z.88 /, lcharge~ou. ~?aughter~,&c. . _ ' SE:&.XII. \indignity,ifthevaile he tAkm·ojf. That is,if .our i11ame, infirmities, and weakndfes be laid open by falfe imputations. ' ' I Anfw. In this cafe, it is the innoce»cy of the Dove, that is to be laboured for, and withall the wifedome of theSerpent.Ifinnocencywill notferve,labour for wifdome, as indeed it will not alone;the wic– ked would t~en labour for fubtilcy to difgrace ' ·righteous perfons. o!Jject. But what if that wlll not .ferve neither. Chrifi: was wifedome it felfe, yet he fuffered .llnfl'l. moft;when Innocencie andwi(dome will not do it (becaufe we muft be conformable to our head) then we muft lahour for patience, knowing that one haire of our heads fhall not fall to the grouad without the providence ofthe Almigh– ty. Commend our cafe, as Chrifi did, by faith and prayer to God that judgeth. I chargeyou, 0 Daughters ofHierufalem, if JOtl fee my Belo'T.Ied, that you teUhimJ that I am ficke of Love,&c. · Here the Churc~ after her ill ufage of the Watchmen , is forced to the fociety ofotht r Chrifiians, not fo we11 acquainted with Chrift as her felfe: I chargeye oDAUghters DflerufoJem, ifY'" j11dmy Beloved,&c. TeUhim)&c. What . thall they teUhem. Tell himI amftcke 1[LtJve. The Church is refilelfe in her d~fire and pur– fuit after Cbrilt, t·illlhe find 'him·, nooppofition you fee can take off her endeavour. 1. chrift
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