I --- · Jfhitheri(thy-~elo;vedgone. ·- J· Aot · ·. joynewiththe Cl-urchin feeking Chrifi. Whi-1 S11 R.XyiJI I ther is thy Beloved gone, 0 thou jaireft among wo-. mm ? whither is thy Belorz.let/trtrneda fide, that we. 1 may feeke him with thee? Where by the way ob-. ' ferv<",3s the Church before doubles it, This is my Beloved, ~tndthis ismy ftiend:[o they anfwer with a double q11efiion, Whithtr is thy Belovedgone? 1 whither is he turnedafide, 0 thou Jaireft ttf!tong wil· ! men,&c.From this appellation tioreJfwe would be happy iofiruments to convert others, being converted our !elves, la~our to be foch tU the world ma_y thinke to IJf.·good andgrttcious, o thrm foirefi among women: Faire in the robes of Chrifi rooke l out of his wardrobe : All the beauty and orna– ments that the Church hath, thee hath from Chrill, 1et us labour to be fuch as the \"\'orld may conceit are good perfons.We fay ofPhyfitians, when the patient hath a good conceit of them the cure is halfe wrought!SO the Dotlririe is half perfwaded, .when there is agood conceit of the fpeaker. . , " Againe, labour to be earnc:fi. If wee would kindle others, we ;muft be warmed our [elves ,: If wewquld make others weep, we muft weep our felves. N3turalifis could obferve this, the Church fpake this with large exprdiions,indeed more then can be expreft. Let us labour to be · deeply affectedwirhwhat we fpeake,andfp~ake with confidence,as if we knewwhat we fpoke,as the Apofile lBhn doth in the beginning of his 1 Epi~le to ht:ing others to be better_.per[waped j' ofh1s Dodnne : He affirmeth that whtch w~s , How to be bap· py i11jlrnments . to convert others To be filch tU the worlJ may1 tbinke to bee ~ goodandgra~ j Cl8US, r obe earneft ;n , t hofe things wel' would ir~force 1 upi»Olhm. . 1 I I _, Dd - fi·om 1 • ---- --- -·--·- - ----¥·------··- --""'- '
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