Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.S5 B6 1641

1 _ 404___ I . MyBelorvedugoneintohisgarden. \ l.rS_ii R.XVHI{ between. Chrill: and the foul e., the friends of the ) Bride and of Chrifi,they laying open the unfea:rI ·chable riches of Chdll: eo the Spoufe, draw the affections,work faith1nd fo bring the_Bride and the Bridegroome together. Thus farre of the Q]elHon ,· now wee have · the Churchesanfwenochc daughters of Iemfo. i lem. uf.1y Beloved u gone into his Garden, to thu hds~fSpices, to fiedintheGardens,~tl1dtogather Lilties. · · . The ~ll:ion was not f0r a bare fatisf:1crion,. but from a defire the Church had ro feck Cbri ~ t, whither is thy beloved gone th3t we may feeke ·him. It was not a curious quell ion, buta·quefiion I. of inquifition tending ro pracrife. Many are in- ~ quilit~ve '.~ut 1w 1 _h1 ~n tdheX know a1 n~~ther mans. rneamng~tt ts a. t 1ey e11re : now .r.tnow your meaningwillchey fay,bur I meane not to follow your counfeU. The daugbten of[eru{altm had a more lincere intention, ·a th6u foireft ttmrmg wo- ..mm,whither is·thy helovedturn·edajide,tbat wem.ty feeke htmrvitb thee ? whereun·to the Church anfwered, · I rhat there My Belovedisgpne into his Garden to the6eds of: ou ~br.roh&_n~ _fjices tofeed in the ~ardem,Wh~reweJee,. envytnjPtrttU• t The Church lS not fquennfh, but dH'tctiy all tbmgr \ r. h n· c _t.. • • l'l11bich may in- 1annvers eo t c queHton, .lOf...w-JetC 1s no envy m fofidurn ~e di·l fRirituall things, becaufe they may be divided 'tJzded g,leke toj in folidum, one may have as much as another,. att. - and all alike. ErJvy is not in thofe things th~r-are ·· not divifible in mherthil1gs, the moreone ·hath; ~ annther l . )

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