r l _tp. .~ __1_t_u_t_h_e,_o_ic_e_of_m_~_B_e_lo_ro_e_d ___ 1 tttttStttSStt J · '*'~~'*'*'*'~~'Jlt'Jii' The fixth Sermon. I . CANT. V. If. It i5 the voice ofmy Beloved that knocketh, {dying, open tmtome,r~Jy love~mydove,my undejiled~&c. N the firfl: part of this verfe h3th been handled the Churches owne conditionwhich ihe was in, afrer 1 fome bleffed feelings that ihehad 1 of the love ofChrifi:. ) Now in the next words, the Church fets down 1 an acknowledgement of thecarriage ofChrill: ·to herin this her fleepy condition. It n the voice of my Beloved that knock-s, faying, open to memy fifler,my love,mJ. dove., &c. Sheacknowledgeth Chrifis voice in herfleepy efl:ate, and fers down his carriage thn~, how be knocks, and then alfo fpeaks 1 0pen to me · ~.nd ~nen fets downewhathe fuffered for her, My lJMd isfilled withdew,andmy locks rvith the drops ofthe night. And that nothing ! night be w~mi~g th~t might moove her heart o refpett this h1scarnage towards her, he ufeth fweer titles, a loving compellarion, opentome. \ 1 f~ith he)my flflcr,mr lov e,my dove>myundepled, I · as·> ----------------------~------·-------
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