--·------· -· -· -··~--·-~--'----- This is my !lelo''V~tl s li R.XV.llll him ro long forrowing, I te-11 you fayes fi1e whJt akmd of b,:loved he is, thus and thus t:xctllem. How did rhe confideradon of Gods kindndfr: and love mdt Davids htart aftf'r chat horrible finne in the matttr ofP'riah, and the fweet looks of Chril1: upon Peter) that h2d bten founkind0 melted him. S ~rhere the Church when ilie-co,1: I fid~r~d bow unkind the had been to Chril1 her I bdoved)0 iflcompJlt'U ~iy e~ceHenr aboveother beloveds, to l~t hi rH Hand ar the dvore, tiff his locker. were w~t with the dew of chenight. The conMderation hereof nude her a{lumed of her fdfe : what fo excdlent, fo dekrving a perfon as my beloved is to me, to be ufed of me fo '! wha~ indignity is this ~ Thus to raife up rhe· aggravation of her unkindndfe, noquefiionbur the Church takesthi~ courfe~for Gods children are not CIS untoward worldiingsand hypocrites, afraid to fearch and to underfiancl themfelves, the childe of God loves to be well read in his owne heart ancl unworthy wayes ; therefore he Iayes all the blame he can tlpon himfdfe every way, he knowc:'s he loferh nothing by this; for there is more mercy in Chrifi then there is fin ne in him, and the more finne abounds in hisowne feeling, the rno_rtt grace fhall abound, he knowes the myll:ery ofGods-carriage in this kind.Ther– fore fort his end(amongft the reft)lhe fayes, This ismy Beloved,andthisis my .frieNd, whom! have To -winJ up the fo unkindly ufed. affections oflm And the Iall: reafon why the Church is thus .nec~iftbe(inning largewas) TD drA.W ANd wind up the "lfetiioni ifl BTI u~nt. h~ 1 . t o e- --------- l
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