comfortablewalking with (Tod. 375 fatneffe ofmolt refined and purified wines; which fhadow unto us, fpirituall delicacies, thefe golden dainties, digd out of the rich myne ofthe myfterie of Chrift , by the bandof Faith, in the Word, Sacraments, Prayer, Communionof Saints, folemnehumiliations, fweet Soliloquies, folitary con- ferences with our God, feeling forethought of infinite joyes through eternity, &c. Every circumftance breathes out no- thing but fweetneffe. this rnountaine.] Te is dreffed in Mount Zion, The per pionof beatitie, The joy of the wholeearth , Theglory of Lands ; which reprefents unto us, by way of ihadowand type, the overflowing glory ofthe ChriftianChurch ; the very Heaven cif all humaine focieties; our onely Saline in this inferiour world; which though fo much maligned, yet were it remooued,there would bee a little hell upon earth ; and no- thing left, but a darke Midnight of villany and horror, for incarnateDevils to domineere in. eA fia.fl of fat things, aflail of wines on the lees ; offad things full ofmarrow, ofwines on the lees well refined.] Here- by is intimated the matter of the Feaft, andRoyall provifion, amplified with extraordinary Emphafis of words, elegancy of phrafe , and iteration of the fame fence, withvariety of expreffion ; whiCh alfoargues its excellency.It is not enough to have Paid, of fat things, but there is added, offat things full ofmarrovv,and fo proportionablyof the wines; to inti- mate the molt exquifite refined flower of all delicacies and dainties. The marrow of the fatneffe ; as ifa man fhould fay, the fpiritof the quinteffence, the Diamond of theRing, the fparkleof the Diamond, &c. And yet all this comes infinite- ly fhort ofwhat the holy Gholl would fhadowand fhew unto us by the moft fumptuous materials of earthly Feafts. But aboveall, that which makes the Feaft moll matchieffe, is the Feaft-maker ; lehovals, is the founder and finifher ofit : The Ienteri gufitts s. maker of heaven and earth, makes it. The Poets defcribing ma men ofmoft ambitious appetites after clioifeft dainties, fay, N :NAV° thatthey rob all theElements, to pleafe their palates. The L'rus.1 B b 3 Matter
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=