Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.S5 B6 1641

I am come into myGarden. fion,{he relates her cafe unto them, That Jhe w,u s;;;y 1ficke oflovt ; and fo chargeth them.toteUher Be!o. • • vedi[theyfindhim.Wherupon a quefi:ion is mo- · vedby tbem,toochiog her Bcloved;Y,.er.9.What is thy Belov.edmorttb~&nanothtr Beloved? She takes ' occafion(being full of love) which is glad of all occafions to fpeakofher Beloved, tohurfl: forth into his Praifts; by many ~legant Expreffions, f'er. IO,Il,I2,&C. ~a In generaU, fetting him at a large difiance, beyond comparifon from all others,to be Thechieftfl Dftenthoufond,r'er. r o. 2. 1» particular, Ver.u. &c. His htad is aJ moJf finegold)&c. The Ijuewhereofwas, That the Daughters o Ierufalembecame likewife enamoured with him, Chap 6.1 .and thereupon alCo enquire after him: Whither is th_y Belovedgone, 0 thou foireft among women, &c. Unto whtch dem'llnd the Church , makes anfwer, chap.6.?.. and fo Ver.3. ofthat ! Chapter, makes a confident triumphant clofe i unto all thefe grand paifages forenamed. Jammy Beloveds, andmy Beloved is mine,&c. all whiGh will better appeare in the particulars themfelves. ·The firfi thing then which offereth it felfe to our confideration i~,chri.fts tiPfwertnhe cluurches Jnvitatit~n,Chap.4.16. · Iam comeinto my Gdrden, my Sifter-,my Spoufl,I ' havegatheredmy myrrhe withmy fFice;l have eaten my hopey~comhe withmy honey ; I have drunkemy winewithmy milke;Eat o.friends, drinke,yea drink .abundAntly ohcloved. In ·waich verfews; have, · --~-·-"-~hri.jl_s___

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