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Show Deut. 32. h Ef1Y r.z. )ct. 8. 7· The Text opened, ver. ·7. -and ufages of the Countrey. So had the Jenu, and this w~s one of them; yet doub tlefs the reafon of it mull be taken from fame qu1lity of thofe Bea f\ s. The form of the SpouCes fpecch here, as 1 faid before, is an Adjt<ratiM, a fevere charge. :For that fenfe which I hinted befo re, as if by the RueJ and bytbe HiHdJ were the .J form of the Oath, cannot be admitted. The Spoufe cwainly knew, that {..,<aring by a creature wa1 profane, and Cuppofing fu ch a fi nful cufiomc among(\ rude people, rhe holy Ghofi knew, that no obligation refulted from fuch an Oath, and would not have commended any fuch example. The Rou and Hi11d1 therefore are either here mentioned, 1. At wild Beajlt amowgj! whom the[e Daughtm livtd: Or, 2. As reprefenting wicked men like wild beatls, So the Ceofe either is; you that live in Mountains and defcrt places. Or, 2 . You that live in the world that is full of wick_td and jinful m"' ; as wild an.d wanton as Roes or Hir.ds. Or e\fe Cecondly, they ate propounded here as pamrnJ of Love ; you that fee howj'uU ofLoveand kjndnefi the Rm and Hindi are. I charge you by the light of them, who will elfe rife up in Judgment agaio!l you, for their Love too, and fondnefi of each other. Thus oft-times the Heavens and Earth are oft called to witnefs agai>lfi fioner s, DeHt. 30. 19· J ofh. 24. 27. · Or elfe thirdly, they are propounded asfwift creatttrtl, to intimate (as feme think) the fwift Judgment that fhou!d come up· on thofe that did thus fiir and difquiet the Lord Jefu s. Their de ·llrudioo {hould be as fwift, as if It were brought by a Roe, or by an HiHd. There is yet one fenCe moxe. Thofe that follow it, make the .fenfe yet more broken, and Elliptical, I cbarge Y"' 0 Y'" Daughttrt of Hierufalem by the R•es and by the HindJ, i. e. I charge you that you abide by the Roe~, and HlHds of the Field. lis the good wo· mao when her Husband is at refi fends her Servant I and Children oul of doors, and command! them to flay there : So the Spoufe fpeaking in her Couotrey-dialect, bids them get them about thetr ·bufmefi, ~ay and abide in their caUingt : 1 have _given you w~t light l can into this dark and unufual phrafe, which (except 1n this fong ) occurreth no-where in Scripture, 1 fhatl now conclude with Mercer; That we mull not think that ev e1y palfage in an A llegory., can be dodrinally improved and applied : It is enou.gh .for us to attend to that point, which is chiefly and principa11y tn• tended, and that out of the whole we draw out what is chiefly in· !ended. I fhall do it in this Propofition. b . The Text opened,,ver. 7· 1'43 Tt I! tbe great concernment of every man and waman ta tak.! l d ' ~.''they do not di{lurb the qui" flu p, and rrft which Jtftu Chrij~ ~':tb Prop. h ztb hn Church, or With the partic~<lar Soul that believeth · {, 1m. • tn. . ~ fhall fpeak to this by way of Explication Confirmation Appl'· cm~n. By way of E~plication to two' things: 1 , What ~s ~=~~r rrft·or flu p. 2. By what ads may· it be faid to be dill ur- I: fit!!. What is it for Chrifi to rr/l or (lap and Co be . paettz\'_.~ be fiirred up,and awaked? ·fiirring up or awakin~ r~l~~~ r ' Q::. to a e;• or flerpmg, and we cannot know how Chrill can be If ~ed up11or awaked, till we ~oderfiand what his refling or lleepi~r; IS. In eep rhere are two thmgs: " J. CtJFtlOn from a{Jion or motion; all the fenCes arelockt u d moll mouons are flopped. p,an ~- fi!!.iet and refrifhment. Sleep refrefheth, comforteth and revtvet_h the body,ao.d recovers the Spirits: Upon both th;fe ac~~~;~ s 10 a. metaphoncal borrowed notion, God may be faid to Pfa~· ren he ceafeth to •.ll fe?fibly to th'e good of hu people: Thus· • 7 • 6 5· The Lord IS fa1d, to awak_e 111, one out offlte Pfal' 44, 2 3• Arozk_! I why fletpeft thot< 0 Lord I God i d dp, • lleepeth · ' · n ee never• whe h no 00.t m a true metaphorical feoCe;but he is faid tofleep . n t ough Indeed he careth · for his·people yet this hi ' ~s dno~fenfibly diCcerned in the adings of his Providence h: dear'~ 1('( .:~Abut /eem; to lleep, Non de[erit etiamji de[erere 'video~ur . ""'' HgUJ<llle ). 7 me;:.co;~\~ ~~~~f~ed ;.~~m~ o~ lleep, fpeaketh q"i•t and rt[rejh• cept thr b d . . ,_ e ' rov. 4· I o. 1h•t they fl" P not ex, not' o :Y ~ve [."' ev,l, t. e: they are never quiet. In this fccond tim~ n ~r In rc .erreoce to 1~ , I underlland this T ext. There is a. work~ enChnfi m~y be fa1d not to lleep ; but to be awake and the L vg to gath~r h1s Church.' to gain Souls to himfelf. It i; like . waits: ers hoomg of h ts Bnde ; he lleeps not with her, but he ~~r;i~~:~~~~0:~~s0~t~~~r~~:· ~~- ~\~~~~ ~~u~s ~r~i;vphe~~ ~~e:;;;;~t~e;e is·~ time rd~~~o ~0e ~e.~p~~i.r~:~t~~~~~a~~~~~~i~~ r b n umon an commumon with him h Ch ·n . ICS ctwixr the breafis of the Soul, and the Soul h: i~nthe b~- . fome. |