MyLorve. redand char.ged; helovesuswitha1oveofthe SEtt,. VI. imimatdt friendfbip; with the love of an Head, Husband, Friend,_ and wh~t we can imagine ·; ·he loves his owne Image. Paul f.'1ith,':That the wife is 1 Cor,II,7· . the glory of her Husband; ~ec~ufe what~oever is in agood Husband,the W1fe expreffeth 1t byre– Beetion:So the church u the glory of{hrtjl,{he re– fleets his excellencies, th~ugh ina weake me::t– {ure,theyjhewforth his rertucsor prayfes,a5Peter fpeaks, thus he fees his owne Image in her, and the Holy. Ghoft in his Church, he loves her, and thefe in her:fo as whether we regard the fa;. ther)or hirnfelfe, or hisSpirit, the Church is his Love.. Ifwe confider ~lfowhat he. bath done and foffired, 3· for her, we may well fay the Church is his Love. Befides the former favour.s (not to fpeake of Election)he choofed us before we wer~, In time he did chufe us byacruall EleCtion,by which he called us:we had anexift:ence, but we refified,he ·called us when werefified ; and then alfo he jl1fi ified us, and doathed us with hisowneRigh– teoufedfe,and after feeds us with his own body. As the foule is the moft excellent thing in the world, fo he bath provided for it the rnofi ex– cellent ornaments. It hath food and ornarnems. proportionaple.What love is this;that he iliould feedour foules with his cwn~body,and cloathe us with his owne Righteoufndfe. He lovedme Gal.z.to, (faith Pdul) what was the effect of his love r: He gave him.(elfifor me. He gave himfelfe both that we mjght have a Rigl!teoufndfe to doathe us M 3 with :-
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