( ·\ .3 6 8 0 thqu faireft am1ng women,&c.1 IS B R.Xlll. jlejb _is gr".!Je, 4»riMthe flower Dfgraje (faith the Ifl.4°·cS· Prophc:t) and it is repeated in the New Tefta– mc:nt in divers places. All worldly excellency is as the flower of gra£fe, The g"l'aje~withereth 1 Pcu.l 4• andthejlower: fadeth}Jut thewordoftheLord(that is, the grctce that is imprinted in the {oule by the Spirit with theW0rd) thAt Ahideth for ever, and makesus apide likewife. v [t. _ From thisfaireneffe of the Church,let ustake occafion to contemplate of the excellency of Chrift that puts this lufire of beauty upon the 1 Church. · c.Jl;! ofes married awoman that was not 1 beautifull, but could not alter the cornpleetion and condition of his.Spoufe. But Chrifi dotb,he b b if/ 14 takes us wallowing in our bloud, deformed aad ·~:~~':xcel.\ defile~ , . bee ~s ~u_ch ~ husb~nd 3s can put his l~nt husband. Church 1ntoh1sown difpoGtton,a·nd transforme her into his owne proportion. He i3 fuch aHead as can quicken his members,fuch aroot a~ infiils life intoall his branches; fuch afoundation as makes us livingfiones,tbere is aVe'rtue and pow- . er in this husband above an. '. ) O/JkEi. :But (he is blacke? . · , .Anj~. · She is fo indeed, :tnd !he confeffeth her felfe · 1. tobefo)Cant.x.5.1a·mblaek burcoq:tely.,blacke, /!I ~b•t regar ' in regard ofthe affiietions and - ~etfcC\:ltiens of. tbe chr&b 641s J'L. . • l · ~h· · I'd ·' ' · ·· her {ilfebla&fr.e. otberS,H':JC 'm~ftSWftr.J10\ IS Wor • · , · Blacke aga10e, In regar_d of fta»d;, !s, for the 2 • Devill ·hates the Church more then all focieties . in the world ; therefore in t he {; dety <>f. the; Church there are efl~n more fcand ~1 s theoIn: '.Gther people,as the Apoftle. tels the carint'liians, 1 ' · thert'
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