying of us unto Himself that a Glorious CHRIST brings us to all the Happiness, which He has purpos'd and purchas'd for us. Our Apostle, Speaking of a People by his Ministry brought home unto GOD, and made an Happy People, says, 2 Cor. XI.2. I have Es|poused you unto one Husband, that I may present you as a chast Virgin unto CHRIST. This, This is the main intent and business of the Evangelical Ministry. The Ministers of the Gospel are those Friends of the Bridegroom, that have a Work to do upon that Noble Design; To Espouse the Souls of their People, unto a Glorious Christ, who is willing to become an Husband unto them. Now to bring about this Blessedness to the Souls, with and for whom we are concerned, we are going to lay before you the most Important Things, that ever you were addressed upon; And we make our Address to you, with such a pathetic Observation, Hearken to

me, that GOD may hearken unto you another Day.

I. The Glorious REDEEMER makes unto your Souls, O our Gospelized People, a Proposal to make you Happy in an ESPOUSAL unto Himself.

Can our Souls be any other than swallowed up with Admiration at the Mystery.

The Infinite Son of GOD, Espoused the Nature of Man, when the Word was made Flesh, and he condescended so far as to take a Man in One Per|son with Himself. The Almighty King, overlook|ing all the Tribes of Created, and even of Angelic Beings, Espoused unto Himself a Queen, from the Family of Mankind.—Lord what are we? And what is our Fathers House? This He did, tho' He saw the Depravation which Mankind by a Fall from God comes to Sink into. A Thing which, Oh! how should we celebrate the Grace! Grace! that we see shining in it! What an Honour does it put upon the Humane Race! And how should it Encourage our Approaches unto our GOD.

But now, the GOD-MAN, or Immanuel, is upon the Glorious Design of Espousing to Himself a Church of People, cull'd and call'd out of Man|kind, into the Faith of Him. There is a CHURCH of Believers on Him, a People formed for himself, to sh••w forth his praise, whom in a Mystical MARRIAGE He reckons Himself Espoused unto. This Church is by that Lamb of GOD Expressly called, his WIFE: And Effectually bringing this People into a Reconciliation with God, He says, Jer. III.14. I Marry my self unto you. Th••se with whom we are principally now concerned, would be little edified; with the Traditions among the Jews, of the Marriage between Tipheret and Maleuth, [So the Jewish Thrology calls the Messiah, and his Church] which we apprehend represented in the Song of Solo|mon, and in the Forty-fifth Psalm of his Father David,

which that Song was built upon. Tis enough to say, That People bro't into the Life of GOD, have that word fulfill'd unto them; Hos. II.18, 19. I will espouse thee unto me for ever; yea, I Will espouse thee unto me in Justice, and in Judgment, and in Loving-Kindness, and in Mercies. I will even espouse thee unto me in Faithfulness, and thou shalt know the Lord.

But then, What we would more particularly insist upon, is, That every particular Soul brought home unto God, is Espoused unto the SON of God. GOD the KING Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, makes a Marriage for His SON in the Conversion of a Sinner to Him. In the moment that any of you make the Flight of a Distressed Soul unto your SAVIOUR, who has in Him the Only Name, [even the Name of JEHOVAH] whereby we must be saved, and entreat of Him, and rely on Him, for His Great Salvation, from that Moment thou art Espoused unto Him, and in whatever part of the Earth He finds thee, His Voice to thee, is that, Isa. LIV.5. Thy Maker is thy Hus|band ; and thy Redeemer; the G0D of the whole Earth shall he be called.

This, This is the Espousal, unto which, O Soul Enjoying the Joyful Sound of the Gospel, thou art now therein Sollicited.

The Method of coming into the unparallell'd Espou|sal, and so unto Everlasting Happinses, is briefly this.

There is a COVENANT of Life, wherein the SON of GOD has engaged these Two things unto his FA|THER, on the behalf of his People which are in the Eternal Election of GOD given unto Him: The First That he will by answering the Law of GOD for them, furnish them with a Sacrifice and a Righteous|ness, on the pleading whereof they shall be Forgiven and Accepted with Him: The Second, That He will write the Law of GOD in their Hearts, and Heal all that is amiss in them, and work in them

what is well pleasing in the sight of GOD, and having by a Sanctifying work upon their whole Man, prepared them for the Inheritance of the Saints, bring them to the Spiritual Blessings of the Heavenly places. A Soul desiring to be comprehended in the Engage|ments of this COVENANT, and consenting that a Glorious CHRIST should fulfill for it and in it, all this Good Pleasure of His Goodness, is brought into the COVENANT of Grace, and is therein Espoused unto the Lord.

This Transaction appears under the Character of a Marriage, because from this Time, there is an UNION, and not only a Legal Union, but also a Vital Union, between the Redeemer and the Believer. It comes to that, Joh. XIV.20. You in Me, and I in You: As upon an Espousal, the Married Couple becomes One flesh, so the Redeemer and the Believer become ONE, both in point of Interest, and in point of Influence. The Debts of the Believer ly on the Redeemer, and the Redeemer pays them all. The claims of the Redeemer are imparted unto the Believer, and the Believer is Entitled unto His precious Benefits; What He has bought belongs to thee, O thou Blessed of the Lord. At the same time the Redeemer does Converse with the Believer; and follow him with Goodness and Mercy all his Days, and receives him into the Mansions of His Fathers House at the proper period of his Days, and Show, Oh! What Wonders to the Dead! The Believer does depend on the Re|deemer for all the Blessings of Goodness, and pay Him all possible Affection and Obedience; Delighting in Communion with Him; and Resolving to be for Him and not for another. He is thy Lord, and, O Loyal and Faithful one, Thou dost Worship Him.

That which gives yet a further Appearance of a Marriage in this Grand Affair, is, Its conformity to what passed in the Case of Adam and Eve, and the First Marriage, even that which was made in Para|dise.

An Apostle of GOD Writing of that Marriage says, Eph. V.32. This is a Great Mystery: But I speak about CHRIST and his Church. Adam was thrown into a sort of a Swoon, wherein GOD as I conceive, Extracted from his whole Inward, (which we render his Rib) the Substance, which He framed into the Shape that He gave to Eve, and which was Bone of his Bones, and Flesh of his Flesh: So that she became his Consort, who was also his Offspring. Accordingly a Glorious CHRIST having passed thro' the Agonies and Convulsions of Death for it, has those produced for Him, and for a most Intimate and Endearing Fellowship with Him; who are also pro|duced from Him, and are indeed His Offspring. He Sees His own Seed in them, and He owns them for Members of his Body, of his Flesh, and of his Bones. And as the Bridegroom rejoyces over the Bride, so shall thy GOD rejoyce over thee, O Soul, willing to be the Lord's.

This then is the Thing proposed by our SAVI|OUR to us. Yea, Hear this O all ye People, Every one of you! Tis to Every One of You all, that our SAVIOUR does propose it; and this is the Gospel to be Preached unto Every Creature. Soul, be willing to come into an UNION with thy SAVIOUR.

II. O you to whom there is the Word of such a Salvation sent; Your Compliance with the Proposal of your Glorious REDEEMER for your ESPOUSAL to Himself, does declare you Espous'd unto Him, and render you interminably Happy in Him. Tis the Speaking of ONE WORD, upon an overture of a Marriage, which determines the Matter. Soul, Tis the Hearty Speaking of ONE WORD which will Marry thee unto thy SAVIOUR. That ONE WORD, Receive me to thy Mercy, and thy Glory O my SAVIOUR. That ONE WORD, O my

SAVIOUR, make me thy own forever. That ONE WORD, Lord, I am Thine, Save me. The People Espoused unto the Redeemer, are called, Psal. CX.3. His Willing People. Tis their being made Willing to be His that makes them such an Happy People. Soul, when thy SAVIOUR makes His Proposal, Shall I take thee, and make thee my own, and Feed thee and Cloath thee, and Lead thee, and Shield thee, and use thee as my own, and bring thee to be all that I would have mine to be! Let thy co|nquered Heart comply with it, and Reply, O my SA|VIOUR, I resign my self unto thee; do thou take possession of me! Lo, Tis done! Tis done! This ONE WORD fetch'd from thy Heart by the Victorious Grace of GOD has Eternally Saved thee. The SPI|RIT of GOD inclining the Soul to say unto the SA|VIOUR, the Justifier, the Sanctifier, Oh! when will thou come unto me! He does thereby make that Soul a Bride for the SON of GOD. It is the Bride that says COME! He waits for that Voice of His Dove: Oh! Let not the only Comforter that can relieve my Soul be far from me: Let there no longer be a distance between me and my SAVIOUR; and let not my Sin hide His Face from me. Upon this He says, O my Dove, I take thee into the Clifts of the Rock: Thou shalt be under the shadow of my Wings forever. It may be Illustrated from the Espousal of Rebeckah unto Isaac. When the Glories and the Desires of the Excellent Person, and of his Father, had been told her, and it was demanded, Wilt thou go unto him, and be his? Her answer of Complyance, I will go, Settled all; there needed no more to be said. Soul, The Word of Truth, and Gospel of thy Salvation, tells thee, The SON of GOD is a Person beyond all Imagination Glorious, and He is The Lord of all. He would gladly make thee His own: And His FATHER sends His Gospel, to inform thee and assure thee of it. Art thou willing

to Go and live with Him, and prize Him, and serve Him, and Be what he would have thee to be? That answer of Compliance, I will go, This will settle it; And His Holy SPIRIT will make a sweet Seizure on thee; and He will have thee and hold thee for His own forevermore. Is it possible to reject such a Motion!—

But then, in Complying with it, most certainly, it will not be possible to be any other than inexpressibly Surprized at it. All the Surprize that was expressed by the Lady unto whom David sent the Motion of her becoming his, must fall far short of thy Surprize, and Marvel, and Rapture, upon this motion from the Son and Lord of David.—

What? The King of Glory Stoup at this rate! The King of King's take such an odious Leper into his Bosom, and one so full of putrifying Sores! The Infinite GOD, look with such an Eye, upon such a Worm of the Dust▪ The High and Lofty one who inhabits E|ternity, Espouse unto Himself this poor, Humble, Contrite and self abhorring Soul. The Match be|tween the Thistle and the Cedar in Lebanon, had no Disparity comparable unto this. One fetch'd from a Generation of Vipers, to be a Bride for the Lamb of GOD! He that is of purer Eyes than to behold evil and cannot look upon Iniquity, with such tender Eyes to behold one so full of Evil, and look so tenderly on one abounding with Iniquity! Lord, When thou feest me such a Lothsome wretch, cast out unto the lothing of my Person, as in the Day that I was born, is this the time of thy Love! Wilt thou now Enter into Covenant with me, and thoroughly wash me, and gird me about with thy Fine Linnen, and adorn me with thy Jewels, and put thy Crown upon my Head, and make my Beauty perfect thro' thy Comeliness which thou wilt put upon me! Is this the manner of Men, O Lord GOD!—I could never have believ'd it;

But, Thy Thoughts and Ways are not like ours. Now, Lord, I believe it, help thou my unbelief! But, O ye Heavens, be you forever fill'd with the Praises, the Praises, the High Praises of this peerless Grace. Let the whole Earth be filled with the Glory of it.

—I return.

And I add, In our Compliance, with such a Gra|cious motion, two things must not be forgotten. Remember This. We must resolve to be forever and entirely at the Disposal of our SAVIOUR; and com|ply with every thing that He will have to be done either on us, or by us. Our compliance must be without Reserve. And Remember This. If we com|ply with our SAVIOUR, we must own 'tis His Work that has drawn us and brought us and help't us to it. Our Compliance must not be ascribed unto the Free-will, of an Heart that is Desperately Wicked.

III. In your ESPOUSAL to the REDEEMER, who is now making of you Happy in His Espousing of you to Himself, you must particularly consider Him as one Raised from the Dead. The Resur|rection of our Blessed JESUS from the Dead, has, we find, Act. I. 3. Many Insallible Proofs. Never any matter of Fact in the World had such Infallible Proofs!

But now, in your Espousal to Him. considering Him, as one Raised from the Dead; You are first of all made sensible, That the Glorious Gospel of the Blessed GOD, Which aims to make you Happy in Espousing you unto Him, is no Cunningly devised Fable. No, it has received such an indisputable Con|firmation, in the Resurrection of our JESUS from the Dead, that it is no longer to be doubted of; it cannot without most Criminal Blasphemies be doubt|ed of. Tempted unto any Infidelity, or unto the

least Suspicion of the Truth in any thing which the Gospel has Reveled unto us, you need no more to Silence the Temptation but This, My JESUS it Risen from the Dead. The Fiends will fly before this Faith, as at the Voice of Thunder. O Soul Es|poused unto thy SAVIOUR, thou canst not but say upon every Article of it, Lord, I believe it, and I am sure of it! Lord, it is a faithful saying, and worthy of all Acceptation.

But then, Your Espousal unto your SAVIOUR, must feel yet more particular, and most moving and melting Encouragements from this consideration.

Consider This.

O Glorious JESUS, Raised from the Dead, Thou art gone up to, and sat down at, the Right hand of GOD. All the Caelestial Powers are thy Subjects and Servants; There is no Numbers of thy Armies. Yea, All Power in Heaven and Earth is given to thee; the Government of the whole World is in thy Almighty Hands. O my Soul what a SAVIOUR art thou to be Espoused unto!

Consider this.

O Glorious JESUS, Raised from the Dead, thou hast had a Release from the Prison to which thou wast Committed for my Offences. Thou hast been Acquitted from every Charge, which the Violated Law of GOD had against those that belong unto thee. If I am thine, I am one of those for whom the Triumph is made, who can lay any thing to the Charge of GOD's Elect. O my Soul, what a SAVIOUR art thou to be Espoused unto!

Consider this.

O Glorious JESUS, Raised from the Dead, thou art the Prince of Life; and thou dost bestow Life upon, infuse Life into them that belong unto thee. If I am thine, thou wilt Be and Act as a principle of Life in me, and Quicken me to Live unto GOD: The Best thing that can be done, for a Soul Dead in Trespasses and Sins! O

my Soul, what a SAVIOUR art thou to be Espous'd unto!

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 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!

Be|hold 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 de|clare the Happiness of such a Marriage!

O Soul Espoused unto thy SAVIOUR, canst thou be more Happy than such an Espousal cannot fail to make thee? The Day of Espousal is called, Can•• .III. 2. The Day of the Gladness of the Heart. Be sure, The Day of thy Espousal to thy SAVIOUR may well be the Day of the Gladness of thy Heart. It is the very Spirit of Genuine PIETY, To Rejoyce

in CHRIST JESUS. Verily all the joy that can be wish'd for, belongs unto thee, if thou art Espoused unto CHRIST JESUS. Thou art now Espoused unto One, who is the Most High Possessor of Heaven and Earth; Espoused unto One, who has unsearchable Riches. O Wealthy Soul! O Hap|py Soul! The Great GOD now sends this Advice unto thee, Be of good Cheer; thy Sins are forgiven thee! The Spouse of his own SON can't ly under a Sentence of Death. Yea, He has taken all thy Fil|thy Garments from thee; and being the KINGS Daughter, he makes thee All Glorious within, and thy Covering is of Spangled Robes which are Inlaid with Gold; In Robes of Needle Work, thou shalt be brought in unto the King. He that sits on the Throne of G0D calls thee His Hephzibah, and says, my De|light is in thee. Yea, He will make all the Heavens to know that He has Loved thee. O Happy Soul! Being Espoused unto thy SAVIOUR, His FATHER becomes thy FATHER; His GOD becomes thy GOD. And who can comprehend what is contained in that Ravishing word! Rom. VIII.17. Children; Then Heirs; Heirs of GOD, and Joint Heirs with CHRIST. What a vast Jointure hast thou! That Word has the Deed in it; All things are yours, and ye are CHRIST'S: Of His Fulness thou shalt receive, having a Right now unto it; Receive even Heaps of Grace upon Grace; the Favours of Heaven even heaped upon thee. O Happy Soul! What mayst thou promise to thy self now from such an Espousal! Even all the Good that is laid up in the exceeding great and precious promises of the Gospel: All the Promises that are the portion of the Overcomer, who shall Inherit all things: All the Promises relating to the Life that now is, and the Life that is to come. In the Life that Now is, thy Espoused LORD, will not suffer thee to want any thing that shall be good for thee; will make All things to work together for

thy Good; will employ His Angels to be thy Guar|dians, and His Ministers in unknown Good Offices for thee. But, Oh! 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 Om|nipotent GOD, make Thee and all His Holy ones, to know that he has loved thee! O Happy Soul! O Happy Soul!

But now, the Conclusion of the matter! O Solli|cited Soul, No longer, No longer continue Stout|hearted and far from Righteousness and Happiness. No longer, No longer, delay to Ascertain thy Es|pousal to thy SAVIOUR. Oh! May our Young PEOPLE be so wise unto Salvation, as to think of no other Marriage till this Espousal be brought about! Yea, may those that are too Young to have a Mar|riage for them talk'd of, yet come into this Espousal. Soul, tho' yet in thy, Minority get out of that Estrange|ment from thy SAVIOUR, wherein thou hast the

Wrath of GOD abiding on thee, and thou art in Hourly Danger of Dying in thy Sins—which if thou do—it had been good for thee, that thou hast never been born. Thy SAVIOUR again Repeats his PROPOSAL; Art thou willing to be mine, and willing that I should bring thee to all that I bring my chosen to? Heaven is waiting to hear thy Answer. Oh! Let thy Immediate ANSWER be, My dear SAVIOUR; made me willing; thou hast, thou hast made me willing. Let my Beloved be mine, and let me be his forevermore. Is this the ANSWER? O Happy Soul; There is Joy in Heaven over thee. The Morning Stars now sing together; the Sons of GOD shout for joy, upon thy SAVIOUR thus Espousing of thee!

But it must be Remembred; That if thou art Es|poused 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 to|wards 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 Me|ditation [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

Duty lies in this. Let the HUSBAND 〈…〉〈…〉 How wondrously does my SAVIOUR love his 〈…〉〈…〉 and show compassion to it, and make provision for it? Let the WIFE a••te•• think, How does the CHURCH study to Gratify her SAVlOUR, and give Him cause to call her Hephzibah, and say, my Delight is in her.

And then, Do as all that are truly Espoused unto their SAVIOUR, will easily do; and practise on the Golden Maxim, Do as you would be done unto. O RELATIVES, [or, Are you not Really too Near and even too much ONE, to be called so] change Stations each of you with your CORRELATES. Let the HUSBAND think, If I were the WIFE, what Goodness would I look to be treated with! Let the WIFE think, If were the HUSBAND, what Kindness would I look to be treated with! I think, I have said much in a little. I hope, I need say no more.

FINIS.