196 SEa..XII. Lrn:1e ·ficke what. Ichargeyo11 0 Daughters;t!x.c, from him,that I cannot bewithout him. To be Love-ftckechen in the prefenceof the Church, is to have firongaffechons to ChrHr,from which comes wondrous _ difquietndfe of fpirit in his abfence, here is fomewhattgood, and fomewhat ill. This is firft her Vertue)~hat iliedidfervently love,this was her infirmity, that ihewas fo much ditl:empered wi,th herprefenn want: Thefe two breeds this'ficknc:ffe of love,_whence we obferve, · .. Where tbe thingloved !Jnot preflnt an(weraGl~ to the dejires of the foule that loves, there fo/lowes dif quiet anddiftcmper ofajfeefions; Th~tt is hereur– medftcknejfe 1j Love. The Reafon hereefis, Natnrall contentment u in union with the thing Loved. The moreexcel– lent: the thing is t.bat is loved, the m@re content~ ment there is in communion with it, and where it is in any degree or meafure hindred~ there is difquiet : anfwerable to-the contentment in en– joying, is thegriefe,forrow, aod lickneffe in par– ting.The happindleofthe ChurchconfilHng in fociery witbChrift;thereforeit is her mifery and fickndfe tobe def'rived ofhim,not rnenjoy him whom her foule fo dearly loveth. There are few in the world fi~tke of thisdifeafe·, I Wotlld there were morefickeofthe Iov·e ofChrift; there are many that furfet rather offulnelfe, who t hinke we have toomu,chof this 0Vlann4, ofthis prea. ching,ofthis Gofpell, there is toomuch,of r:his knowledge)ofthe ordinances,thefeare not fi.cke of love. ; Make,'
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