~88 This is my Belo-ved. SE R .XV11I were boafi in h~r Beloved : whence obferve, Qhftrv. rJf (briJli ttA Joule feemes to glory M it were in chriff. . Z>t'lJe~ bend~ This is my Beloved,andthisismyftienJ, o ye 7v~ 1;ng~n~~~~ da:tgbte~s of Ieru(alam; But-to unfold more fully and particular thls pomt, there be three orfoureends why the feu- [orth ~:.e Church thus !lands upon the expreffing of the exeeuemy 9J 11 . f Ch . 11. • • 1 d cbriJJ. exce enctes o ritL 111 parncu ar an in geaerall. 1 • Theone,To jhew that it is m~~juft thatfoeJboald · !o !J?ew htw llove .mdrei} ea him in whom there is all this to de- ;uft tt u to re• fi l b h ·. h· (el' £ · 1 .1 I_ ~ jpec 1 fo ex"t. l erve ove, 01 tn tme 1 e,mreg4raOjrJIJO.wneexlent a perfin. cellencies,fo,4ndinrelation to tu)huegardofhis me- · rits anddeferts. 2. Secondly, To juJiijie ha: largeaffitlions !Jefore To juftzfie ~er theworld and all oppolites : For the world thinks, Ortng aJJeaton h l r r 11 d Ch . . to the flronger w at meanet 1e1~ who are ~a. e nfhans to Chriftians; haunt the ex:erctfes of Rehgton, to fpend fo much time in'good things, they wonder at it for want of better informat~on ; Now the Church here to jufiifie her large expreffions, fayes, this ismy Beloved, this is my fiiend, 0 yedAughters if lerufolem. · 3 • And not only to jufiifie, but likewife to glory 1fo boaft anJ · therein, asyou have it,.Pfol·44·8· th~ Church glory in God. there boafis of God, 1wiOma/le my hoAjl Df tl9ee · aUthe Jay long.. ~o that C~rH\:ians may not onely j ufrifietheircourfeof life againft enemies, but in– fame fort boanof Chrift, as Pttul oft doth, and. he fr.~ewes the reafon of it, that God hath made Chrifttous all in all,wifdome,righteoufnes,fanc:lification, .and redemption,tkatwhefoever glo- · rieth.\ 1. .
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