THE WEDDING GARMENT: Or, The Honourable state of MATRIMONY.  
Delivered in a Wedding-Sermon, under these following Heads.  

I. showing that it is a Divine Institution, and our blessed Saviour himself, here passed under the Similitude of a Bridegroom, and the Church his beloved Spouse.  
II. This shows that Persons thus joined, shall remain spotless and undefiled.  
III. A Man shall not only provide Food and Raiment, Necessaries of this Life; but likewise by his upright Conversation, become a Pattern of Piety to his Wife and Family, of whom he is the Head.  
IV. The Womans Duty, as she is the Wife of one Husband, in the Fear of God, to honour and obey.  
V. As they are united together in this blessed State, both their Duties is to bear with one another, that they may live in Love and Concord here, and at length be crowned with eternal Joy in another World.   ●eb. 13.4. Marriage is honourable in all, and the Bed undefiled. 
By Robert Russel, of Wadhurst in Suffex.  
Printed for J. Blare, at the Looking-glass on London-Bridge. 1692.   

THE Wedding Garment, &c.  Mark 10.39. 
And they twain shall be one Flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one Flesh. Whom therefore God hath joined together, let no Man put asunder.  
THE Occasion of these Words of ou● blessed Saviour, may be taken from that Question which the Pharisees asked him; Ver. 1.2. but it was only to tempt him, saying, Is it lawful for a Ma● to put away his Wife? Jesus answered him Ver. 3. What did Moses command you. An● they said, Ver. 4. Moses suffered to writ a Bi● of Divorsement, and to put her away. An● Jesus answered and said unto them, Verse 〈◇〉 that for the hardness of your Hearts he wr● you this Precept: But from the beginning of th● Creation God made them Male and Femal● Ver. 6. And then he adds here in my text For this Cause shall a Man leave Father and madder, and cleave to his Wife: And they main shall Be one Flesh: so then they are no more twain, out one Flesh. Wh●m therefore God hath joined together, let no Man put asunder. I might insist upon all these three Verses, but the main scope and drift of my Discourse shall be only on the middle most of them, which is this.  
And they twain shall be one Flesh: so then they art no more twain, but one Flesh. From this Text of Scripture, we may learn what Unity there is betwixt Man and Wise, when they are joined together in Marriage. And they twain shall be one Flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one Flesh. Whom therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.  
The Doctrine which I shall observe from these Words, is thi.  
That Man and Wise being joined together by God in the holy State of Matrimony, they cannot, must not, and ought not to be partend. For this Cause, saith Christ, shall a man leave Father and Mother, and cleave to his Wife And they twain shall be one Flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one Flesh. Whom there God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.  
Now in my farther prosecution of this subject, I shall proceed after this Order.  
First, I shall show you who they be that are joined together by God.  
Secondly, That those that are thus joined by God, they must not, nor ought not to be partend.  
Thirdly, The reason why they cannot, and must not be partend, is because of the near Union that is betwixt them, for they twain are one Flesh.  
And lastly, I shall make some use of it by way of Application.  
I begin with the first.  
Who they are that are joined together by Good; they are such as join together in Marriage, according to God's own Word; that is, for those Causes for which Matrimony was at first ordained: I will name these three.  
First, It was ordained for the Propagation of Children, that they might be brought up in the fear of the Lord. God hath ordained Marriage for the Increase of Mankind, that his Name might be glorified in them, and by them.  
Secondly, God hath ordained Marriage for the preventing of Sin, and the avoiding of Fornication; this is one chief end why Matrimony was ordained. Now mark, the Words of St. Paul, where he treats concerning Marriage, 1 Cor. 7.1, 2. Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a Man not to touch a Woman. But neveetheless, saith he, to avoid Fornication, let every Man have his own Wife, and let every Woman have her own Husband. It is good for a man not to touch a woman, because thereby the Devil is apt to be tempting such to sin. But yet when a man hath not the Gift of Continency; when he cannot contain so as to keep his Body pure and undefiled, then let him mary, nay upon that Case, he must and ought to mary, for he sins if he doth not mary; nay, in not marrying, he commits a double sin: 1. the sin of Fornication or Adultery, which he runs himself into, having not the Gift of Continency. Secondly, He sins, in that he lives in a neglect of that holy Ordinance which God hath ordained and instituted for the preventing of sin; indeed Matrimony is a thing in itself indifferent, for a man sins not, let him mary or not mary; for saith the Apostle, Ver. 27. Art thou loosed from a Wife, seek not a Wife? Art thou bound to a Wife, seek not to be loosed? St. Paul speaks there of indifferency, when a Man hath Power over his Will, and hath a Gift to contain, and keep his Body the pure and clean Temple of the Holy Ghost; nay, in that, a single Life of the two is the best; for, saith he, Ver. 38. He that giveth her in Marriage doth well; but he that giveth her not in Marriage doth better. And the Apostle wisheth that all were, even as he is, that is single: And the reason he gives, is this, That such shall have trouble in the Plesh, Ver. 28. for Ver 32. He would have them without Carefulness; for he that is unmarried careth for the things of the Lord, how bemay please the Lord: But he that is married, careth for the things of the World, how he may please his Wife. So in that respect an unmarried Life is the best of the two: But yet saith the same Apostle, If he be married he hath not sinned, not yet doth he sin if he marries not. But yet when a Man hath not the Gift of Continency, when a Man and a Virgin burns in Lust one towards another, and yet doth not mary, they sin double; for besides the sin of Fornication, they sin against that holy Ordinance which God hath ordained for the preventing of sin. You may see it plain in respect of other sins, as Drunkenness and Murder: suppose God hath given Means for the preventing of these sins, though the Means are indifferent in themselves, they may be used, and they may not; but yet when a Man through Temptation, runs into these sins of Drunkenness and Murder, and may use Means to prevent it, he sins not only in the groser act, but he sins in not using the Means to prevent it. So it is in respect of Marriage; the Apostle having  told them, Ver. 8. that it is good for them if they continue even as he is: But saith he, Ver. 9: If they cannot contain, let them mary: for it is better to mary than to burn: That is, to burn in Lust. Mark another Scripture, which I shall hint unto you, and that is in Heb. 13.4. Marriage is honourable in all things, and the Bed undefiled; but Whoremongers and Adulterers God will Judge. Mark it, Marriage is honourable, the Marriage-Bed is honourable, and Children are a great Blessing; but as for Whoremongers and Adulterers, they shall not escape God's just Judgments. That's the second Cause why Matrimony was ordained; it was ordained for the preventing of Sin, and the avoiding of Fornication.  
Thirdly; It was ordained for the mutual Society, Help and Comfort that Man and Wife ought to have of one another, both in Prosperity and in Adversity. Now this is the first Cause that the Scripture mentions, why Matrimony was ordained, it is Gen. 2.18. God said, it is not meet that the Man should be alone, but that there should be an Help-meet for him: So the Lord God caused a deep Sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept, and the Lord opened his Side, and took out a Rib, and of that Rib made he Woman. It is true, Adam had all sorts of living Creatures with him to keep him company, as all sorts of Beast and Fowls, and Fishes; but none of these was fitting to be a Help meet for him; therefore it pleased God to make one of his Likeness to be a Help and Comfort to him; and from this we must learn, that when a Man and a Woman is joined together in Marriage, they ought to be a Help and Comfort to one another as long as they live together. Thus I have finished the first Particular, and shewed you who they are that are joined together by God; that is, those that join together according to God's Laws; or when they use Matrimony, for those three Causes for which it was ordained: Which is, 1. For the Propagation of Children. 2. For the avoiding of Fornication. 3. To be a Help and Comfort one to another.  
Secondly, My second Particular is this, That those whom God hath thus joined together, must not, nor ought not to be partend. There are but two Causes in the Scripture for Man and Wife lawfully to part. The 1. is mentioned by the Apostle, 1 Cor. 7.15. When Man and Wife can by no possible means agree, but live in continual Strife and Debate, and in danger of one another Lives, then they, if they will, may part asunder: For, saith the Apostle, a Brother or a Sister is not under Bondage in such Cases; but God hath called us unto Peace.  
2. The other Cause is mentioned by our blessed Saviour; Mat. 5.32. for the Cause of Fornication; when he tells the Pharisees, That whoso will put away his Wife, let him writ her a Bill of Divorcement. But I say unto you, whosoever putteth away his Wife, save for the cause of Fornication, causeth her to commit Adultery. This teacheth us, that for the cause of Fornication a Man may lawfully put away his Wife: And the reason of it is very good, for as long as Man and Wife faithfully keep the Marriage-Bed, and remain true and constant one to the other, he to her, and she to him, they two remain one Flesh; but when she once forsakes his Bed, and goes after other Lovers, then the Union is broken, they are no longer one Flesh, and therefore may lawfully be partend; but for no other Cause than this may a Man put away his Wife: Whom therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. Consider this, that Man and Woman ought not to be partend; not only after they are joined in Marriage, but before, even as soon as the Contract is made betwixt them. For consider, when once a Man and his Virgin hath made a Contract and Bargain one with another, in the Presence of God, to remain for ever true and constant one to another, I tell you, they are as truly Man and Wife as if they were never so much married; for public Matrimony was ordained by Law, only to confirm the Contract before Men, which they have made in the sight of God: And upon this account the public use of Matrimony is very necessary, because, if they are not married according to the Laws of the Church of England, then they might join themselves together by way of Contract, and then go off, and prove fasse one to another, and the Laws of Man never reach them: for man cannot have any assurance that such are joined together by way of Contract, until it is confirmed by Marriage. But let such consider, that when once the Contract and Promise is made betwixt them, they twain immediately become one Flesh, they are streight Man and Wise together; and though they are not publicly married as yet, yet let them know, they cannot lawfully be partend, though the Laws of Man does not bind them from parting, yet the Laws of God doth; for God, who seeth and knows all things, takes Notes of what passes betwixt them; and therefore, though they do escape Mans Laws, yet they shall not escape the just judgement of God. That Example is most dreadful, of a Maid, who made a Contract and Promise with one whose Name was Bateman, it was so firm, that there passed a piece of Gold betwixt them to confirm it, and then after all, she unfaithfully left him, and went and was married to another; but in so doing, she ruined him, and brought God's dreadful Judgments upon her self. And some Parents there are, who go about to hinder their Childrens Marriage, when the Knot of Love and Unity is past between them, and by that means they bring them to ruin. Thus we see, that when once Man and Woman is joined together, and become one Flesh, they cannot lawfully be partend, For whom God hath joined together, let no Man put asunder. Thus for the second Particular, That those whom God hath joined together, they cannot, must not, and ought not to be partend.  
Thirdly, A ●●●rd thing considerable in the Text, is the reason why they that are joined by God cannot be partend; and that is because of the near Union that is betwixt them; They twain are one Flesh, so then they are no more twain, but one Flesh. There was a near Union betwixt Adam and his Wife, because she was made out of him; For the Lord God caused a deep Sleep to fall upon Adam, and then he opened his Side, and took out a Rib, and closed up the Flesh instead thereof; and of that Rib he made Eve his Wife, and by that means they became one Flesh, and as near a Union there is betwixt Man and Wife that is joined together in Marriage: therefore for this Cause, saith Almighty God, Gen. 2.21. shall a Man leave Father and Mother, and cleave to has Wife: And they twain shall be one Flesh. Compared with Mark 10.7. Mat, 19.6. Eph. 5.31. Now the Unity between Man and Wife may be considered in these Three Respects.  
1. In respect of the Contract and Promise that is made betwixt them, to be true and faithful one to the other, and to forsake all others, and keep together as long as Life shall last. Now in this respect they become one Flesh; for when once they break their Marriage Covenant in forsaking the Marriage-Bed, and going after Harlots, then their Union is broken, they are no longer one Flesh.  
2. Man and Wife being joined together in Marriage, become one, in respect also of the near Relation that is betwixt them: for when once a Man and a Woman is joined together in Wedlock, then whosoever is related to one, becomes also related to the other; as in particular, his Father becomes her Father, his Mother becomes her Mother, his Brethren her Brethren, his Sisters her Sisters; his Children which he had before they came together, now in respect of their Union, they become her Children also.  
Thirdly and lastly, Man and Woman being joined together in Marriage, become one also, in respect of the Substance and earthly Endowments: His House becomes hers, his Land hers, his Money hers, and her House, and Land, and Money is also hers; so that whatsoever is his, is also hers, and whatsoever is hers, is also his; and whosoever is related to the one, is also related to the other. Now in all these Respects, Man and Woman being joined together are one. Now consider, that whosoever you be that are not only married, but are already entered into a Covenent and Contract one with another, your Relation is so near that you cannot lawfully be partend. And so I have gone through these three particular Branches of the Text: 1. Who they are that are joined by God. 2. They that are thus joined by God, cannot, nor ought not to be partend. 3. The Reason why they ought not to be partend, is because they are one Flesh: For they twain are one Flesh; so then they are no more twain, but one Flesh. Whom therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. Thus much for the doctrinal Part.   

The APPLICATION.  
THE first and main Use that I shall make of this Point, shall be of Exhortation. 1. I exhort you especially, you that are newly entred into the holy State of Matrimony, that you would live together, as becomes those that are joined by God in that holy State, in the performing of those Duties which God hath required of one to the other: for as there are several Duties which Parents and Children, Masters and Servants owe one to the other: so there are several Duties which Husbands and Wives owe one to the other. Now there are some Duties which Husbands o●e unto their Wives, and also there are some Duties which Wives owe unto their Husbands: I shall but just name them.  
1. There are some Duties which Husbands owe unto their Wives: 1. Is endearing Love, like unto the Love of Christ unto his Church, as you are commanded, Eph. 5.25. Husbands love your Wives, even as Christ loved his Church, and gave himself for it: not giving them bitter Speeches, reviling them, and railing at them for their good Counsel; but let your Speeches and Behaviour toward her, be sweet, meek and loving, Gal. 3.19 Husbands love your Wives, and be not bitter against them.  
2. Live with your Wives, and do not depart from them: 1 Pet. 3.7. Husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge. So, Prov. 5.18, 19. rejoice with the Wife of thy youth: Let her be as the loving Hind, and pleasant row; let her Breast satisfy thee at all times, and be thou ravished always with her Love.  
3. They ought to do their Endeavour, as far as they are able, to provide for their Wives Food and Raiment, and to nourish and cherish the was their own Bodies: Eph. 5.28, 29. So ought Men to love their Wives as their 〈◇〉 Bodies; for he that loveth his Wife, loveth himself for no man ever yet hateth his own Flesh, but nourisheth it, and cherisheth it.  
4. Another Duty which Husbands owe unto their Wives, is Faithfulness to the Bed, in keeping their Marriage Covenant, in cleaving to none but to their Wives, Hos. 3.3.  
5. Protection of them from hallelujahs, and covering their Infirmities, as David defended his two Wives, 1 Sam. 30.18. Also care to please them in all lawful things.  
Sixthly, and lastly, A last Duty which I shall mention, that Husbands owe to their Wives, is to pray with them, and for them, to perform Family Duties with them every Night and Morning, in Reading and Praying.  
Beloved Friends, if you are entered now into the holy State of Matrimony, and are joined to a Wife, O be you careful to help her in the way to Heaven! If she be ignorant, instruct her in the ways of God, which will make for her everlasting Peace; and timely admonish her of such sins as you know her to be guilty of, and exhort her to Repentance. And do you also encourage her in the way of well doing.  
Friends, If you meeting here in the State of Wedlock will but be an occasion of your meeting together in Heaven. O it is then a happy Meeting, indeed! O let it be your care to make it so! Will it not be a joyful thing for you and your Wife to meet at last in Heaven? O now you have a happy Opportunity to help one another in the way thither, 1 Pet. 3.7. Husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, as being Heirs together of the Grace of Life, that your Prayers be not hindered.  
But as there are Duties which Husbands owe to their Wives, so, 2. There are some Duties which Wives owe unto their Husbands. I shall but just name them.  
The First, Is to love them above all others in the World: Wives are commanded to love their Husbands, Tit. 2.4.  
2. To be faithful to their Husbands, in reference to their Marriage Covenant, to their Estate, or to any Secret their Husbands cats them with, 1 Tim 3.11. Even so must the Wives be, sober, grave and faithful in all things.  
3. Wives owe to their Husbands Reverence, Eph. 5.33. Let the Wife see that she reverence her Husband.  
4. Wives must be subject to their Husbands in all lawful things, as unto Christ, Eph. 5.22.24. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own Husbands, as unto the Lord. So Ver. 24. As the Church is subject unto Christ, so let the Wives be unto their own Husband, in all things.  
5. Another Duty, is Carefulness to please their Husbands, suiting themselves to their Dispositions.  
6. To help her Husband to provide for their Family. Now this is a Character which Solomon gives of a good Wife, Prov. 31.27. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the Bread of Idleness.  
Sevently and lastly, A last Duty which Wives owe to their Husbands, is to give ear to their godly Counsels and Admonitions, to reprove and admonish them of their wicked Vices, to teach them the ways of God, if they are ignorant; to exhort them to repent, to encourage them in well-doing, and help them in their way to Heaven, and to pray for them. This is a godly Counsel which St. Peter gives to Wives, 1 Pet. 3.1, 2. Ye Wives, be in subjection to your own Husbands, that if any obey not the Word, they also may without the Word be won by the Conversation of the Wife: Whilst they behold chast Conversation coupled with Fear. These are those Duties which Husbands and Wives owe one to another. And that shall suffice for my first Use, which is of Exhortation.  
I will make but one Use more, and that shall be of Instruction. Now from this Subject, concerning the Union betwixt Man and Wife, we may learn these two things.  
1. The Union betwixt Christ and his Church, whereof every Saint is a Member; for, as saith the Apostle, Ephes. 5. As the Husband is the Head of the Wife, even so Christ is the Head of the Church. Therefore he exhorts Men to love their Wives, even as Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for it; the Church calls Christ her Husband, and Christ calls her his Spouse. Now in this respect St. Paul quotes the Words of our blessed Saviour, in the Words before my Text, Eph. 5.31. For this Cause shall a Man leave Father and Mother, and be joined to his Wife, and they twain shall be one Flesh. But then afterwards the Apostle calls it a Mystery, and then shows them his meaning, Ver. 33. that he speaks concerning Christ and his Church, for as it is in regard of Man and Wife, before a Man takes her to be his Wife, he is as it were a Stranger unto her; but as soon as ever they are entred into a Covenant one with another, and make a Contract with one another, then they are united and become one. Thus it is betwixt Christ and a Member of his Church; all the time a Man is out of Christ, and in his natural Estate, he is a mere Stranger to Christ, and to all his Benefits; but as soon as ever he hath covenanted to be Christ's, as soon as ever as he hath made a firm Contract, and is married to Christ, then he becomes one with Christ, then Christ is his, and he is Christ's; Christ is in him, and he in Christ: This the Apostle proves, 1 ●or. 6.16.17. What, know ye not that he that is joined to an Harlot is one Body? for two( saith he) is one Flesh: But he that is joined to the Lord, is one Spirit. As there is a fleshly Union betwixt a Man and Woman when they are joined in Marriage, even so there is a spiritual Union betwixt Christ and a Believer; when they are joined by Faith, when a Believer is joined to Christ by Faith. Now I shall compare the Union betwixt Christ and his Church, to the Union betwixt Man and Wife in these Respects.  
1. Before a Man was joined to his Wife by a Marriage Covenant, it may be his Love was set upon others besides her; but now being entered into a Marriage Covenant with her, now he forsakes all his other Loves, and cleaves fully and wholly to her, and remains true and constant to her so long as they both shall live. So it is betwixt Christ and a Believer; all the time that he was out of Christ, he had many Lovers, the World was his Lover, the Flesh was his Beloved, his carnal Pleasures his merry Companions, his sinful Delights, all these were his Lovers. Ay, But now he hath made a Covenant with Christ to be his, now he is married to Christ by Faith, and therefore now he forsakes all his other Lovers, he casteth them all out of his Heart, and cleaves fully and wholly to Christ. Now he is content to forsake Father and Mother, and all whatsoever is near or dear unto him for Christ's Sake; now Christ himself saith, Mat. 10.37. He that forsaketh not, he that loveth Father or Mother more than me, is not worthy of me; he that loveth Son or Daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. So also he that loveth any one, doting on Lust more than Christ, is not worthy of him. So, Luke 14.26. He that hateth not Father and Mother, yea, and his own Life too, for my sake, cannot be my Disciple. That is, when they stand in competition with Christ, they that would be Christ's Spouse, must take him, not only as their Husband, but also as their Lord and Saviour, their Lord and Master, to be ruled and governed by him, and forsake all sinful Delights which are dear and pleasant to them for his Sake.  
2. The Union betwixt Christ and his Church, is compared to the Union betwixt Man and Wife, in respect of the new Relation and Benefits which comes by this Union. When once a Virgin is betrothed to a Man, then whosoever is related unto him, doth also become related to her; his Father is her Father, his Brothers and Sisters, becomes her Brothers and Sisters, his House is her House, his Land her Land; so whatsoever is his, becomes hers.  
Thus it is, when a Believer is married unto Jesus Christ, then that Believer is immediately received into a new Relation; for God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, becomes his Father, and he being united to Christ, becomes God's adopted Son; the Spirit of God is his to comfort him, and at the last, the Kingdom of Heaven shall be his, and he shall be a coheir with Christ, and reign with him for ever and ever. Believers, when once they are married unto Christ, then all things becomes theirs; as it is, 1 Cor. 3.22, 23. Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the World, or Life, or Death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours: And you are Christs, and Christ is Gods. Indeed a wicked Man, though he enjoys most of the World, yet he can claim a Right to nothing; but a Saint, though he enjoys least, yet he hath a Right to all things; but on the other side, a Sinner that is out of Christ, he is of all others the most miserable, for God is none of his, and Christ is none of his, and he hath no Right to Heaven, nor no Right to any thing but Hell and Damnation.  
Lastly, As when a Man and his Wife is joined together in Marriage, they cannot lawfully be partend; even so there is no parting Christ and a Believer asunder; for saith the Apostle, Rom. 0.38. For I am persuaded, that neither Death, nor Life, nor Principalities, nor Powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor Depth, nor any other Creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  
2. From the Union that is betwixt Man and Wife that are joined in Marriage, we may learn something also concerning the Union that shall be betwixt the Saints hereafter in Heaven. As Man and Wife being joined together in Marriage, are one in a natural sense, even so the Saints, the Spouse of Christ, are one in a spiritual sense; the Saints are both one with Christ, and one with another; the Union betwixt the Saints are so near, that they make but one Church Militant hear on Earth, and they shall make but one Church Triumphant in Heaven. Now in Mat. 22.23, 24, 25, 26. The Sadduces, which say there is no Resurrection, came to Christ, and asked him, saying, Master, Moses said, if a Man die, having no Children, his Brother shall mary his Wife, and raise up Seed unto his Brother. Now, saith he, there were seven Brethren, and the first, when he had married a Wife, deceased, and having no Issue, left his Wife unto his Brother: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh: And last of all the Woman died also. Therefore, say they, in the Resurrection, whose Wife will she be of the seven, for they have all had her. But then see what our Saviour answered them, Ver. 29.30. Ye do err in your Hearts, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the Power of God: For in the Resurrection they neither mary, nor are given in Marriage; but are like the Angels of God. This therefore was a very silly Question which the Pharisees asked our Saviour Christ, as if in Heaven there were Marrying and giving in Marriage; whereas there shall be no need of them, for all Ordinances shall then vanish away all the Saints in Heaven shall be so near united together, so there shall be none of the Union of Marriage. Now when Christ  told the Pharisees, that in the Resurrection they neither mary, nor are given in Marriage; is as much as if he had  told them in plain Words, you ask whose Wife she shall be of the seven; why as many of the seven as were married to Christ; that is, if she were also married to Christ; so many of them she will own for her Husbands, and no more; if they were all married to Christ, then she will own them all for her Husbands. As a godly Father will own none of all his Children at the Resurrection, but such of them as were God's Children; even so the godly Husband will own none of his Wives, though he have had never so many Wives, but such of them as were Married to Christ. So also, if a Wife has had never so many Husbands, yet at the Resurrection, she will own none of them, but such as were married to Christ at the Resurrection; these seven Husbands, as many of them as were married to Christ, shall own one another as Brethren: And they shall own her as their Wife, and she shall own them as her Husbands; and besides, when this Woman, and these her Husbands shall meet in Heaven, there shall be as near a Union betwixt these Brethren, as there shall be betwixt she and them; yet there shall not be a greater Union betwixt these Brethren, or betwixt them and their Wife, then there shall be betwixt them and all the rest of the Saints, the greatest part of which were before Strangers unto them here upon Earth; for I  told you before, that all the Saints in Heaven shall make but one triumphant Church; Christ and they make but one Body; Christ is the Head, and they are all Members, and therefore there must needs be a near Union betwixt all Christ's Members in Heaven; there shall not only be a near Union betwixt near Relations, as Husbands and Wives, Parents and Children; but amongst all the Saints in general: there shall be a nearer and sweeter Union amongst all the Saints in Heaven, than ever there was betwixt Man and Wife here upon Earth; for the lovingest Couple that ever lived, have had some Strifes, some Jars and Tumults, some Feuds and Debates in several Points; but when once we come to Heaven, we shall then be all perfectly agreed, then we shall all with one Heart and Mind, rejoice one with another, and that for ever.  
Let therefore Man and Wife so live together in this World instructing, exhorting, and admonishing one another, and praying with, and for one another, and helping one another in the way to Heaven; and then at last you shall meet together in everlasting Glory, and sit down to rest with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; where you shall behold God Face to Face; in whose Presence there is fullness of Joy, and at whose right-hand there are Pleasures for evermore.  
Which God of his Mercy grant unto us all. Amen.  
FINIS.