C A 8.5. about theyeere t4zo, 1041 is feen here on'earth,in the true knowledgeofChrif+<;and byhis true worthip, which hehimfelf bath appointed. Now the Spoke.c, com- paring it to Moaant Lebanon;fheweth thereby that there fhould be fo great an increafeofknowledge and renewed worfhii, that the pro- teffion ofChrift should continue as firm as thehile themfelvcs ; and as the Cedars of Lebanon exceed other trees in length,fo fhould true Religion excell all fcratching and pricking fuperftitions in reverend Majefte, which molt lily ;agree with the times prefently following, wherein the Bohemians (hook off the Romifh yoke, tgao. Now firft began the Word to be truly preached, theSacraments to he ad- miniftred in either kinde, wicked füperftitions to be rooted out, Monafteries to be beaten down, and the.Priefts corftrained to till the Land, or toyeeld fome better fruir, &c. Verf. f S. Hú month is mofTweet, yea, he is altogether lovely : This is my beloved, and this is my friend, 0 daughters f lernfalem. His lips (at the ra, verfe) dropped myrrhe: here the mouth foundeth fweetly both lips and month betoken the Word ,tYid 19-reaching, only the lips whifper obfcurely: the palate and open mouth yeeld a more founding voyce. Stich was the voyce of the Bridegroome heard in the Minifters ofBohemia,preaching the truth freely, and without feare, in _defpite ofAstiehrifi-. Hee is altogether lovely.; there is nothingin him but that which is molt to defired, with greate$ care and it tidy. This is my beloved, as if file fhould far, feeing yee have fo earneftly defired to know the excellencieof -my beloved. Thinke with your felves, that I have not trifled, nor ,done any tiling unfit for a modeft woman,in that my earneft indeavotrröf feekinghim and 'of ''chargingyou : but the honour due tohis merits far exceeds all my ftudy. .Thefe words do plainly teach, that the Church in her true members,at that time, bellowed all diligencein feeking Chrift. And now wee fee by this prophetic .(which with rioted foor-fteps bath exadìiy chewed the path-way through this Wilderneffe) -by what degrees the knowledge ofChrift appeared again from Frederick the fecond,(after infernali darknefle.covering the world by the Bifhop ofRgme, untill about the yeer,m2e. Verf. 16. whither is thy beloved gone, O thou faizele a»aonr Women? Whither se. thy delayed turned afde, t-hae Wee may peke him With thee ? This fheweth the great delire of the faithful! to feels Chrift, offer- ing their fellowship, and prom'iÇng common aid in feeking. Which tame in . fai lion, when the Bohemians got their liberty : for after- wards
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