.AndmyBe/orved15 mine,. hecan fay, hehath that thatisworth all, more S11R.XIX. · then all,Chrift is his. ''-' 1 0 may fome fay, this is but a fpeculati0n ObieEl. ·Chrift is yours, aman may want and be in mif<:• Anfw. 'ry c.or al that':' No it is a realit\7,Chrifl: is ours.and why fometimu 11 J , we want out- · all things d{e are oms, he thae can command all 'Ward things be· things is mine, why then doe I want other ing inCbrift. thing! ~- becaufe he fees th~y are not for my good, ifthey were he would not withhold them fromme, if there were none to be had without a miracle, no comfort, no friends, he could and , would make new out ofnothiog)nay out ofcon-· traries , were it not better for me to be without · them. ,~ , That you may the more fully feed on this E:x'J::,:r;!,; tt1 comfort, fiudy ~heexcellencies of CLrilt in the ftuJ.ythe e:x,et: Scripture, th~ r~che~ an~ honour tha~ heha~h, ~~~~of.~!~ift. the favour he 1s mWJ:th h1s Fafher, wtth thetq7 terc7ffion that he J.lllakes in Heaven, fl:udy his, mercy,goodneffe, offi~.es, power,&c. and then come home to your felves, all this ismine, for I he is mine, the love ofGod is mine, God loves him, and therefore he loves me, becanfe we are both one, he loves me with the fame love that he loves hisSonne. Thus we fuould make u're of this, that Chriftis our~. I come to the fe– cond. I ammy Beloveds. This is a fpeech of reflection, fecond in na– ture, though firft in place and in difcovery to us. Sometimes we can know ourowne love, when we feele not fo much the love of Chrifi, but • Ioh.f.I.9• , , Chrifis ' - ~ - - '-• ·- --........... -
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