REFLECTIONS
READER! do not hastily pass by the blessed view of Jesus as the Bridegroom and Husband of his Church; for sonic of the sweetest Views of happiness, even eternal happiness, are to be found in it. It is indeed a mysterious union; but it is a most blessed one; an indissoluble, eternal union. And as it is founded in the everlasting purposes and councils of Jehovah, it may well demand our greatest affection and regard! By virtue of this oneness with Christ, his people are interested in everything that concerns him as the Mediator. He hath paid our dreadful debt; he hath disannulled our former marriage with sin and the law; he hath entitled us to all dowry, and in his blessedness made all his people blessed. Oh! thou almighty Bridegroom! how gracious Nast thou been to our poor nature! Take, Lord, the whole hearts and affections of thy people in return, and let this be the highest desire of all thy redeemed to say with the Church, My beloved is mine, and I am his: my Maker is mine Husband, the Lord of Hosts is his name; and my Redeemer, the Holy one of Israel, the God of the whole earth shall he be called?