----------------~------~------ 1 Tbu is my Belorved. I l9• t6o(e well mer~ning chrijlictYJS th~t wtre CfJmmers on, IS :E R.XVIII ' who wcreinqutfitivecf the way to Zio?J.O ye daugkters cf lerufalem) that you mayknow that there 1s fi:>me cau{e to fe,eke afrer Chrifi: more then you • , \ have d\1ne before : ~tell you what~? exce~lent 1 perfon my belo;ved 1s, to whet thetr affechons I more and more : And wee fee t,he fuccdfe of this txcellent difcourfe in the beginningofthe next Chapter, Whether is thy Beloved gone, &c. Thtfe and the like reafons there are of the large expreffions ot the Church of the excel– lencies of Chrifr, This is my Beloved, and this is my friend) oh ye daughters of Ierufalem. But wee will fingle om of thefe reafons for Ufe that which I thinke firtefi: for us to make Ufe of. Let us then oft thinke of the excellencies of Chrifi for this end, to )ufiifie our endeavours and paines we take in the exercifes of Religion, and .to jufiifie Gods people from the falfe impu– tations of the world that ·they lay upon them, as ift heywere ne-gligent in other rnatters)andwere too much bdic.:d io fpirituall things You fee ho\~ large the Church is in fe-ning out theexcellen– ciesof her Beloved,:md then !he flmts up all(be.. Iingable to fay no more)jufiifyingour cau[e,This is my Belo·ved,& this is my friend. Doyouwonder that I feeke fo tnuch after him then : or \V<mder you at Chriftians, when tbey take fuch paints to keep their communion with Chrifr in a holy . walkingwith,anddepending upon God. Tbefe . ( \ · _C_c_:t_________ a~_' ____........:__
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