IS .a R.IX. lee that be vile in our eyes that is precious in I his ; let us labour to bring our hearts to com• fortable obedience, for it is a fwee.t f.ttcrifice to God. MyBelo~edput in his httnd,&c. ,( Now whence came all this ~ from this that is mentioned,ver.4. 011y Belovedpntinhk·handh_y · the holr: of the doorc, andmy howels were moved for him. Firfifor that expreffion, he put hu jnger in by t~eholeofthe doure. It implies here,that Chrifi · before he deplrted left by his Spirit an impreffi– on on the Churches heart, wfukh deeply affe– Cted her to feekeafter him. The Fingers fpoken of, are nothing but the power ofhuSpirit, as the ufuall Scripture phrafe Exod.8,19• isJ Thu UG8ds finger, Gods mighty ham/, without which all ordinances are ineffed:uall. Paul 1 Cor.3.7· · may pl4nt, ttntl v1pDUosmay water, but all is no- , thing without the working of tbe Spirit : The motions whereof :.tre moft ll:rong, being Gods Jnger, whereby he wrought all that affedion in the Church,which is here exprelfed. Chri£1: be– fore he l~av<!th the Church, pt#s bis finger into thehole 11[tbe do6re ; that is,he works fomewhat inthe foule by hi-s Spirir, which fl:irred up acon. fiant endeavour to feeke after him. For wliy elfe followes it-: her bowels were mJJved afier him) which implies a worke. of the Spirit upon her bowds,exprefl: in her gnefe for his abfence, and ihame for her refuting his emrJnce, and where. by her heart was moved, and tutned in her to feeke afrer him. Ftom whence thus explained,\ obferve, That
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