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worthy a look . they are but as vile things, as under- things, as
poor and low
~nd
mean,and bafe things incomparifon ofChrift:
.
]cou~utll thi~gs butlof{e
(faith Paul
)for
the excel!encyofthe phti. J.
8
kpowledge ofChrift 'fef uo my L ord.
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count t?embut dung that
1 may win Christ.
a-11.rl/3~M,
fome tranflate It
chaffe ,
others
dogs-meat
,
others
excrement.•, dung ;
all
a~ree,
it is
~uc~
a
thing as men ufuall}• call away from them With
fome mdtg-
nation.
4·
Becaufe it is according to the very law ofmarriage,
there-
.
Jere
{hall a
man forfa k!; f vtther, and mother, and cleave tohis wife;
Gen. %.
z-t–
the Lotd Chrift marries himfelf to the fouls of his Saints,
I wz'fl
betroth thee unto mefor ever,
I
will betroth thee unto me in righte-
Hof.a.19
oufneJTc, and inj udgement, and in loving kjndneffe, and
in
mer-
cies
.
ar.d for this caufe the foul muft forfake all , and cleave
unto' Chrift , as married wives ufe to do, we muft leave all for
our husband the Lord Jefus;
HearkfnO daughter, and conjider, ·P[alm
fr.t o~
and encline thineear, forget a!fo thJ own people, and thy fathers
houfe.
· 5.
Becaufe Chrift is a fealous Chrift ;
n~w
jealou!ie is a paf–
fion in the foul , that will not endure any fuaring in the objed:
beloved; the woman that hath a jealous husband muft leave
all her old companions: if fhe caft any amorous looks or glan-
ces after them, the husband will be jealous, and
jealoufie
is
crud
Cam.8.6
as
the gra_ve.
Chrifti(\ns! our God
is a jell/om God,
our Chrift
Exod.1o.5
is a
jealous Chrift, he cannot_endure that we fuould
look_
on
any
other things,fo as to luft after them.
.
6.
Becaufe all ·other things can never fatisfie the eye;
all
things ire full
of
labour
(faith
Solomon) man cannot utfer it, the
Eccle[,
r.
8
rxe
is
not
[atufied with
fe~ing
;
it is but wearied with
lookin~
on
divers
obJects, and yet fttll defires new ones : but once admit
it to behold that glorious fight ofChrift, and then it reH:s fully
fatisfied
:
hence it is that the daughters of
Z ion
are called
to
come fort?;
GoforthO
yedau$ht~~sofZion,
and behold K ing
Solomonwzth the crown wherewtth hiS mother hath crowned him
in
Cam. 3·
11
the
d,q
of his
e[p~ufals,
and in the day ofthe gladneffe of his heart.
Go forth
0
ye daughters of
Zion,
lay afide all private and
earthly affections, and look upon chis glory of Chrift .
As
the
daughters of
Jerufalem
fitting t>r remaining in their chambers
dofets, houfes,
cou~d
not
b~hold
the glory
ofKing
Solomon
paf..
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