...Christ receives the church as that in which he has exceeding and satisfying delight and joy. Isai. Ixii. 5. " As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee." This seems to be the good that Christ sought in the creation of the world, who is the beginning of...

...Christ receives the church as that in which he has exceeding and satisfying delight and joy. Isai. Ixii. 5. " As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee." This seems to be the good that Christ sought in the creation of the world, who is the beginning of...

...thy land shall be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee ; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.' ESSAY ON A THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION. Written by request of the "Junior Preachers' Society of the New-England...

...rejoicing he calls them a crown of glory and a royal diadem; and then he adds these gracious words, that " as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee." This is the Saviour that invites lost sinners to join themselves to him, as they journey over the desert;...

...indited by the Holy Ghost, and sealed with the blood of Christ. See some passages in the letter; " As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee," Isa. Ixii. 5, and " I will betroth thee unto me for ever in righteousness and in loving-kindness, and...

...an everlasting love, and" therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee." (Jer. xxxi. 3.) " As a Bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee ;" (Isa. Ixii. o.) passages these, which, with many others, I am persuaded Dr. S. himself would not...

...glory." And, ver. 5, 6. "For as a young man tnarrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry tliee : and as a bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. I have set watchman upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night."...

...glory." And, ver. 5, 6. " For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as a bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. I have set watchman upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night."...

...called Hephzibah ; thy land, Beulah ; for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, behold,...

...thy land shall be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee ; and ; I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night:...