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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04831	The marriage of the lambe Or a treatise concerning the spirituall espousing of Christ, to a beleeving soule, wherein the subject is fully handled in the nature of it, in the effects, priviledges, symptomes, with the comforts that arise to a beleever from this relation, wherein also the excellencie of Christ, and many other spirituall truths flowing from the subject are by way discovered. By Benjamin King, minister of Gods Word at Flamsteed in Hartford-shire.	King, Benjamin, b. 1611 or 12.	1640 (1640)	STC 14963; ESTC S103355	46,240	182

deformity of sinne though never so cunningly and curiously disguised by the Art of Sathan from this true sight of sinne ariseth that detestation of sinne in the heart of a Christian that he thinkes it a more fearefull sight to behold the horrid face of sinne committed in his soule than to behold the Lake of Brimstone in the lowest hell hence was it that holy (x) Et si multi gehennam omnium malorum supremum atque ultimum putant Ego tamen sic censeo sic affiduò predicabo multo acerbius esse Christum offendere quam gehennae malis vexari Chrysost in Mat. Hom. 37. Chrisostome affirmed this to bee a truth that hee would dayly Preach That it was a more bitter and intollerable thing to offend Christ than to be tormented with the flames of hell it selfe The fourth secret that Christ communicates to his Spouse is the vanity and emptinesse of the Creatures Man lookes upon the world and the vanity thereof as a glorious and amiable object hee lookes upon worldly things as his substance his profit his glory but Christ shewes unto his Spouse that riches in steade of being glorious are but as thicke clay Hab. 2.6 opened in what regard riches compared to clay Hab. 2.6 which is first a common thing at every mans doore secondly a soyling thing thirdly a slippery thing So riches but common blessings polluting the possessors of them and defiling their Consciences slippery they are also and inconstant taking wings they flye away Againe Christ sheweth his spouse that wordly things are not substance but shaddowes Psal 39.6 not profits but losses being compared with the true gaine Luke 16.11.12 A naturall man priseth pleasure as his great Diana preferment as the top of happinesse but Christs Spouse is acquainted with this secret by her husband that the one is vanity and the other but a spiders web He that is unskilfull in the Arts and Sciences and lookes upon the earth thinkes it to be some spacious and great body and admires it for its immensity but let the Mathematitian come and compare the earth and the heavens together he knowes upon infallible demonstrations that the body of the earth is but like a (y) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arist l. 1. Meteorolog c. 14. point or nothing being compared with the circumference of the heavens So let a man never instructed by Christ looke upon earthly things hee admires them for their excellencie but let a Christian whom Christ hath taught this lesson of the vanity of the creature come to judge of these outward and sublunary things and compare them with heavenly things with grace with Christ with glory with heaven hee findes them being weighed with these to bee lighter than vanity it selfe Let Paul be judge who accounted all things but dung in regard of Christ The fifth secret is the excellencie of Christ Mark 4.11 Christ tells his Disciples that to them it was given to know the mysteries of the Kingdome of God but to them that were without all things were done in Parables that seeing they might not see c. a naturall man perceives not the things of God and those glorious excellencies that are in Christ though there be abundance of light beauty and glory in the Sun yet a man that is borne blinde cannot see any of them it is so with the natural man in regard of the Sonne of Righteousnesse First there is abundance of light beauty glory heate refreshing and reviving vertue in Christ yet none of these can the naturall man see Cant. 5.9 There are some that askes Christs Spouse what she saw in her beloved that made her sicke of love thereby intimating that they for their parts saw no such amiablenesse in him but the spouse answeres that she saw something in him that did attract her heart to him My beloved saith she is white and ruddie the chiefest of ten thousand though the men of the world see nothing in Christ desireable and amiable yet his spouse sees his eminent excellencies which Christ revealeth to her by his Spirit and therefore Mat. 16.17 Peter confesseth Christ to be the Sonne of God and so perceiving salvation by him alone Christ tells him that flesh and blood had not revealed that unto him but his Father which is in heaven the excellencies in Christ discerned onely of the Saints are prised and desired onely of them hence was it that Peter desired to abide in Christs presence Lord whether shall we goe thou hast the Words of eternall life and having but a taste of Christs excellencie and glory in the transfiguration he cryed It is good to be here Peter had beene in many excellent places for pleasure and delight but never said before It is good to be here forgetting wife lands and living he cryes It is good to be here so sweete is the presence of the Lord Jesus especially when the soule obtaines a sight of his excellencies A sixth secret is the gaine of godlinesse a secret that the worldling is ignorant of that counts gaine to be Godlinesse as the Apostle speakes 1 Tim. 6. A man of this world thinkes there is no profit but in purchasing of Lands and revenewes no honour but in the favour of earthly Potentates no beauty but that of the body no pleasure but in Epicurisme surfetting drunkennesse chambering and wantonnesse but Christ shews his spouse againe in godlinesse Secondly honour in being in favour at the Court of heaven Thirdly beauty in grace and lastly pleasure in walking in the wayes of God First Christ shewes his Spouse a gaine in godlinesse this Christ had taught blessed Paul Phil. 3.7 those things that were gaine to him he counted losse for Christ Christ being sufficient gaine to him as he avoucheth Phil. 1.21 For me to live is Christ and to dye is gaine Secondly honour in the favour of God this the Psalmist was acquainted withall Psal 149.9 concluding the Psalme with this Epiphonema Such honour have all his Saints This Saint Luke knew well who stiles Theophilus a lover of God most Noble Theophilus Luke 1.3 and the Bereans more honourable than them of Thessalonica for their piety and devotion this David knew well when hee desired rather to be a doore keeper in the house of God than to dwell in the tents of the ungodly Thirdly Beauty in grace (q) Non deformitate corporis animius faedatur sed pulchritudine animi ● corpus ornatur Senica this secret Salomon knew when he affirmes Eccles 8.1 Wisedome maketh the face to shine Lastly pleasure in the wayes of God and the pathes of righteousnesse this Salomon avoucheth Prov. 3.17 The wayes of Wisedome are pleasantnesse and all her pathes peace this David witnesseth Psal 119. Thy testimonies are my delight sweeter unto me than the honey and honey combe to this purpose cryed holy Augustine O luxuriose ubi major delectatio quam in Gemmè dulcissimo deo Aug. O thou luxurious fellow where is there greater