1(bargeyou0 Daughters,&c. •. - --- in another, and pnhaps we fhall findhim where We leaft thopght of him ; fometimes there is more comfort in the fodety of poore Chrifii– ar.s,then ofthe Watchmen themfelves. I chargeyou>oDAughters of Jerufalem;&c. Whet·e we have, · · I. Acharge given. 2 • . The pardescharged,theDaughters of Itru· (alem. 3· The particular thing they are chargedwith, that is(if they find Chrifi) to tell him 0e ufickeof Love. Theparties charged, are theDaughters if Iem– falem, rhe D~ltlghters of the Church, which is called IerN{8lem, from fome refemblances be– tween Ierufolemand the Church; f0me f~w £hall betouched,~ogive light to thepoint. Jerufalem was aCity compaCI in it felfi (as the Pfalmift faith) fo is the Church, the body of Chrifi. · Iertifalemwas chofen from all places ofthe world, to be the feat ef God : fo the Church is the feat of Chrifi,he dwels there in the heartsof ! his children. i It is faid of Ierufalem, they went up to Jerufo– lem,anddowne to Egypt,andotherplaces:Sothe ' Church is fromabove, '[heway of wifedome i5 on high. Religion is upward, Grace, Glory, and Comfort come from above, and draw our minds up to have our converfation and our de– fires above. Jerufolem WtU thejoy of the wholetarth : fo the 1 V 2 .Church . SER.XII. I. 2. The proportion between IertJ· (alem and the Church. Gal4,16'. Prov.1s~t4• •
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