I jleep. tim:t getting fi:rength. The Churchnow falleth S BR. Ill. afleep, then was awake in the night, ancl fought , her belov~d; here is no prefent awa!dngJ nofee– ·~ king;there no mifufageby the watchmenas here) there {hefindeth himmore fpeedily,here i11efals ftcl<e with love before Chri!l ~ifcovereth him– felfe. I . ' 2, Before we come to the Words,obferve inge– nerall, 'That thejlateofthe church ttnaevery Christian tS 0/;firv. I. fohje:1 to [piritiiallalterattons. 1 he Church isalwaiesbe!oved,ajpf)ufe,a.friend;bUt in this one fiate there falle thom variety ofchanges.No creature fubjeet to fo many changes as man ; from a fiate · of innocency he fell into a fiate of corruption; . from that he by grace is refl:ored to a flare of grace,and from grace to glory,where his condition £hall be as Chrifis now is, end as the heaven 1 the place is, altogether unchangeable. And in that fiate or grace, how many intercourfes .be there, the foundation of Gocls 'Iove to us, and / grace in us alwaiesremaining the fame, once,beIoved,for ever beloved. • I We fee here after a feafl: the Church falleth ! afleep:Seeit inAlraham~fomtimesjlrong infaith, \fomtimes fearfull. David fometimes fianding, )fomtimes falling, fomtimes recoveringhimfelf; j & fianding fafl:er.,fomtimes triumphing,theLord tU the light of my coun·tenance, whom jhaO !flare . Pfab7.r . J fomtimes againe, I }ballrmeday fall by the ht~nds of •}~m.z7:r. /Saul. In the very fame Pfalme he begins with, . Pa ' 6 " I · (. i Re~ukeme not in thy rvratb, and ends wirl:l, Awtty t j ye , l ·- - ------- _ ... _________ ·--------- --·----- •
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