Chap.l.Seet.6 Looking tmto 1efu1, BooidV,Parc.V . 907 have heard ofChri£l:s invitations, Come to me a/lye that are wett- Mat.ri ,:8. rJ, and he11vy laden .~ but · fuppofe Chri~ had nev_er o~ted h!s love in fuch a love·expreffiQn, come to me; yet Chnfr htmfelf tn thefe glorious particulars is fuch a drawing object:; (the very beauty of Chrift, the very .fmell of the garments of Chrift, the very capacious and wide heaven of_Chrifrs_ e~altati~n are intrinfecally,and ofthem(elves fuch drawmg, ravtfbtng, wmning object») that upon the apprehcnfion of them we cannot choofe but lovc:,Chrift : as gold that is dumb and cannot fpeak, yet the beauty and gain ofit cryeth al~ud, Come hither poor cmuurt,llnd be thou made rich; fo if Chn£1: fbould never open his lips, ifhe fbould never gently move,open t~ me rllJ flfter,mJ lovr,my dove,my Cant. p , - undefiled,for my head i& full of dew, and my loc'!-J wi'th the drops of the night. yet the glory, the power,the foveratgnty ofChrift. the exaltatio~ ofhis perfon, and the magnificerlce of his gifcs,fb~uld even change our fouls into a globe or rnafs of divine love and glory, as it were b7 the Spirit ofthe Lord. :r. Cor.~.t8. Two things I fball inftance in, which may be as the loadfrones ofour love to Chri£1:; the firft is his glory, and the fecond his bounty. · r. For his glory, no fooner was he afcended, and fet down at . Gods right hand , but 9ohn the Divine had a fight ofhim, .and oh what a glorious fight l He wM clMthedwith agarment down to Rev.J~tJ,r4; the feet~ Andgirt about the paps with" goldengirdle; hu head and 15,16, hu hairs were white liks wool!; as white M fnow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire, and his feet liks unto fine braft, M if they burned in a furnace, and hi.s uoyce M the found of':'any waters; a11d he had inhu right hand [even ftars, and ouuf hu month went ajharp two edgedf)llord, and hiscounten;~nce was ,,u the Su11 that.fhineth in hu ftrength;when rohn faw him thus,he fwoons at his feet,but Chrifr for all his gJory holds his head in hisfwoon,faying,fear mt, Jam v.r71t8, the firft, and the !aft; I am he that liveth,and was dead, and behold Jam alive for evermore,Amen,and have the k_sysofhe'!l and ofdeath. Aglorious,Chriil: i» good for fwooning, dyingfinners;wouta fin- ' ners but draw near, and come and fee this King in the charet of love,and come and fe.:: his beauty,the uncn~ated white and red in his fweet countenance, he would certainly draw their fouls unto hi~.Nay, _faythat all the damned in hell were brought up with thetr burmngfiery chaynsto the utmo£1: dore of heaven; could Z z.zzz ~ we
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