-------------------------- \ .1ammyBelo-veds. 41 5 J her (oule loved, feeks him and will n~tgiveover. SBa.XIX.I So I fought him (but I wanted the 1ffi1e of my feeking)I found him not, what collles upon that, · The Watchmen goe ah~ut tloe City and find her, of whom, whenbyhet·owne fee king fhe could rwt find Chrifi, fhe enqtlires, Sawytm bim who:w my foule loveth ~!he enquires of the Watchmen, the guides of Gods people, who could not fadsfie her fully, {h~ could nor find her beloved, yet what doth f11e ~ fi1e fhewes, Ver.4. It was but a little that ilie Hayed; after lhe had ufed ~ll means privateand publike,inher bed, our of her bed,by theWatchmen and others ; yet (f:.aith ilie) it was but a little that I was paft from them, ilie had notananfwtrprefently, though the Watchmen gave her fome good counfell,it was not prefently, yet notlong after. Chrifl: will exercife us a while with waiting,It wMbut a little that I pttjfed ftom them, hut I foHrJd him wh1m .my fiule loved. After all our feeking there mull be waiting, and then we {hall find him whom our foule loveth : I perhaps we have ufed all meanes private and I . publike, :and yet find not that comfort we looke f G J • for, 0 but wait a while, God hath a longtime fong;f11 ~,r.~:~ waited for thee, be thou content te wait awhile equity to 'IPiit for him,we iliall not Jofeby it; fodtfollowesin ft~r iim. the next verfe, afi:er ilie had found him whom her f0ule loved,!heldhim,I wonlJnot let him gse. So this is the Hfue ofdefertions,they ftirre up di– ligence and fearching in tho ufe of meanes pri. vateand publike, and exerci{e patience to wait Gods leafure, who will not fuffer a gracious foule ' . - ~ ~""-- - -- ·'
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