~~--~ Jfhit~~ris thy Belo'Vedgone. s 'I tt.XVIII where there is a large demon!lration of reall af– fdliori, and the things are fpokenof wirh confi– deo~e,as kf'low~n~ what they fay,theword(I fay) ,fJ mannaged, 1t tsnever Without wondrous fucceffe. , 1,· For in the courfe of reafon, what can I have to fay, confiderhtg the perfon who fpeaks is 3n 1 excellent perfon, he is wifer and holier then I, he takes to heart t~efe things, and !haiJ not I affect that which thofe that have better parts a.nd graces doe~ · 2. Then withall I fee not onely excellent perfons doe it, but I fee how earneH they are, fine– ly there is fome matter in ir i for perfons fo ho– ly, fo wife, and gr:tcious to,be fo earneft, fure– lyeither they are too blame,or I am too dull and too dead, but I have moft caufe to fufped: my ~~~- . . 3· And to fee them carried withafpirit of confidence, as if they were well enough advifed whcmrhey deliver this(thisis my Beloved) inpar– ticular, and then to fhut upall in general!, This is my Be!ovedJandthisismy fiend: I fay,whenthere is grace and life in the heart, and earnefindfe . with confidence, this togetherwith the explica– tion of the heavenly excellencies of Chrift,and of Religion, it hath admirablefucceffe, as here in the Church,the fairejiAmong women,the daugh– ters ofIeru(alem, feeing the Church was fo ear– neft, confident and fo large in the explication of the excellencies of Chrift, fee how it works; it drawesout this Q!!ellion with refolution, they joyne J
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