• \ I Tell him that I am ftcke of Lo"Pe. , felfe in that comfortable way which certainly leads homewards. SOl l SB R.XIII. i I An infiance whereof we have in the Church here, who having loft her {weer communion with Chrifi, and fo raiddearly for her former ncgleCl: and 'fleighting his kind invitations (as beingtroubled,refilefie inmind,heatmttndwour;– dedby the watchmen,bereft of her vaile, &c.)Yet this heavenly fire of the bldfed Spirir,this water Ioh.4. of lift fi> rdHclly fpringing in her, mak~s her fichne(ft of leve and ardent defire after Chrifl: to be fuch, that fue cannot containe her felfe, but breaks forth 'into this pa{fionate charge and re· queft. : ! charge ,ouoDaughters of ~eru~leNi,ifye find my Beloved,thatye teOhim I am ficke ofLove. Thus we may fee that the way to Heaven is full of changes, the firength of cormption over. clouds many timesand damps our joyes. How many feverall ternpers·hath rhe Church bin ia -: i Sometimes {he is all cornpounded of joy,ve-he– n1entlyddiriog ki£fes of her bell beloved, fue holds her beloved fafi, andwill not let himgoe, and fometimes againe fhe is gone, bath loft her beloved, is in a feaof troubles, feeksand cannot find him,becomes fluggi!h,negligenr, overtaken with }klfe.love, afrerwhkhwhen £he hathfmar– ted for· her omiffions (as here againe) fhe is all iifireafter Chrifi(aswe fay) no ground will hold .her,away fhe fliesafterhim, and is reftldfe untill , !he find him. Where by the way·we fee, Th11t permanency 11nd jlahility is for thelift to .come;here our .•
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