Chap.z.Se&.6 Looking unto 1efm. Boo.ic JV,Part.4 797 was pierced, his hea~t was pierced, w~th the flings of thy fins, and t hefe markes he retames even after hts refurred:ion, that by thefe markes thou mighteft alwayes know him: is not the patfage to his heart yet ftanding open ? if thou knoweft him not by the. face, the voyce, the har.ds ; if thou knoweft him not by the teares•. and bloody fweat, yet look nea~er, _ thou mayft kno~ him by the. beart that broken healed heatt 1s hts ; that dead revm·d heart is . his· th'at foul-pitying melting heart is his;doubtlefs it can be nones. bu~ his, love and compaffion are its certaine fignature9 . . And is not here yet fewel enough for love to feed upon ? doth not this heart ot Chrifl:even fnatch thy heart, and almoft draw it forth of thy brcfl: ? caaft thou reade the hiftory of love any further at> once ? doth not thy throbbing heart here ftop to cafe it felfe ?. if not, go on, for the field of love is large. . 4· In this apparition to the· feven, {efmfaith to Simon Peter, J h 1 , [on' of {on.U,Ioveft thou me more than thefe ?-And .hefaidtohim 0 · 1 16,:~: · the[econd tirm, Simm, [on of {onM !o11Jtft thou me ?--he (aid to · him tht third time,Simon,[on of'lonM loveft thou me? Oh the loves ofChrift in drawipg out mans love unto bimfelfe! how often 6 , my foul hath Chrift come to thy doore, and knocked there fol:' entrance? how often hath he fued for love, and begged Jove,and asked thee agai.neand againe, Ahfoul, dojl thou kve :me more th11n the[e? come; tell me doft thou love me, love me, love me? come, wilt thou t~~k! me for thy L 9rd? wilt thou delight in me as thy treafure, · · • . thy b~tppinrffe, thy aft? Oh fye! iliall Chrift raifed, a glorious Chrift thus wooe, and fue, and call, and wilt not thou anfwer as Peter did,;ea Lord, thou k_noweft that I love thee. -·Yea.Eord thou k_nowe.ft all things, thou /znoweft that I love thee? nay, art thou not · grieved that Chrift fhould ask t;l,le third time for thy love ? art · '· thou not ailiame<i out of thy ftupidity, and forc'c to fay, 0 my ' bleffed Lord, I have been too proud, too peeviili ,- ~- .t;.hy free ·. , gcace, and undeferved love, bath beaten me out of all nw pride, fo that now !fall down at thy foat·ftoole, and lay my,(Rlfe flat , before thee; at firft Iwondered to heare Preacher~J:I!1k~ fo much . ofChrift, and I was bold to ask thy friends, ..whaf.'was.t-111-:ir beloved mor,e t.aan another bel~ved ? but now Iwo~_efi~t;ic~ul<i . be fo lo~g Without thee, truely Lord, I am thfnej_ ~'M. t<h~t!~. ever thme , all that I am 1s at, thy command; atfd~a-tt _t..:.. ' have is at th9 difpofing, be pie~~~~ to _comm~ci~ ¥~0:: i~', ~ andme ? ltllt 3. ·, ,."' - I , ..#!,:{' Jt. ....
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