Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.S5 B6 1641

. ' ----- ------------- __ , __ _:., that kr;ocketh. woefull thing it is for the foule,which bath once · SE R. V. 1 tall:ed howgracious the Lord is,tob~ long wirhout a fence ofGods love:For wherri't looks upon finne, as thecapfe ofthisfepararion;this isfor ~he tirrte)as fo many deaths unto ir. Therefore the Churches experience muA: b: our warningpeece to take heed how we grieve tbeSpirit,and fo fall into this fpirituall fleep: Whereinyet this . is a good figne, that yet we are not in a de(perate dead fleep)when we can with her fay, · It is the voiceofmy BelovedtliJtknDcks,foying, 8penunto,me,&c. In which words youhave, _ I. Th~ ChUYches . acknowledgement if Chrifls .i 'VO(ce. 2. ofh-u carriage towards her. 1. Herticknowledgemmtis.fetdowne here. Jt u the voiceofmy Beloved. ' 2. His carriage,Heknooks,&c. wherein, 1. His PAtience infoffiring things unworthy and ntterly un!Jejeemi1Jg for ,him. He doth not onely · knocke, hut he continues knocking, till hu he4d WitS ;filed with dew, andhu locks with the drops of the :night. / · z. Hu friendly compeU"tion, open to mee mj ~ 1 , /ov~, my doveJ myundifiled. Loe here are fweet I achons,fweet words, and all tomeltthe heart of the Spoufe. f. I Firft, the Churches· acknowledgement is to be \ co-nfidered, con(effiog, It isthe voice tJfher Belo~ \ ved. 1 he firfi thing ro be obfen~ed in this ac– knowledgement i~, . Thatthe Churchhowever_ 1) ~&-~ fleepy_l,...._......___._ J;

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