1oba The, Afte,qhbeCNrch CAr.7. beholding it a farre off. ,This place, by force of oppofîtion giveth Lght to that of the Goates, a bate ¡linking creature and full of filth, Not that Chri(tian's are fuch in themfelves,but are accounted fuch in the world., Safe and fimple haththeir conditionbeen through the whole race of the calling of the Gentiles , to this of the Iewes, as wehave obferved, Chap; 4. The King is held in the gutters. I af- fent to thofe learned men which think iealludeth tothar,Gen,3o,3.8. But their application feemeth to me far otherwife, although that place yet yeeldeth the fame. , For as thofe pilled hods put in the Gutters, and beheld by the fbeep ( when beingvery hot they came to drinke) caufed to bring forthLambes fo fpeckled and fpotted even fo theKing is here Paid tobe held in the Gutters,that the faith- full havinghim alwaies before their eyes, in the place where they quench their thirst, hhall beget Kings by his example,a new Chriíti- ftianoff- fpring.So that thefe words yeeld a very good reafonofthat which was next before Paid: I-or when bee had even now commendedthe 'Purple haire,whereun_o i applied a Royall dignity of all the faithful': left any shouldmat vell he yeeldeth a reafon why it fhould be fo done, becaufe all the faithful( hhall be borne, Kings!: for the king.himfelfe isheld in the Gutterers whither thfy fhould come to drinke, and to quench their thirft : it cannot be but they waxing hot atthe fight of him, (hall bring forth fuch Children, as they fee him fet forthbefore their eyes. But how can the King be bound in the Gutters ? After the fame manner as Chrift fet forth to the view was..Crucified - Among the. Galatians,-.by ai e powerfuii preaching ofthe Word, Gala. 3. t. This is that ream wherein he is held and fromwhence they draw to quench their thirft. Now he is laid to be bound in the Gutter,sbecaufe they alai', never after- ward be deftitute.of him. Verf. 6. Holdfair and hats pleafa ç.Ftrt thou© Love, for :de/ightsi A fententious conclufron, orrather an,univerfall commendation, wherein he declareth the excellent beauty of theother members, which he mentioned notfeverally. Every word bath its Emphaifs or expre(lè.fignification. The manner of a king hash:admiration, the fame repeated, fneweth no Commonbut a molt; vehement and fìnga- tar admiration. The abftrad iheweth pureand perfect love, not infected with the pollution.ofany contempt: delights arelaftlÿ cafe into the heap, ifany thingmore couldbe added. Neither are thefe things added to let forthher beauty alone, or onely to expreffe with what delire the Bridegroome purfùeth the Church, but it chiefly belong
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