-----------------------~---------~---- that knocketb. the truth, !Jut fir the truth ; hewill doe nothing SE R • V. againfi the caufeof Religion, there is a·newNature in him,that he cannot doe otherwife,hecannot but love,he cannot finne with a full purpofe, nor fpeakeagainfi agood caufe, becaufe h~ hath anew nature that leads himanother way,Chrifl: is her Belovedsfiill though !he.fleep. . Take 4 chrijliAll at theloweft, his htllrt yettrnes 0/lflrv~ ttfier chriH. " Acknowlt'dging him tobehisBelnved,There is aconjugall chafiiey in the foul ofaChrill:ian, holding firme to the covenant andmarriage be– tween Chrifi: and ir, he keeps that unviolable, . thoughhemay be untoward, fleepy, anddraw– fie, yet ther~ is alwaies aconjugall, fpou(e.Jike : affedion.It is the v¥Jice ofmy Belovul,&c. Now leaving the Churches notice of the voice of Chrift, We tome to Chri.fts C4rrit~ge towttrds her. {' 1. Helmocketh,and tnenwehave, ' · 2.• Hilptttiencein that Cttrrit1ge. - . cJUy hettdis fiHed with dew, 11nd my lockes with the drops ofthe night,&c. Here is P~t.tience and )Mercy to endure this indignity at theChurehes , lband,to ftanq at hercourtdieto come in 1 beudes 3.the (ompellation, afterwards to'be fpoken of.. Thegeneral! obfervation from cbrijlsettrrittge, is rhis, That Chrijl fliO defires 4 further 4ndfnrther(om- · Olforv, 1 1 ~munion withhis Church . Evenasthe true foule,thatis touched with the J Spirit, defires nearer and nearer Communion .~ K with, I -~---------~-------·--
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