Owen - Houston-Packer Collection BT300 .O9 1679

. The Preface. tl;em: The Reader tnay fee what is difcourfed un– to thefe purpofes : And becaufe the great end of the Defcription given of th_e Perfon of Chrifl:, is that we may lor-ve him, and thereby be 'transfonn– ed into his Image , I fhall clofe·~,:~Q_~s Preface with the words of Hierom, concerning· flta:t:~ ,'/)i"Vine Lo"Ve unto Chrift which is at large 'declared. ·Si·--ve leg M, faith he, ftr-ve jcribao, ji"Ve rvigiles, fi1Je dormiao, amor tibi {emper buccina in auribus fonet, hie lituus excitet animam tuam , /;oc amore furebundus ; qu~re in le[i() tuo, quem deftderat ani~a tua. Epift. ad Pammcrcl;. caP.·A· WlJet1;er tl;ou readeft or J.vriteft, 1~JJ!Je{her thau watchefl or Jleepeft, let the rvoice of Lo--ve (to Chrift ) found iri , thine ears ; let this Trumpet flir up thy fouL ; being o1Jerpowered, (brought into an extaf}r) with this Love,. {eek him on thy bed, ""Whom thy foul de(ireth and longet!J o~ · .. fi ,. CHAP.

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