' Anfw. Awake, aNortb.:.wind. blow uponmy Gttrden,tbat theSpices therofmAy flow out;let my Belovedcome into hl4Garden 1 audeat hii pleafantftuits. · - · And th~rfore,by reafon ofconnexion of this Chapter with the former Verfe, we will firA: fpc:~ke fomwhat ofit briefly,only to, make way for that which followes. The words containe, 1, ,_,1 turning ofChrUfs J]eech to thewinds to _ J,Jowupon his Garden .· with theEndwhy~ Thttt the Spices thereofm4Jflowout. 2. WehAveaninvitat~on ofchrijl-6y the church, to come intohuGarden, with the End, T~ eat hupleafimt ftuits. It may bea~efl:ion, whether this Command be thewordsof chrifl, or tht dpreofhis Spou.fl. The words are fpoken by Chrift, becaufe he calsit (My Garden) and the church afcer invites. l~im to eat of(Hu)plettfont.fruits,not of(Hers) yet the words may be likewife~"'J a11[wer to aformer focret defirt of theChurch ; whereof the order is this. TheChurch being fenftble of fome dead– ndfe of Spirit ; fecretly delires fome furthel' quickning. [hrift then anfyvers thofe ddires,bx· commanding the winds ro blow upon her. For; ordinarily chrijlfirft ftirs up defires, and then, anfwers the defires ofhis own Spirit,by further increJfe,as here. Aw.,kethlltl North-rvind;ttYJdcometliou South, ~ndh!ow11pon my Gardm,&-c. , For the fir!l: Point named, we fee here, that chrijl fends forth his Spiri":,With Command to allme~tnes, under the nam~of N~1th and' S'lluth– windJ , ----~------------------------------- l
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