431 ( lammy Belo~eds. . S B R.XIX.ILord I am thine, fave me (faith the Pfa1mifi) why t? fave me, becaufe I am thine, I am thine, Lord teach 'me and direct me.The husblnd is to direct the Spoufe, the head ihould dired all the ! fenfes:Ail thetreafures .ofwifdomearein Chrift, 1 as all the fenfes are in the head for thegood of j the body~ all fulndfe dwe!s in him ; therefore I pleade wtth htm,I want w1fdome, teach me 3nd . infirud: me how to behave my felfe in troubles~ in dangers,in feares : Ifit be an argument thong enoughamongfl: men (weake men) lam thine, I am thy childe, I am thy Spoufe,&c. Shall we attribute more pitty and mercy to our felves then to the God of mercy and comforr, who planted thcfeaffections in the creature~Shall he 1 makemen tender and carefull over others, and fl1all not he himfelfe be carefull of _his owne flocke t? doe we thinkethat he will negleCt his Ifa.6:.. ~. jewels,his Spoufe,his Diadem and Crowne ~he will not~ But youwill urge experience, we fee how the Church is ufed even as aforlorne widdow, as if ihe had n0 husband in the world ; as an Orphan that bath no Father , therefore how doth this ll:and good ~ · Anfo.t . Theanf\.ye: is,all that~he ~hurchor ~n~ parThat the fotfi- ttcular Chnthan fuffers m thts_world, tt ts but rings both of that there may be a conformuy between the the ~hurcb anJ Sp0ufe and the Husband The Head wore a· ~~~~~ . {ont u efPeeially crowne of thornes..and went to Heaven and hapfo~ conf~rmit_v: pines, through agreat deale ofmiferyandab.1fe– •ztb Cbrijt the • h Id b 1 ft h A d bead. [ ment mt ewor ·)t e owe t at ever was: n. I " · :~ I
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