ChJp.2.Sed 6. Lofkingrmto:Jefru. Book.lV. Parr.V. 90 9 ftay millions ofmyles on this fide Jefus Chrifi. 0 the loveiim.fs, beauty, and glory of his countenance! can I fpeak, or you heare of fuch a ChriH? and are we not all in a burning love, in a feraphicallove, or at leafr in a conjugal love? 0 my heart! huw is it thou art not love fi::k ? bow is it thou dolt not ch:trge the daughters of {erufalem as the Spoufe did, l ch.1:ge yott 0 dttughrer s C1nt. 5 . s. Qf Jerufalem,if ye finde my beloved,that ye tell him,!amjick_of love? 2. For his bounty, no fooner was he afcended, and fee down at Gods,right hand, but he gives gifts unto men; al'ld he fends down the holy Ghoft. 'Lhis wa~ the gift of gifts; I fhall only weigh too circumftances in this gift, either whereof both dignifies, a!l<i cafrs a fparkle ofbounty from the 'giver, into the heart of thereceiver to move him t<i love. As-- I. One circumfiance is the greatnefSof the giver; certainly the preheminence or dignity ofany principie ennoblrth and enhanceth the effeCt:; a gift coming from a great p~rfon carryes ever a fent with it of a certaine greatneffe, and relifhetb either ofexcellency, or fuperiority, or nobility, or all. It is ftoryed of Charles the fifth,that in his wars being ever prefi with want ofmony,and fo unable to remunerate the fervices of diverfe Dutch Captaines,, and Nobles, whom he had entertained; he ufed after any great exployt pertormed by them, to call together his Nobles & campe into fuch a field, and there in the prefcnce of them all to take a gold chaine from about his own ·neck,and to put it about the neck offuch aCaptaine,.or fuch a Collonel, and fo to embrace him and to give him thanks for his gallant fervice:why,this they efteemed . a greacer (avour (being circumftanced by fuch a pcyfon, in fuch a way) than if in very deed he had given them a fuffietent pay, or · remuneration. 0 they valued that chaine more than many bufhels of the like gold; the very perfon o.fthe Empel'our hanged at the chaine fuch a precious jewel, as in warlike conceits a million of gold could not counterveile; 0 my foul tfan Emperour thus gained the affections ofmen, how fhouldfr thou but loveChrift the greatEmperour of heaven and earth;it was he that gave thee his Spirit, it was he that tookAf ~~~ Spirit which iJ ttp~n Numb. u .17 , l;.im, (fo is the expre[fton ofGod to Mofes) and put it upon thee; and doth not the perfon ofChrifr, the dignity of Chrift, inhance the value of the gift ? a$ all gifts ardigns o£ love, fo thelove of a great perfonage 1 and the gifts ilfuing from fuch a love, ought
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