~---~------____,._---~.____,. _________ P.art.z.Chap.u. C!AjfiiEfed(onfcience.r. Asyoumayfee:c~mt.).IO,,&c. Iopenedtomy .Be(o~ ved, b1tt my .Belovea hadWithdrttwne Himfolft, and WM gone:· t.1J.1y (ou!ef.aikd'When Hee fjak.§; I fought Him but I couldnotftnde Him: I c.tlled Him, b1tt He gave me 110 ~nfwer: The Watchmen that "Went ahout the City foundmee, theyfmotemee, they Wounded mee, The Keepersofthewa!ls took! aWaymy vai!e ftom, me: ]charge you, 0 dau.~hters of.Jeru(alem, if yee jis1de . my 'Beloved,that yee tell Him, that I am fie'« of love. what u thy Beloved, 0 thou fairefl among Women.! what is thy Beloved more then another Beloved, thttt thou doe_ft fo charge tM! Ul{Y Beloved is White andruddy, the chiefift among ten tho1tfonds. His head is tU the moft fine .~old,&c.Tbat thankfullnefle,which fpri11gs from a .f.enftble re-enjoyment of IeiLis CI1rift, and r~:tnrne of the fenfe ofthe favour 'of his good ointments into the foule, bath farre more heart and life then the free and fl.Ill poffefsion of all the vifible glory, and outward comfort ofthe whole world could pofsibly put into it.That joywbich makes our hearts leape within ·us, upoa the regaining of the wonted workings ofgrace, and our heaYenly feelings, is much more joyfull,then either that which followed the firft tafre, or the after free enjoyment of them. Excellent and extraordinary good things tafted and loft, do beget a farre greater fenfe oftheir f\veetneffe .and comfort upon their recovery, theri if they had been either never tafl:ed or never loihThat Sun-ibine ' is mofr faire and amiable, which breakes out after fome boillerous fiorme or great Ecclipfe.Refiitution to fenfe ofgrace after fome defpairefull fadneffe for Gods departure may produce a deeper imprefsion of fpirituall pleafi.1re in the recovered Patient, then the firfi plantation ofit. Thus doth our gracious God, who when He pleafe can bring light out of darkendfe, life out of death, fomething out of nothing, Heaven out of Hell, -even come neerer unto us oy · K k 2 · departin&. 511
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