Preached in LE N T. [aid or done for it~ Why for Soules? I Why, take the foule out of the body whichfomuch wee dote on,buteven halfean houre, and the body will row fo out of our love, fo defo_rmed, fo ugly,fo every way lothfom_e, as they that g ad nireir will then abhorre lt ;and they that now cannot behold ltenough,wlll now 1 ' · · h" h fi h f · Th" 1 then endureoncerocomeneere1t, norw1r mt e 1g to 11. 1sanarural norn vo~ld anliver: Thefoule is to be regarded of the body, for it makerh the body Jll\~e reaarded. z. Bur,aChrill:ianmanwillfaymoreforir. ThatrheLoveof ~ ~ull be rhe rule of the Love of Chrill:ians,and ours fuitablc to His. And C: R: ; ~ Tharh valued the foule, _a6ove the worldit fe!fe,in _direct a~rming, :hat he, that ro win rhe world hazard< hu (oule, makes but an unw.fe bargame: wh1ch bar-· ~.16_,6; oaine were wife enough, if the world were more worth. vfppende ammam homo (faith cbryfojlome) & Impende in animam: If.you wouldprize yourfoules better,you would 6eflorv more on them. This is nothing: C HR r s r hath valued your foules; valued and lovedthem above Himfelfe; Himfelfe, more worth than many worlds, yea if rhey were ten thoufand. I come now to the point. Is CH a Is r to bee · lov~d ~ Why, all that Saint Paul hitherto harh profeffed,alland every parr ofit,it was but to the S9ules at fecond hand. Hiseyewas upon CH"- r s T,all the time of his profe!lion. But, becaufe C HR I s r hath, by Deed enrolled, fer over His love to mens foules,and willed us,toward them to !hew,whatfoeverroHim we profcffe; therefore, and for no other caufe, iris, that hee fiandeth thus affected. Forthar, thofe foules CH 11. IST foloved, that He loved nor Himfelfe,to love them. Dilexi. jli me DPminepltH qu4m te, quando.mori vo!tlijUpro me(It is <.AHguj/ine :) Dying fot my [oule (L o ll o) thou !hewed!!, that my foule was clearer to thee, than thine owne fdfe. In love rhen to CH R r s T, wee are to love them rhat CH ll I s r loved . not ficut feipftim as Himfelfe, bur plufquam feipfum more than Himfelfe: and therefore hath chanaed rhe Sicut of the Law, Sicutteipfum, as·thy felfe,into Mlt.r 9 .•'· a new Sicut,sicutegovos,a~I have loved you. And, how did Helove us~ Even that Ioh.•J ·l-t· Hee was the firfi that ever profeffed rhefe fourerous, • Did6ejlow, • w.u bejlowed, 3 mojl gladly, 4 yea though the more He loved, theleffe weloved Him. Or (ro give Him His right) a degree higher thanPaul: Not, when we lovedHim little, asfaint friends; bur batedHi·11 grearly,as fworne enemies. For,Heit was, that profcffed this Ioh.as.i.4~ art, firll:. The words are indeed CHill srs owne : Theprimitiveandmoll:proper uttering them, belongerh to Him. None everfo fully orfo fitly fpake orcan fpeake them, as the SoN NE of God, onthe Crojfe, from thechaireof hi; profeji- Lul<.sJ.f'; Dll. And, of Him there, Saint Paul learned Hoc carmen amm!. Himfelfeconfeffeth as much (in the r. Chap. of this Epij/le) that ir was love; Nor, his owne love, bm C H _R I s Ts love ( CbaritM CH ll I s TI extorjit) _chat brought thefe words from h1m. Hts, they be not,but oretenus: the tongueh1s, but CHill sr the fpeaker. His they were; His they are, out of whofe mouth, or from whofe penfo· everrhey come. · . Wee are come then now, where we may read Love in·the very original! : even m the moll: complete perfection, that ever it was : Projtente C H ll I s r o, CH ~ I s T Himfelfe, rhe Profejfour faith I Impmdam firlt: Bejlow He will. Ifyou wtll make port.fale of your love,none !hall out.bidd Him. Even wharfoever Himfelfe ts worrh, Heewill6e.Jiow; His Ki11gdome, and rhefulnejfeof joy andglorieinit for ever. {< 2 hlmpendar. That~ Why Conrummatume11 ,· itisdoncalready·all hands and Ioh.•f-l~: eet d dh . 1' '!' • , . us ' ea an eart c.pened w1de; and all, even to thelaft drop of bloudbellowed for l }. on Ht$ Crojfe : where, the loveof foules triumphed over rhe lweof His owne t.J e. "th3 L~bentifime ,mojlgladly. Witneffc that fpeech :A Raptif me I have to 6e baptized Luk,a>. s~: ~~at' an q:;omodocoarf1or, howam Ipained, rill I be at it! And,that too,Thar,ro him thedm<?lleh. H~m, not tobejlorv, but favour himfelfe, he ufed no other tcrmes than to · ho 1 e~1 - 11~m~l~He,AvoydS•t•n. Proofe enough (fay I) how willingly He went,and Mac.~~-~; vu Wl mgy ewouldbekeptfromit. Ff3 4- And
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