---"-- This;,.,,Btlo'titd. 1 _ ~-8!_ j - rieth might glory in the Lord;fot• is it nor amat.. s 11 tt.XVI JI ter of glorying in t~c Church when 1l1 : hath fuch ahead and .fuch a husband':' This is my belo– ved, the wife fhines in the beames of her hus– band, thctrefore rhis yeelds matter not onelyof jufiification bur ofglory. And next in the fourth place, the Church is 4· thus largeandihuts up all witha re.petirion, this To enlarge her I h (/Wne afWi onr is my beloved. 1oenlarge er owneaffec1ions, and to f eedher owne ~ove. For love feeds upon rhis fuell (as it were) tlpon exprdfions and-meditations of theperfonor thing loved. Love is as it were That rove is wages of it fdfe, the paines it takes is gaine to it welger t 6 it ft lf. fel fe, to the Church here it is an argument pleafing,ihe dilates upon a co.pious Theame~ I may truly fay there isno greater cornfotr to a Chrifiian~ nor areadier way to enlarge theaffections after Chrifi, then to fpeake oft ~ftheexcellencies · of ·Chrift, to have his tongue as the pen 0f a _ready ·writc:rfurniihed this way, Thisis my Belo . 'Ved,&c. · In the fifth place, another end of this may be To t~ggravate .tott.~gravatc her ownejlMmt, asindeed Godschil.. herd ow~~fhda·~ d ...... h . h, h h , an un'l.tn neJJ~ ren are muc 10 t 15 arg~ment, t a~ upon t etr in fo.fleighting fecond thoughts of Chnfis worthmeffe, and 1 Chdflr love. therewithall reflecting upon their owneunwor- 1 thi.neffeand unkindneffe theymay relli!h Chrifi the b~tter. Therefore the Church here that it j mig~t appeare to her felfe for her humiliation how unkind !be had bin to ihut the doore againft · ( Chrill: when he knocked, whereupon he defer. vedly did withdraw himfelfe and made her feek 1 Cc 3 him I
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