Fo \ 0 thou foireft among women,&c;. I S :a tt. XIV•.to the dau_ghters of Itmfolem, moved them to ' I / make this .Q!.efiion untoher, Wh11t is1hy Bel6vedmDrcthen another Beloved,&c.To beinlove is much; toconceale itis grievous ; to vent it with ~~ fuch'fervency and paffion breeds afl:onifi1ment in thefe younger Chrifi:ians,whowonder what that · is which can :fo draw away the Cfiurches love, and run away with her affeCtions. They knew no · fuch excellencies of the perfon the Church fo admired,and therefore they doublethe Q!..efiion , unto her, What is thy Beloved;8(.c. what is thy .Betoved, ,&c. \Vhereby we fee rhe excellency ofthe foule which alpires fiill towards petfeeti– on, not refiing in any fiate inferiour to the mofi excdlent. Therefore alfo is the Churchesfick– ndfe of love here, who defires a nearer union and Gommunion with Chrift then 1be at this time had.· For there are degrees of fpiriruall langui1bing, till w~ !Jein.Hcavenwe are.,;zlrvay nndtr.fome degree ofthis jickneje .of love 3 though the foule have more cornmunionat one time then iuano– tber. Yea the Angels are under this wiih, to fee Chrifi::together With his Church in full perfe.. Gl:ion,fothacunrill we be in Heaven, where llull . be a p~rfect re 7 un!qn of foole and body, and of all the members oft he Church together, ther_e isa kind 0fjicknejfe attending upon the ChutchJ and a langui1bing. . . .. ,The ~efiion asked is, · What istky Belovedm~re ~~enanothers Beloved, . 0 thonj~Mreft among women f WhltJ l
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