~------------------------------~------- 1charge.,cu 0 Daughters&.c. z89 I. chrifl(eeme.stoleave herimvardlr. SBR.Xll. 2. Thmjbegoeth totheWatchmen,thcy[mite and 1 • wound her. · 2 • 3· Thenjhehathrecourfltothe Daughtersof le3· rufalem for help. . Generally before we come to the particulars, from the connexion we may obferve rh is, 0/Jferv. That Love is afire kindledfromHettven. Nothing in the world will quench this fi fi Can.s.,:. Grace, no oppo ttion, nay oppo 1tion rather whets and kindles endeavour. How Jarrewe may befenfible ofznjuriet, The Church wa5 nothing difcouragedby the ill ufage oftheWatchmen.,only fhecomplain~s fhe is not infenfible. A ·Chrifiian may without finne be fenfible of indignities; onely itmuft be .the mourning if Doves, and 130t the roarirJg ofBetzrs. Ifa 3 8 • It mufi not bemurmuringand impatiencie, but a humble complaining to God, that he may take om cafe to heart, as the Chur~h cloth here : But . as fenfible as fi1e was, fi1e was not a whit difcou– raged, but feeks after Chrifi frill in·other means, if fhe find him not in one, £he will try in an other : we fee here the nature of lov..e, if it be in any meafure perfect, it cafieth out all feare of difcouragemems. _ And i~deed, It is the nature oftrue Grace to ~!~~;;;;.of /grow up wtth difficulties: As the .Arke rofe higher 1 with the waters, fo likewife the foule growes . higher and higher, ic mounts up as difcourage- ' ments and oppoficions grow : Nay, the foule takes vigour and firength fi'om difcoura~mems, as the wind increafeth the flame: So the 1 V GrJCe ' ---- ~-·- ----- -- -- .. ----- --- r l l
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