Hooker - BT780 H7 1637

ato 7he' Suules effeauall calliP1groChri(#. simik. any nerves of a LordJefas Chrift, and ofmercie; and the foule thus continues wandring and feeking, till at !aft the Lord Jefas Chrift comes into the foule, when the foule bath hungred and longed for him. At length the Lord is pleated tofhew hirrtfelfe inview : behold thy Kingcorn. meth; fo the Lord faith, Rehsld the Lambe ofGed that taketh away thy jin-nes : Ohthoupoore-broken 'hearted (inner, here is thy Saviour, hee is come (Towne from heaven to fpeake peace to thy foule in the pardon ofthy fumes ; thou that hungreft for a Chrift, here he is tofatisfie thee ; thou that . thirlietl for a Chrift, hee is now come to refrefh thee ; thou that haft long fought him, hee faith, here I am, and all my merits are thine. Now when thetord Jefàs is pleated to prefènt him felfeto the foule ; now delire hai_h met with the Lord : there are two other affe&ions fent out by the Spirit to entertaineChrift, andthy are love and joy. Sufferme (Ibefeech 5 ou) to expre ffe my felfe after this manner, that I maydifcover the frame and guile of Gods Spirit in thisgraci- ous worke. It is in thiscafewith a(inner, as it is with a ma- lefaElouror traiteur (obferve what I fay)whois purfued with a Purfevant, and is fled to the tea coafts, and path taken a hold, and he is therebe- fieged. And now hee fe: th there is ro honeof favour, nor no hopeof efcape ; therefore hee is even contentto fubmitto theKings pleafure, and yeelds his neckto theblock, that hee may receive punifhment for his offence. Now comming to eXCCLa

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