.. He feedethamong the Lilties. his love,the more we love him backeagainC!,and rcJoyce in fuffering for him , thlt wee love fo, whetherthey be duties of obedience, active or paffive,doing or fuffering, a! J comes offwith abundaAce of cheerfulnelfe and eafe.. where the ·love of Chrifi is, that the foule can fay, I Am my Beloveds, andmy Beloved is mine, nothing in the world is able to make fuch a foule miferabJe. It , followes, He jtedethttmong theLi!lies. The Church here fhewes where Chrill: feeds. But the quefiion is, Whether it he thu fteding oftheChuYCh andPeople that i! here meant, or w~~ether he feeds himfelft. Fol' anfwer.. he both feeds his Church among the Lillies, :md de– lights himfdfe to be there ; the one followes ,heother, efp<dally it is meant of 1 he Church, j thofe that are his, he feeds them among the L\llies. How. Anjw. Lillies are fuch kind of flowers as require a greatdeale ofnourill1rnem,and grow bcfi in val– lks and fat ground; therefore when ilie faith, h.e feeds amongthe Li/lies, the rneafliog is)hefeedshis chttrchandpeoplein fot pajlure ; as ll1e""p in fi1ch Wh~tmeant by Cbrifts feedidg amongthe Lit~ lies. groundsas are fweet and fruidull, {uch are his holy Word, and the Communion of $;'lints, , thefe are efpedally the pafiures·wherin he feeds his Church. The holy truths of God are the food of the foule, whereby it is cherilbed and nouriilied up to life everlafiing. This whole Booke isa kind of Pafiorall (eo uncleJfiand rhe , Gg 3 Word ~ ~ --- ·~-----~---
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