Chap. 3 ç. AnExpofition aspon the BoolLo fJ o°a. ' Verf, Pi t131- font ar}7ya,Ca- Tit ne inermN reperiatur, .Ari{1.ubi fu- Firfl, That perceiving himielf to grow fat in the latter end of fummer, and being conscious of his own inability to help himfelf by flight , he retiresnaturally to covert in fecret places, that fo he may be free from the purfute of hunters. Secondly, ( Say they ) when he bath cafe his horn, thenalfo he retiresand gets into the thicket, as far from fight as he can, be- ing fenfble he bath loft his armes, his defence, and is therefore unwillingco come abroad where danger is,till his head be grown again, and he furnifhed with weapons for his own defence. The Hind in the Text is the female, and the Scripture fpeaks of the Hind in a twofold alluCon. Firfl, In allufion to Chrifl. Secondly,In allufion to thofe that are Chrifis. Jefus Chrifl him -elf is often alluded to under this name, and that in a three-fold refpe&. a. For his fwiftnefs and fpeedinefs in coming to the relief and help of his Church (Cant. 28. g.) Behold,hecometh leaping upon the mountains. and (kipping upon the hills; my beloved is like a ?oe, or young Hart, or Hind, 'cis the fame word. His leaping and /kipping notes r. His chearfulnefs. 2. Hisfpeedincls in coming. The mountains and hills uponwhich he leaps and skips, note the gre at obilacles and difficulties, which Hand in his way when he comes to help his Church, his beloved Spoufe. Again{Cant. 8. r 3. ) Be thou likethe young woe, or young Hart upon themountains of fpicer The Church defcribes the gracious haft which fhe delires Jefus Chri$ would make tohelp, comfort, and relieve her, by the fpeedy running of the youngHart. 2. JefusChrifl is fo compared with refpe& to his lovingnefs; that's the Epithete which Solomon gives the Hind (Prow. 5, tg, ) Let her (thy Wife) be as the loving Hind and pleafant Roe. Now as the Wife fhould be tendered by her Husband as a loving Hind, fo Jefus Chrifl is like the Hind for his exceeding loving- nefs to his Spoufe or Wife. Chrifl is fo full of love, that he is called love it Pelf. Oneof the Ancients (peaking of Chrifl dying, faid/fly Love wascrucifted. 3. Jefus Chrifl is fhadowed by,the Hind, with refpe6 to his fufferings, for he was hunted as a Hind with Hounds, with blood- hounds, with the hell-hounds of this world, the worf of wicked men. Therefore it is remarkable, that in the 22. Pfalme, which Is throughout a prophecy ofChrifl ( thefirft words being the Taft be
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