---- . Thisismy ~e/o'}!ed,l , _ ~ 87 I that there is no cauft why you jhoultl wonder at the SER·XVIll jlrmgthof my t~jfetliom, andCttre tofind out this my . Bel~vedandthis myftimd,oye d~eughters of IerH– folem. Thus we fee how the pitch of an eniigh- . renedfouleis bent, itafpiresrothiogsfutableto its felfe, to Godward, to union and communion with Chrift, to fupernaturall objects, nothing here below is worthy the name of its beloved. It fafiens noe on earthly bafe things, but this is my beloved, and this is my friend,tbis fo excel- - lent aperfon, this Iedidi~th, this beloved fonne, this Judge of~ll, Lord of all, this chiefcof ten thoufand ; Here the Church pitches her affecti– ons,which fhe cor1ceales not as afham~dchere<tf, bur in 3 kin.i of triumphing, boafting of her choice, fhe concludes all with a kind ofrefolute affurance_, that the object of this her choice is far beyond all comparifon. This is my Beloved>andthisit myftimd,o daugh– ters o[Iemjalem. Which is the doling up of her commendati– onsofChrill:, This is my Beloved') 11na this u my , iend,&c. Which fhall only betouched,becaufe we had occafton to fpeake thereof before. She cals Chrill: her beloved,howfoever he had with- . drawne: him felfe is regard of the comfort and communion fhe had with him before,yet heisher 6elovedflill. That which is fpechlly to be fiood upon, is, tfuat the Church here cloth fet out not on– ly in parcels, .but in generall her beloved Chtift : this is ml' Beloved 1 thee cloth as it I Cc 2 \'fere , ------------------------- -----------
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