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A14854	The bride royall, or The spirituall marriage betweene Christ and his Church Deliuered by way of congratulation vpon the happy and hopefull marriage betweene the two incomparable princes, the Palsegraue, and the Ladie Elizabeth. In a sermon preached vpon the 14. day of Februarie last past, the day of that royall marriage triumphant solemnization. At Steeple Ashton in Wiltshire by G.W. Master of Arts, and pastor there.	Webbe, George, 1581-1642.	1613 (1613)	STC 25157; ESTC S119574	28,181	98

righteousnesse in indgement in mercie and in compassion Hosea 2.19 The meanes The instruments or meanes whereby God maketh vp this marriage here are his Prophets Apostles and faithfull Ministers whom hee sendeth to perswade effect it to espouse it 2. Cor. 5.20 2. Cor. 11.2 Psal 45.15 to bring it in as here in my text The fruit or benefit of it is ioy and gladnes to the Church Cant. 1.4 The ioy and comfort of it The King hath brought me into his chambers wee will reioyce and be glad in thee wee will remember thy loue more then wine ioy and gladnesse shal be found therein thankesiuing and the voice of melodie Isay 51.3 But the consummation of this heauenly marriage shall be in the world to come In the life to come when this Royall Bride shall receiue the Kingdome prepared for her Mat. 25.34 and see her bridgroome face to face 1. Cor. 13.11 and enter into his glorie Mat. 25.21 and raigne with him for euer Reuel 22.5 who can expresse the ioy and gladnes which then the Church shall haue when it shall bee brought into her Bridegroomes presence and enter into this heauenly Palace The Palace It is past the measures of Geometrie to measure it past the numbers of Arithmetick to tell it past the skill of Logick to define it past the eloquence of Rhetorick to expresse it Renel 21. 22 Had I the tongue of Men and Angels I could not vtter the one halfe of it The Palace prouided for this marriage is the Heauen of Heauens which for the cōtents thereof is a glorious Citie whose Gates are of Pearle and Streets of gold and walls of pretious stones Reuel 21. and for the situation thereof is said to bee beset with a Riuer the water whereof is Chrystall and the bankes set about with the Tree of life The Temple Reuel 22. The Temple for this marriage The Lord God almightie the glorie of God doth illighten it and the Lambe is the light of it Reuel 21.21.23 The Brides Chamber The Bride-chamber the new Ierusalem a Seate of maiestie an House of eternitie a Palace of Royaltie a Paradise of pleasures The Guests The Bride guests Patriarks Prophets Apostles Martyrs Confessors and the Spirits of Men made perfect Heb. 12.23 Many shall come from the East and the West and sit downe with Abraham and Isaac and Iacob in the Kingdome of Heauen Mat. 8.11 The cheare Bread of life Ioh. 6.51 The Cheare Wine of gladnesse Eph. 5.18 Angels foode Psal 78.25 Righteousnesse peace and ioy in the holy Ghost Rom. 14.17 Fulnesse of ioy eternall pleasures Psal 16.11 The Attendants Angels The Attendants Archangels Principalities Dominions Powers Thrones Col. 1.16 Cherubins and Seraphins Isay 6.2 The Musick The Musicke Haleluia●s Reuel 19.1 New Song Reuel 5.9 Songs that no man can learne Reuel 14.3 sounding as the voice of thunder as the voice of many waters and as harpers harping on their harps Reuel 14.2 The Continuance Lastly the Continuance of it not for a day or a weeke or a moneth or a yeare not like Ahashueroths feast for an hundred and fourescore dayes Hest 1.4 But for a thousand yeares Reuel 20.6 Yea for euermore Reuel 22.5 Thus this Bride of Brides being married to the King of Kings in the Heauen of Heauēs shall time beyond time with ioy passing al ioy enioy the presence of the Holy of Holies keepe the Sabboth of Sabboths and heare the Song of Songs Blessed then and thrice blessed are they Vse 1 who may be admitted to this Nuptial banquet To shew the plessed estate of the faithful The holy Chost himselfe hath sealed vp the truth of this in his indelible writ Blessed are they which are called to the marriage Supper of the Lambe Reuel 19.9 O they be blessed that dwell in Gods house saith Dauid they will be still praising him Psal 84.4 The Lord God is a Sunne and shield vnto them The Lord will giue grace and glorie and no good thing will he with-hold from them Ps 84.11 VVhy then should any Christian soule goe mourning all the day long Vse 2 For the comfort of the faithfull and why should the seruice of God seeme any way tedious or any affliction grieuous The Lord is a plentifull rewarder of them that seeke him Heb. 11.6 One day in his Courts is better then a thousand elswhere Psal 84.10 The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to bee compared with the glorie which shall be reuealed in vs Rom. 8.18 Let it therefore be meate and drinke vnto vs to doe our Fathers will Ioh. 4.34 Let the Lords Precepts be the verie ioy of our heart Psal 119.110 And let vs be glad and reioyce and giue honour to him that sitteth in the Heauens for the marriage of the Lambe Reuel 19.7 Lastly Vse 3 let vs trimme euery one of vs our owne Soules For our direction and make our selues readie as a Bride for this our heauenly Bridegroome Let vs cast off the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitfull lusts and put on the new man which after God is created in righteousnesse and true holinesse Eph. 4.23.24 Let vs put on the cleane white linnen of righteousnesse Reuel 19.8 And the bright shining Robes of holinesse Exo. 39.30 Let vs wash our handes in innocencie Psal 26.6 And shooe our fecte with veritie Eph. 16. Let vs haue Faith in our hearts and good workes in our hands So shall we like wise Virgins the Brides Companions bee admitted with her into the chamber of Presence for so the Spirit and the Bride say Come and let him that heareth say Come and let him that is a thirst come and whosoeuer will let him take of the water of life freely Reuel 22.17 I haue thus farre kept touch with my Text Application of this heauenly marriage to the present roy all marriage and walked in the direct path thereof I must now make a little digression from the maine and principall scope therof to a collaterall application of it vnto this daies royall mariage which gaue me occasion to make principall choise of the Text. We haue seene the Text in the sense of it Now behold it in the letter of it We haue seen in the substance now behold it in resemblance The Churches marriage with Christ her Lord is resembled as wee haue heard to the marriage of a Kings Daughter with a King Ecce Symbolum Beholde the shadow of it in this dayes Royall Bridall I could trace my Text heere though I confesse from the Text from point to point and for our Bride if wee goe no further then the letter I might instance for the better For was Salomons Bride Filia Regis the Daughter of a King So is this daies gratious Bride Filia Regis a Kings Daughter not the Daughter of a superstitious Pharaoh or descended of an Aegyptian King but the Daughter of a religious and