u H;. '1ts .,, likeDovls upo~ the rivers •frv•ters,whieh ue w•fotwilhMill:,•nd re- A ttl4illin 1heirjillnejft. His judgementofall things,and his refpetl to his Church (which are os his eies) are full oflove, ond full ofpiety, fhining like unto Doves wathed in water, yea , in Milk, fo as there is no fpotor blemith to be found in them: and they arewithall fo fully pbced, as is bothmoft comely3Dd moll expedient for the perfe6t fight ofthe eftate,and neceflities of his fervams. 13. Hiuhuks Art .u • btdoffpim,And a (rrmFlowers,& hU lips like LiUiesdrofpinz J,,., pure U117rrh. The manifeftarionofhimfelfe to us in his Word, is fweet to our fpirituall feeling, as an heap of fpice,orthofe flowers that areufed to make the bell perfuming oynt- B ments,are to the other fenfes: his heavenly inftrullions 3od promifcs of his Gofpell areunfpeakablycomfort•ble,and plenteous in the grace that is wrought by them. 14. His h•nds41 Rings ofgo/Jfilwilh 1he Chryfolite; hit beUy like white IwrJ<Dvered wilh SAphirts. His •tlions andhis inftruments(which ~re hishands)arefet forth with much pore and rnajcftie, as fame precious !lone beautifies the Ring wherein it is fer: the fecret counfdsofhis breft,and the mylleriesofhis will,•re moll pure and holy, and full of excellent glory. I 5. Hit legs Are'" pillArs ofM.rHe,fetopl• {oeketsoffine gold : histo•~ltn•nrt, .u C Ltbanon,txcelltnt M the CtJArs. All hisrroceedings are firm and ftable; and withall, as Pillars of Marble fet in fockers o tried gold;fo as they are neither fubjeet to wavering, nor to any danger of infirmitie and corruption: the fh:w and carriageof his whole perfon , whereby be makes himfdf known to his cholen , is exceeding goodly aqd upright, like to the fireight Jnd lofty Cedarsof Lebanon. r6. His111111this M {wm things,•ndhe iswh•lly delel1•blt:lhis is my Wel b•lwed,•nd this is my Lwer,o dat~ghlers '.fltrufolem. His mouth,out ofwhich proceedeth innumerableblcllings &comfortablepromifes, is to my foul even fweetnelfe it felf1yea( what fpeak I ofany one parr~ ) as you have D heord in thefe pmiculars1he is all fweets: there is nothing but comfort in him; and rhere is no comfort but in him; and this(ifhe would know) is my Well.beloved; of fo incomparable glory & worthinelfe,that yemay eafily difcern him from all others. ForrAintC~ngrtgatilm. I 7• 0 thef•irtfl•mong wo,.m,,.hitheris thy WeN-belwtdg•ne?Whilheris thy We/!. belov{(J 1Urt1td -ftde,that wemit,htJiek himwit.h tkte? S !nee thy(Well-beloved is fo glorious and amiohle, ( 0 thou which art for thy beauty, worthy to bee the Spoufeof fuch an husband) tell us (for thou onely knoweft ir;and to feek Chriftwirhout the Church, we kno\v is vain<) tell us where this Saviourofthine is to be foughr; thotwe(ravilhed alro wirh the report of his beauty)may joynwith thee in the fame holy lludy offeekingnfter him. E CHAP. VI. I.MJ Well bei#'Vedisgonedownlnto his G.rden tothebedsof(pim,ll feed inlhe Gaf. dens,A11d t• gather Lillits. My Well-beloved Saviour (ifyou would know this alfo) isto be fought and found in the p~rticular alfemblies ofhis people,which are his Garden of 1 Pleafure, wherein are varieties of all the beds of renued foulcs; which I both be bath planted, and drelfed byhiscontinuall core, and wherein bee wolkcth for
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