I 3 ~4 Ss~t.XV. f The chiefoft among ten thou)And. ofit. Therefore repent not your felves ofy-our repentings, but thinke I have not cafl: away my 1 love, hut have fer it upon fuch an objet! as de- l ferves it, for my BelovediJ the chiefijl often thou- I fond. · tt ~·~~ I The fifteenth Sermon. cANT. V. X. Ulfy Belovedis white antiruddy, the chiifeft among tentf;oafond. ~ ,... · .ove is fuch a boundleffe affection, I ~· ~ : th:2~ where it once breaks f~rth i~ I " pratfes upon agood foundatiOn, It } ~ knowes no meafure, as we fee here - in the Church, who being provoked,and(as it were) exafperatedby theddughters ofIerttfalcm~· to explaine the excelleHcy ofhim iliee . had with fo much affection inceifamly ·fought afrer~ That ilie might jufiifie her choice (ere ilie defcend into particulars)fue breaks forth into this generall defcription of her :Bdoved, whereby ilie cutsofffrom all hopes ofequalling him, c.ftty Belovedit white andruddy(exceeding faire)nay,thechiefi among ten thoufand (none like I . him) ---__:___________ - --·
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