0 VER S E 3. a ROM.13 .14. C01.3.I Z. 6 P5145.13,14. Efai.6t. to. Ier.2,.3z. Ezek.16,8,14. Cant.5.1o,i6. d Flag prai.84.1. 87.3. aeve1.21.18,23. f z Cor.7.r. g Zech.3.3,4. Efai.x. 5,6. hdloh.I5 3. 17.17. The Beauty of Holine e. IlepilMi....mma01114C4 amlur . OWefamem.......040 which folemnitie men ufe above all other to adorne themfelves with their coftliefi and moil beautifull attire: Thereforewe are Paid to a Put on theLord lefsts, and to Tus on bowels ofmercie, and btsmbleneffe ofminde, and nseenefe,&c. and therefore likewife the Church is compared to a b Bride decked inher choicefl ornaments and jewels, broidred worke, filke, fine linnen, bracelets, chaines,jewels, crownes,gold,filver,perfe6 comelineffe, garments of falvation, and ofpraile, robesof righteouf- neffe, &c. And Chrift the husband of this Spoufe, the cchiefeti and mil amiable often thoufand,even altoge- ther lovely. The d Defire ofall Nampsf, and the allure- ment ofall hearts that can looke uponhim. And c lava- lem thepalace of this glorious couple delcribed by the moil precious and defireable things which can bee thought on. Iafpar the wall, gold the pavement, pearle the gates, pretious fiones the foundation, and the Lord the light thereof. Ofour felvesby reafon offinnc we are full of a filthineffe anddeformity in&lb and fpiritix clo- thed with filthy garments,andoverfpread from the head to the foot with blaines and putrefaotions. It is only the holyWord ofGodwhich h maketh us Beane from our filthineffeand from all our pollutions.By the wathsng of water through theWord Chrillfanelifethus, that he may prefent unto himfelfe IrAio takMolger a glorious Church without /pot orwrinkle chat it might 6eholy and without blemifb, Epher.5. 27. And therefore the Apofile Saint Peter exhorteth Chriflian women to adorne the inner man ofthe heart with the ornament of a meeke and quiet 1pirit which is in the fight of God (whole pure eye they ought rather to pleafe than the wanton eye of man) ofgreat price, I Pet.3.3,4. And the truth hereof may bee proved even from thepra6lice of hypocrites themfelves : for no manwill counterfeite villanies, and make a thewof the vices, which indeed hee bath not except he be defperately thereunto fwayed byan humor of
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