358 VERSES. Efay ao. Cant. 2,.4,5. PfaL45Ir. Cant.t.4. Canc.', 5: Iohn 14.zt-23. Pfa1.45.1t. Canc,41 a Pfal,131,9, b c Reve1.3.18. 4.4 6.11. 7.9 Pfal.31.r. The Beautie of Holine e. come fprings of water. It ente.xtaineth the foule with feafls of fatted things,and ofrefined wines, and carrieth it into the banquetting-houfe unto apples and flagons. It giveth the foule a- deare communion with God in Chrifi, a fight °flint, an aced-le unto him, a boldneffe in his Ord-Clue. an admiicion into moil holy delights, and intimate conferenceswith him in his bed-chamber, and inhis galleries of love. Inone word, it gathers the ad- miration olmen,it fecures theproteetionof Angels, and which is argument ofmore beautie thanall the creatures in thewOrid haveheficles,it attraCteth the eye and heart, the longings and raviattnents ' the tender =companions and everlafting delights ofthe Lord Iefus. I have infifted on thole propertiesofholineffe,which denote inward beantie, bemire all the graces of the Spirit doe beautifie inherently.' But the word proper- ly fignifying Deem or Ornatssm, outward adorning by a metaphorof rich apparel', expreffing the internal' 'excelleneic of the 'ionic; notes untoustwo thingsmore. Firfl, tharthe peopleof Chriftarenot Only fanCtified within, but have intereft in that utifpottedholinefle of Chtift, wherewith they are clothed as with an-orna- ment. So theNeils a ofGodare fail to be clothed with righteoufnefe, and'we arc laid to b pHt on Chri .11 : And the righteoufneiTe of aril/ is frequently compared to long white robes, fit to dcoverour tins, tohide our na- liedne fie, and toprote& our perfons from the wrathof God fo that to the eye ofhis juflice we appeare, as it were parts of Chrift ; as when 1acob wore Efads gar- ment, he was as Elan tohis father, and in that relation obtained the bleffing. God carrieth -himfelfe towards us in Chrift,as ifwe ourfelves hadfulfilled allrisigeore: nefe, as ifthere were nogroundofconteflotionwith us, or exception Ogainft us. And this is indeed thebean- tieeofhdineffe : Themodell,-prototype, and original' of all hanoie. Secondly,
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