388 Chap. 3 I. An Ëxp®fition upon the Books of J o a. Vert.g, while they pleafe the phinciesofmen doe indeed befoole their underftanding., and render themobjets of pity to many, and to the molt of contempt and fcorne; Secondly , The woman deceives by the very caft ofher eye loft looker out at thofe windowes of the eyes and from thence thofe fhowersofamorous darts are cal', and arrowes fhot which hove wounded many a heart todeath. Thus it is fayd ofTeti.. phars adulterous wife ( Gen. 39, 7.) She cafe her eyes upon 7ofeph and [aid, lie with me, The holy Prophet (Ifa. 3. o6.) reproves thevaine daughters ofZion, whowalked withftretched out neck,, andwanton eyes.; theHebrew is, ( and fo we put in the margin ) deceiving with their eyes. The eye is as full ofdeceit, as the heart or tongue are. There are fnares and nets in a wanton womans eye, and many have been intangled , and taken by them. The holyGhoft letting forth the molt pure and ardent love of Je- fus (Thrift to his Spoufe the Church , and how his heart was (as Imay fay) taken with her fpirituall beauty,ispleafed to expreffe it in this very notion ( where note by the way, that in the Booke of Centictes the Spirit ofGod often alludes divinely to thofe things which fome men andwomen doe vainely, while in higheft fireines he tells us of that iweete reciprocation ofunfpotted af. fe&onr between Chrift and his Spoufe) for thus he isreprefen- ted tinging tohisBeloved ( Cant. 4.9.) Thou haft ravifhed my heart, n y f dyer, my Spoufe, thou ball ravifhedmy bear: , with one ofthine eyes, with one amine of ray necke. How fpirituallypaflio- nate is this language oflove ! Ravifhment is the exftacy of Joy; He that isravifht in fpirir, fcarce knowes where he is, what he doth, or fpeaketh. Thus was Chrifts heart ravifht; Hielifter (fo he calls the Church with refpe& tohis owne future incarnation ) bia Spoufe (fo he calls her with refpe8 tohis prefent affe&ìon ) had ravifht his heart, or (as the Septuagint erapelate) unhearted him, Thee had gotten away his heart from him ( and then what might fhe not get ofhim ? ) But how didThe ravifh or getaway the heart ofChrift ? The textanfevers, Witbone of thine eyes ; that is, witha caft or glaceof thine rye. Chrift faydof the Spoufe at the fire verle of the foarth Chapter, Behold thou art faire my Jove, behold thouart faire, thou haft: doves eyes; that is, Pimple; chaft, pureeyes; fuch is the eye of faith, which not only lookes up to, taut lookes intoheaven , and Teeth him who is invifible 'Tis,.
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