My Lo~e. 167 1 there: united. So in the Church all his love cloth s,. 2 R.. VI. meet. Then the Church is his .love: alfo, becaufe whadoever fhe bath or hopes for, is from his love,and is nothing but his love.The Church as it is a Church, is nothingbu~the love ofChrift. That there is a Church fo endowed, fo graced, fo full ofthe hop( ofgl<:>ry, it is out of his love. · And for the properties of it, It is a fee love, a preventing lovejhe loved us before ever we could love hiin;he loved us whenwe refitted him, and were his enemies. It is amoft tender love-;,as youhave it, Ifd·49·I5· ·Can amother forget her (ucking childe, if Jhe foould yet wiO not I forget thee ? thou art written on the palmes ofmyhands,&c. He hath us in his heart, in his eye, in his hand, in a mothers hearr, and be– yond it ; he bath a tender eye and a powerfull hand to mlintaine his Church. It is Ji mojl tranftendmt, and carefull love, all comparifonsare under it. And it is'4 moft intimate invi,ci6te love, that nothing could quench it, as we fee here the Church droupeth,and had many infirmities, yet fhe is Chrifts love,fo that the love of Chrifi is a kind of love that is unconquerable, no water will ever quench it, no fin ofours, no infirmity: So as ir is very comfortable that the Church confidered under infirmities, ·is yet the love of Chrift, 1 jleep, but my he11rt waketh, yet Chrill: comes withmy Love,m_y Dove,&c. Properties ofit. ~. ' M B~ --~· ~4--·------------------- I
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