Jfhttt is th) Belorved,&c. 1 3 1 S ; to all good examples, as the Church here to th ~ S~I. / love of the other part_ of the Church. Wherfore are examples among us, but that w~ f11ould f~l· low them ~we fhall not onely be anfwerable for • abufe of knowledge)but alfo of good examples we have had and negleCted. Doth GGd kindlt 1 lights for us, and iball not we W3lke by their lightdt isa fin not to coniiderthe Sun) the}./oon; theStars, theHeavens, and worksof Ndlftre and Frovidence,muchmore not to confider theWorks ofGro11ce.'But one phlce ofScripture {hall ~lofe up : ·all,which is)Rom.t I. n. Thattheexa~pleof us ' Gentiles at length £hall fl:irre up and provoke rhe Jewes to beleeve. To thofe friffe-necked }ewes .example -iliall be fo for~ible,that it iliall prevaile Simil~. with them to beleeve and to be converted. Ifexample be of fuch force as to .convert the )ewes that are fo far off, how much q1ore is it or ibould it be to convert ChrifHans,wqndrousis the force of good example. So we come to thcQ!..efiion it felfe. what is thy Beloved more then ~nother Belo– . 'Vta,&c. We fee there is excellent ufe of holy confe– rence, the Church comming to rhedaughters of Itrufolem, fpeaking ot Chrilt her :Beloved, that ihe is fit keofLcve.&c.Thedaughters of'Ierufalem are inquifitive to know Chrill-more and more. Here is ~he benefit of holy conference and good fpecches,one thing drawes on another,and that drawes on another , till at length the foule be warmed and kindled-with the-confideration and me- ~----------------------------- f I
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