1°74 Theftateof the Church CAP.8 the foregoing calamity and forthwith their following happinefle, whilst he giveth the knowledge of the language of Canaax to five Cities, chap. i9.17. He theweth why it is called a little one, by bounding that Church in fo few cities. Vet f. 9. If_thee be a Wall, We Will buildupon her apalace of fiver, and if the be a dore, We Will enelofe her With boards of Çedar. Awall before, Chap. S. verf. 7. was the fafegard of the Civil! Magiftrate : and they which executed that office were called keep- ers of the wall : compare itwithChap. 6.9. it feemes here to figni- fie the faire. As if the (h auld fty, If the Civili governours will yeeld their helping hand to build up and defend the Egyptian Church, they !hall not want our ready ayde, that they may do that wick the more dignitiL. The Gates in the Wall are the Minihers themfelves, which make an entrance for others into the Church. As the new Ierufalem, all clofed with walls, bath twelve Gates, infcribcdWith the nametef the twelve ApoJllcs, Reve. at. t a, This is then the meaning thereof. If the (hall be naked,and without authority ofthe Magiftrate,fo that flue mutt be gathered and pre- ferved by the onely truh and induftry of the Mintiters ; Then will we every where fence thefe gates with Cedar boards, fo that they may be fitted againít force, not feeling any worme-eaten old age For then (hall the Church flourifh with fuch Authority,that the (hall not onely helpe her felf, but allo her far remove Citizens. Verf. io. 1am a Wall andmy breafts like touters, then Was I für bis eyes as one thatfoundpeace. The confultation and decreeof thefifers hath difcovered the be- ginningof this Church. Shee fheweth the proceeding in her own words. For anfwering their carefulnelle, the fheweth her fell furnifhed with thole ornaments which they were afraid (he wanted. Verely, not altogether deflitute of the civili power, but tome-what fenced with the aid thereof as with a wall and Bulwark. Alto her Breaks from whom milke is drawne for the Children, though in the beginning they were fo fmall , that they fumed altogether none, yet now they were grown to that largenes that they might be wor- thily compared with rowers. This peace which (he fpeaketh of is that Marriage ( as it feemeth ) which her fillers before pointed at, and iselfewhere called Reft, Ruth 3. r. As if Thee (hould fay : after that ray breafts waxed ripe or imboffed, I found'that pleafure in t hrü}, whichMaides are wont to enjoy in Marriage. v'..rf. x t. Sal.,rtton had a vineyard at Taal -%.anon, he let out the vine-
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