Part. 3.Sea. I. Love-Melmcholy. Memb.3 .Subf. r; ------------------------~------------~----~ 424 g A f~ithfull friend is better then h gold , a medicine ofmifery,; an ongsyr<~<Uer . ly peffeflion,yctthis loue of friends, nuptiall, heroicall, profitable pleah Platareb, fant,honeft,all three loues put together ,are litle worth, ifthey pr~ceed P,7(:f:m ••- not from a true Chriftian illuminated foule,if it be not don~ in ~rdine Ad i Xe••pboo, Dtsmo,for Godsf~ke. ThMgh l h4d thegift ifProphefie, !f•le wllhtongue ""'""''"""' of 111111 ~nil A11gtls ,though !feed the po~re with .a my goods ,gi•e my bod1 '.:.'1:'jfi'J,: t~ bt~tmmJ,.n.ih•venlt t~ii lo11e, it frDfittth~e.nothing. r.Co~·I3·•·J• 'ns!flen.iu/!l"'!e&fAtllm,w•thonrchanty '· Thtsts an all. apprehending lo11e ~ a detfymg louc, a refined,purc,dtvmeloue, the qumteffence ofall t t.pif/.l >, lo~e,the true Philofophers ftone,N on poteif.enim, as t Aujlin infcrres vt. k Greg.~·~· r•eiter •mictN eft hominis, nifi fueritipji~H prim#iwl.ltritAtis, Hcis no ;~~:::ig~- true rriend that loues not Gods truth. And therefore this is true loue in •itur,(9' per deed ,the caufc ofall good to mortall men,that reconciles all creatures :~.";;:;:,"~~ and glewe~then~ together in perpe~uall amit.f and firmc league, and ea~ ••~ritur. . nomoreabtdc btt~e!neffe,hate,mahce,thcn faueand foule wcather,light IPt"olomen•- and dulmelfe, fienlny and plenty may bee together; as the Sunne in the ~',Cba;};[;"J· Firmamenr,(l fay)fo is louc in the world;and tor this caufe 'tis loue with ""'"iaoJole- out an addition, loue ,,.1' i~ox.Wl, loue ofGod,and Joue ofmen. k The '£~:':':;,fr:7;; lo•eofG,J btgtts the lo"e ofm&ll,411116y.this loue a[~~>r fltighbDUr, the !Me &•· ifGoat" ,.,,.,;jlwi andmcrt•fiJ.. By th1s happy unwn ofloue,'•U •ve/t ~omPer.,oi(o- vernetljA111ilies and cittits are combintt:l, the heavens •nnexetl ,'•ntl tlivtne ~:::;,~~:· foNits C#mpliweJ,tbe nmld it (el{ecompofed, an.i aU that is i11it conjoyned r<IJix!omni~m in Gad,•ntl reduced to one. m This loNe ca,.feth true anti ab~lutt veriues, 'IIIThltMm, • tht life,/}irit ,And root ~f every vertuoNI AiliDII , itjniflmhpra!ferity, ea. ~;;:,& IJ•- feth•tlvtrjity,CDrrtlls all ~tatur.U incumbr411ctS, inconveniences, fuftai.t n'Divi•o ·~ ned by Faith and Hope,which with this our louc, make anindiffoluble '":.!t';;'::'"~- twift; a qord~ni•n knot, an .AlqualilcrTriangle, A11d 7tt the greatt/1 of forpu;g::: thtmisloNe,x.CDr.I3,I3·"whichinfl•Nm our fiulu with•divinehm, purg•torek Aliabti11gfoinfl•mttlpurgetb, a11.i fo purgtth, elev•tts to G9d, m•kes anAt- ~; •..,;;,::,, tonement,•ntl rtmtciles "' unt1 him: • That_lther loue jnfeCls tht foule of homioem'Deo m•n thil &!eall[eth;th•t depreDes,thu ere•res; that r•ufeth cares and trouco•11i41-B.,. hies:thil q•ittwe(Je of mlt~ae1thil informes,tb•t tlefornm our life; that ltAJs ':Iu; infi<it, tqyepenwut ,this t1 he•ve11. For if once we be truly link'taad touched bitperf•i<,iUe with thischarity,we lhallloue God aboue all,our nc1ghbour as our felfe :i/:.'':':';,7:' as weareenjoyned,Ma~k.u.3r.Mat..19· '9.' pcrformc thofcduticsand ,,..quiUita- exercifes,all the opc:r~uons of~ good Chnlhan. tem? ;Z' "":~ This lallt{ujfmth l111g, it is ltluntifull, envieth nit ,b,•Jleth not itfelft; ~~~·;:[,~:•• is not plljfedup.,it demveth n",it feelc(th not his D"!n things, is not prav~ m•t,illeJe- kedt,.nger,it thinkttb nil tviU,it rti1yceth fJDt iw iniqnity, but in truth. format,<$'•· JtfujferethAHthings,belitvetb •llthings,hopetltallthings, r.Cirinth.x;. 4 .) .6. 7,it e~vertth ,N tref)•ffis,PrW.I o. u.a multitude of jinnes, 1 .Pet, 4 .as our S•viaNr told the woman in the Cjllftll,thac walbed his feet ,m•- ny jinnes wereforgiven h",f1rfoe l1vt.i much, Lukt 7·47, it wiU deje11d the {Ather.leffe And the ~itlJgw,lfaJ, I,17.wiU feekeno revenge, 1r he mindfull ofwrDng,Levit.I9.18.will b~i•g hame his brothers oxeifhegoe •ftray, 111 it is carnmAnde.i,Deut.z2.I.wlfi refiH evtlt,gtut to bun that Mketh,and 1m turntftlm him that b~rr~wtth,ble!Jethem tlJ•t c•rfe him, loue his enemj,, c.JI:(attiiiW s. be•~e h!s !~others bnr1hen, G•l•thi•ns 6. 7• Hhce . t ~
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