Cbap.x.Se6l.5 L18klng tmto :J.efus. Book IV. Part-4.. 7 2 3 all thoughts, and no thought in my conceit can be well befrowed uponanyotherthanhim. And therefore fir Gardiner, whofoever thou arE, ifthou haft borne him hence, thou knoweft who I meane thou canil: not be ignorant of whom I love, there is not fuch a~other am<>ng the fom of men; as the Pfalmift, he is the faireft among thechildren of 11/en, or as the Spoufe, he is the chitfej} Pfal.4f,: oftenJhou/ands ; and therefore tell me fome news of. him; of none but him · of him, and only of him ; 0 tell me where thou haft layd him: and I will take him away.· . A fort! jick_ of love, 1hink..s a/l.rheworld k_nows her beloved, and u therefore bound to tell her where he is ; the daughters of 'ferufalem were very ignorant ofChrifr, Cant. 5. 9· and yet I charge r~u 0 da11ghters of[eru- [tdem (faid the Spoufe) ifye finde my beloved, thatye tell him! am Cant,~. !J. jick of love. 2 . Chrifr appeares as known: JefuJ faith unto her,Mary; foe Joh.~o.I6, turne'd her j e!Je and faith unto him, Rabboni, which is to fay, IV! after. Sorrowmay endurefor a night, but joy comeJ in the morning; fhe that hitherto had fought without finding, and wept without comfort, and calledwithout anfwer, even to her Chrift now appeares; and at his apparition thefe paffages :tre betwixt them; fir.{\: he fpeaks unto her, M ary ; and then the replies unto him, Rabboni, which is to fay ,Majh r. 1. He fpeaks unto her, UWary! it was but a word, but 0 what life? what fpirit? what quickerring and reviving was in the word? thevoyce ofChriil: is powerful; if the Spirit of Chrift come along with the Word, it will rou~e hearts, raife JPirits, Yr1brl{ wonders. Ah poore-Mary, what a cafe was fhe in before Chrift fpake unto her ? ihe ran up and down the garden, with 0 my Lord, where have they layd my Lord? but no fooner Chtift comes, and fpeaks to her by his Spirit, and with power, but her mind i; enlightened, her bear~ is quickned . and her foul is revived. Ob. ferve here the difference betwixt tb eWordofrheLord, and the lord fpeaking that worcl with p >Wer and Spirit; we finde fome- . timesthe ~earts of Saints are quickoed, k d, cherifhed, healed, comforted m the ufe of the meanes,and fo me times a gaine they are dead, fen!lelfe, he~vy, snd hardened; nay , wHch is more, , the very fametruth whtch d1ey hetl' eatonet ime,it may be affects t:Jem ,and at another rime tt dl,th not· the reafon is they heare but theWord of the Lord at one time, and they hear 'che Lord him- - Zz zz 2 felf
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