SEa.XIV. to fetout her Beloveds beauty;for there is nocn'Ely That there u in j}irituall things •• It is want ~f wifedome no_ !ivalt}l _in amongtl men to commend a thing that is very f!.'h'uua! thhmgr lovely to others, anti fo to fet ah edgeupon their w ere u a rm· M! ,.o_ • h l b . {h dance for a!J o arret;,Lions, w ·en t 1ey cannot oth are; and the lo~e. more one fiath, the ldfe anoth~r hath of .all things her£ below : But in fpiriruall things there is Ao envy at the fharing ofothers in that we love our felve~,becaufeall maybe lo\Y'ed al~ke:Chrifl: hath grace~mdaffed:ion enough for all fuis ; he hath not(as Efou fpeaks)hut oYJe Uefjing : No,he canmai<e aU his happy. Therefore the Church ftandsn6t upbn tear'mes, wheh the daught-ers of Ierufalem enquire .aho'ut h,er Beloved, I tell you fr~ely fayes fhe what my Beloyedis : Firfr inge– nerall 'the anfwer is, c.Juy Beloved is white a11d ruddy,thecbieft.ft ttmo~g ten thtJu_{atul; theb afear– wards tl1'ct-e isafpecitlca'tionof the particulars, {hewi11 not fl:alid upon the groffe'but a a mires at every parcell i'nthe 'thing_'betove·d_, every thing 1 'is lovely , as wee ,fhtll 'fee ·rn particular· afcer– wards. My iJeUved1 ts ttJbite'dftdr~tldy,the c'!Ji'lfeflt~mong ten thdtiflnd. · Wewill take th:lt waich is fafe, becaufe w~ wif.J have fureIo-ating (as'rlc:ar . as we cap) in this !!.!5en. myllical'portionofScrip~ure.V/hat is tha,t white dtJdmady? w'hy dtlt'hthc clfurch fet forth the fPi– rituaU exceUeneies of chrift by th'at which is 1no.ft outwardly e'xce~~ent'tlndmbft beautiful? Anjw; M:ecatife·(Yf alh:ofup~ed:i6ns the'fuixe.d compleitionof thefe ·flVo ..cofC>Urs-, while: ana r11'da~ ~ . IS
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