Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.S5 B6 1641

1ch~~rgeyouO Daughters,&c. ---- - are, as vt~ujlin writ~ excellently in'hi~ booke . de Ct'TJitAte Dei,.aske thy hearrofwhat C1ty thou art. But wb~t fa-ith the Church to the Dttngbters of Ieu~falem in the firfi place. . · I charge yoH. · It is a kind ofad1flirationfupplied thus,I charge yoti as you love me your Sifrer, as you love Chrift,as you tender my cafe that am thus ufed, as you will make it good that you areDAughters of itrufole.m, and not of Bahylen, _tell myBeloved thAt Iam ficke of Love. It is a frrong charge, a · de~ettive fpeech, which yeelds us this obfer– vauon. 'Ihttt trueAjfe8iom ttre feriom;n thethingsofGod andofReligion. She layes a weight upon them, I chargt you oDaughtert oflerufol-em. True impreffions have ftrong expreffi.ons; therefore are we cold in mat– tersof Religioninourdifcourfes,itis hecaufe we want tbefe inward impreflions. The Church here was full, fhe could not comaine her felfe in regard of the largenelfe of her affections. I &bArgeyDu oDaughters ofleru.folem~&c. We may find the truth of Gract. in the heart by the-difcoveries and expreffions in the conver– fation in generall. I ch11rge you, oDttughttrsof!erufolem,ifyoufind my Beloved,that ye tell himI 11mficke ofLove. The Church·here fpeaks to others ,meaner then her felfe, fhe lhould have the Church tell Chrift (by Prayer,the fureft intelligencer) how · ' V 3 fue • < 0/;flrv~ · A jigHe fJj un– beliefe and coldnejle. ..

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