Taraphrafel· /. 237 L___ --------------~------------------~ A 5 . I ,.(e up to open tomyWtll-btiD'Vtd,•ndmy hAnd! did dr~pdown c.J!fyrrh,.,d my fin· gers p11rt <Myrrh•pon tht handltuiftht BM m. . . And now 1 rouzod up my dronfi~ heart(w~at I could,>that I might in fome chrcr. full manorr defirr ro rocdve fo gractous a Stvtour: whtch when I but endeavoured, Ifound that he hadleftbehinde him fucha plenrifull bldlin2 (IS the monument of his larr prrfencr )~pon thdirfl motions ofmy heart, as that wuh rh.• very touch of ~;hem 1 was both excrrdingly refrefhed, and moved to furthenndtgnauon ar my felfe for ddaying him. 6. Ioptotd to m1 WtU.btlovul.·hut my W.U-be!dv_ed waf gont 4ndp•f/; miHt htartllldf ~ont "' '"" ht didfptAk : I {o11ght him, h•t I toll id not fin de hm• 1 I called him,h11t he '"· Jtrtrul mt not. . B 1 oproed ro mybel~vedSaviour:but my Saviour had now (in my feeling) with· drawn himfelfe, and htd h1scouorenancr from me, ho)dtng mefhorrofrhofegra. cious offers and means which I had refufed 1 and now I was aImoll pall my felfe wirh defpaire,to remember thar. ( wret invitation of his! whi~h I oegletled : I fought · him thrrdorcin my thoughts, 10 the ourward ufeofhiSordtnances, and of my earnefl praiers1but he wou\d not as yet be found ofme,ot let me finde that I was heard ofhim. 7 . The r~~atchmtn tha; wt•t about tht City {o11nd me, they[mote 111e, and riiONndedme: C thewatchmenofthe wals rook •way my vaile fr•m me. Thofe which fhould have regarded me, and by their vigilancy have !<cured me from danger, proved mine advcrfJries: in !lead ofcomfortingme, they fell upon me and wounded mewirlr their falfe dotlrines, dtawing me on into further errours, fpoiling me ofrhar purityand finceriry ofprofellion, wherewith, a~ with fome rich and moddl v'aile,I was formerly adorned, and covered. 8.1 chargey•t~,O daughters•fieruJitlem,ifyDUpndmy Wt/1 belwtd1tbdtyot~rell him r .,, jick oflove. I advife you folemnly, 0 all yerhar wiOi wellro me(for I care not who knowes the vehemency ofmy paflion) ifyou Oiall findemy Saviours prefence in your felves D before me, proy for the recovery ofhis love ro me; arid bemoaning my ellare to him, reil him how I languith with rhe impatient defire of his love and prefence to be rellored unto me. E 9.0 tht fairep •m~ng wlmtn,wh•i iJ thy WeO-htlwed,mDrt tbm anDthtrWd/.6eloved? whAt iJ thy We/J-~elovtdmm thtn amther lover,thdt thou d•Jl fir cl,.rgt"' l 0 thou which ar~ r~e moll happy,moci gra,cious,and moll glorious ofall creatures, the chofen ofthe hvtng God; what isrhy Wdl..beloved whom thou feekefl, above all other the fonnes of men~ what fuch eminency is there in him above all Saints and Angels, thatthouatrborh [., farre gone in affetlion·ro him! and doll fo vehemently adjure us to fpeak unro him for thee~ to. My fl!e!J.bef,ved ir nihire aniruiJy,the StandArd. hearer often thoufand. My Wtll-bdoved (ifyoukno\V nor)is dfperfetl beaurio; in whofe face is an ex. ad mixtureofthec?lonrs of th~pure!tand healrhfnflell complexion of holindfe: for he hath ?orr:cctved the fp!nr by meafule; an'd in him' the God -head dwcls bod•ly; he IS tnfin1rely f ••rer t~en all th:e t'onnosofmen; and forgoodlineffe of per!on may beare the Standard ofcomelinelfe and grace amongfl ten thoufand. 11. HiJ htadiJ Afpnt Gold,hiJ /ockH•rltd,udbtack.u d RAvtn. The ~eiti~ whichdw.ellcrh in h!m, is moll pure and glorioui:JOd rhat fulrltffe of grac.e wh1ch ts commuotcared to hls humane naru:e, iswondroufly beaurifull,and fo ftts tt forrh,as the bhck curled locks doe a frefh andwdl favoured couot(naoce. ti.HiJ'
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