Preached at a Mariage [the marriage of Mistress Margaret Washington at the church of St. Clement Danes, May 30, 1621].

              preached at a mariage manage the marriage ojor mistress margaret ashington washington at the church of st clement danes ma mayY JO 30 1521 1621 621 HOSEA 219 2.19 219 319 AND I1 WILL MARY THEE UNTO ME FOR FOREVER EVER HE WORD which is the hinge upon which all this text turns THE Tiserashanderashsignifiesnotonelyabetrothingtrothingbeasour later translation hath it but a mariage and so it is used by david deliver me my wife michal whom I1 maried and so our former translation had it and so we accept it and so shall handle it I1 will mary thee unto me for ever the first mariage that was made god made and he made it in paradise and of that mariage I1 have had the like occasion as this to speak before in the presence of many honourable honourable persons in this company the last mariage which shall be made god shall make too and in paradise too in the kingdome kingcome Kingdome of heaven and at that mariage I1 hope in him that shall make it to meet not some but all this com- pany the mariage in this text hath relation to both those mariages mariades mariages it is it self the spirituall spirituals and mysticall mystically mysticall mariage of christ jesus to the church and to every mariage manageable able abie soule in the church and it hath a retrospect it looks back to the first mariage for to that the first word carries us because from thence god takes his metaphor and comparison sponsabo sponsabo I1 will mary and then it hath a prospect to the last mariage for to that we are carried in the last word in eternum ceternum sternum eternum I1 will mary thee unto me for ever be pleased therefore to give me leave in this exercise to shift the scene thrice and to present to your religious considerations three objects three subjects first a secular mariage in paradise secondly a spirituall spirituals mariage in the church