\· 294 Icharge Jeu 0 Daughters,&c. 1 15 B R.XII. 1 fhe was ufed,how fhe langui01ed, and was licke forhim,and cannot be withou~ him. i !J.!5eft. Why •didnot the church tell Chrifl het felfe ? Anfw. So.fbe c1id as wel as fhe could, but fhe delired Iam.$.14• thehelpofthe Church this way alfo.Somtimes , iris fo with the Children ofG0d, thatthey can- , not pray fo well as they flmyld, and as they would doe,becaufe the waters ofthe fouie are fo troubled , that they can doe n0thing but utter groanesand fighes> efpecially in a ftate of defer. tian, as Hezektahconid but chatter, and <..JUofes could not utter a word at thered Sea, though he did{hive in his fpirit; in fuch cafesthey muft be beholdingto the helpof others. Sometimes a man is in body ftcke (as I11mes faith)!{any ma» he ficke let him find for the El:. ders7t~ndlet them pr4J.Theremaybefuchdifi emper of body and foulc, that we ar,e unfit to lay open our efiare toour owaecontent. It is oft fo with the bcft of Gods Children; not that God dothnot refpea: thofebrokenGghes ana delires, but taey give not content to the foule. The Mar~t.,.,3; poore palfie-man in the Gofpell not able rogoe himfelfe was car1'ied on the fl1oulders of others, . and letthrough the houfe to Chrifi:ofc rimes we . may be in fuch-a paHie efiare, that we cannot , btingour felves to Chrifi; but we murt becontent to bebornetohimby others. · I ch4rge yot~ o Daug~ters of Ieru{alem, th4t ye : 1 ell my Beloved,lrllmJicke ofLove. . I .Whence-the point that I defire you wouldob- ' ferve, is, · i Thttt '
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