For our Saviour compared the
kingdom of God unto a man that made a marriage for his son. And here was
a marriage. At a marriage, you know, there is commonly great feastings.
Now you must know who was this feast-maker, and who was his son, and to
whom he was married; and who were those that should be called, and who
were the callers; how they behaved themselves, and how the guests behaved
themselves towards them that called them.
Now this marriage-maker, or feast-maker, is Almighty God. Luke the
Evangelist calleth him a man, saying, "A certain man ordained a great
supper." He calleth him a man, not that he was incarnate, or hath taken
our flesh upon him: no, not so; for you must understand that there be
three Persons in the Deity, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy
Ghost. And these three Persons decked the Son with manhood; so that
neither the Father, neither the Holy Ghost, took flesh upon them, but
only the Son; he took our flesh upon him, taking it of the Virgin Mary.
But Luke called God the Father a man, not because he took flesh upon him,
but only compared him unto a man; not that he will affirm him to be a
man. Who was he now that was married? Who was the bridegroom? Marry,
that was our Saviour Jesus Christ, the second person in the Deity; the
eternal Son of God.
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