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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
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h
fi
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f ·
Th"
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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 world
it fe!fe,in _direct
a~rming,
:hat he,
that ro win rhe world
hazard< hu (oule,
makes but an unw.fe bargame: wh1ch bar-·
~.
1
6_,
6
;
oaine were wife enough, if the
world
were more worth.
vfppende ammam homo
(faith
cbryfojlome)
&
Impende in animam:
If.you would
prize yourfoules
better,you
would
6eflorv
more on them. This is nothing: C H
R
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 H
R
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 than
Paul:
Not, when we lovedHim little, as
faint
friends;
bur
bated
Hi·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:pro-
per uttering them, belongerh to Him. None everfo fully orfo fitly fpake orcan
fpeake them, as the SoN N
E
of
God,
onthe
Crojfe,
from
thechaireof hi; profeji-
Lul<.sJ.f';
Dll.
And, of Him there, Saint
Paul
learned
Hoc
carmen amm!.
Himfelfecon-
feffeth as much (in the
r.
Chap.
of this
Epij/le)
that ir was
love;
Nor, his owne
love,
bm
C H
_R
I
s
T
s
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 Him-
felfe ts worrh, Heewill6e.Jiow; His
Ki11gdome,
and
rhefulnejfeof joy andglorieinit
for ever.
{<
2
hlmpendar.
That~
Why
Conrummatume
11 ,·
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
love
of foules triumphed over rhe
lwe
of His owne
t.J
e.
"th
3
L~bentifime
,mojl
gladly.
Witneffc that fpeech
:
A
Rapt
if
me I have to 6e baptized
Luk,a>.
s~:
~~at'
an
q:;omodo
coarf1or,
how
am 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
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11
~m~l~He,AvoydS•t•n.
Proofe enough (fay I) how willingly He went,and
Mac.~~-~;
vu
Wl
mgy ewouldbekeptfromit.
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