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Show ad vantage 1\ath our bldfed Lord by feeing the· face of us poor worms> wherein can a man by' (hewing the Lord his face be pro· fitable unto his Maker? 2. Confider what an infinite branty and comrlimfs u in Chri!f, compared with the comelinefs of poor crea~ures: ~hat. a N?· thing is our comelinefs? Have we any. thmg of comehnefs m us? It is not innate, but adventitious: not originally in us, but p;,t upon us, a comelinels meerly by reflex ion, as _we are re~ated unto this perfect Idea of all Beauty, of all PerfeCl:wn; Or tf we hav< any inherent Beauty, yet how imperfect is it? for a line of beauty , how many crocked lines of d'eformity have we in our Souls? a little Faith, a great deal of Unbelief; a little Love, and a great want of Love, a little of a fpiritual Mind; But ah! how much of a carnal heart ? Doth Chrif! delire our beauty ? Doth Chrill fay of thee, ( 0 thou imper~efr Soul,~ thy. ~ountenance u comely l What wilt thou fay of htm, who ts wtthout fpot or wrinckle? Who is the chiefef! of ten thoufand? who is , 'lotus defideria, altogether defires. Certainly·, it is all our duty to fay, 'Lord, let me fee thy face, for thj wmtmance iscom'e~; Le~ me ~ehold thy f~ce in rigpteoufnefs, let me fee thy face m Ordmances : let me fl:e thy face in virions of peace, in 'the reflexions of thy- love · upon my Soul; for thy• favour is better than Life, tby love (1 better than Wine. Let me f~e thy face in ;)o~y, for thy countenance is comely. As an argument to pe~uade you to· this, give me le~v,e \O tell yo4, that the(e defires \jltll be very ~cceptable to <;:hnfi ; for as·he.faith, 'Ijei me fer thy countruance, for it is comely: So he alfo faith, Let me h•ar thy v•ice,for it is [weet. But of this ( God ~~illing ) hereafter. .• · ,, . ' ' ' I '·II Cant. 2. 14. Let me fee thy cormtenaH~f, I.t me b~ar thy. voice, for Jwut. is thy voice, and t/Jjcowmna!lce is comery. ; I I A\TI come tOt the B~id.egrooms fecond motion or .precept te his Bdoved. He, h~thalready dell red to fee her countenance, and hath to.ld her that her countenanc~ is comely ; that we have done with: here he defires he may hear her voice,and as an ar. gument he addeth •an argument taken from his delight in he< voice. 1hy . Vl!ice, faith he , it fweet. The Prop.olltion i> ili~ . ' . The Lord Jejiu de[ireth to hear hi1 Spo"fe [ his Ch~trelm, his bt· Prop.·. lieviHt, Sou/1 voice] and accozmteth her voicr fweet. He1e Cas in the oth'er PropoGtion) are two plrts. t. He deft• retb, to hear her voice. 2. be accuuuteth her voic~ fwect. The only thing by w·•Y of eX'plication, whi<h 1v.e here haye to' enquire upon is Wh?t v<1ice of1the S.pou{e he~ hord har.e.rneaneth. ' ' ·. '. ta.l<e it 10 be a goocltule,. V~i<le" divina ""' difting11i1 noll eft d.iftl"f.~e>t,dum , to. make no • .refirifrion or diflinfr.ion where th" Scriprvre fpeaks generally, unle£5 lome other S.c~ip~ feemeth to -l'equitc, it, ·'and! (Q tC>I JaleJt)rl!t :it, of e~etly .• tw(nvhich is heud fN~J the G:llutcli, ci'r frpnn~ bnlie~ing Spc1l, .oitbe~dire6ted unto qw.(l:., Qf unoere.d• for .Qm{}; }Kil\u.l',and 'Ire111~(ius1• interpret it Jb,~ , tl' fs grat<Omibi,thim art acceplabl~ to me,,fo.making a meJo<z.r. . ~); , b~llll !hall habd:!dt nwre,llti41y than fu,,rcl\raining . it tb ~hq.vo)ce, .bu,t· aimlp•~endiog wh,;~~(oever .oftho:vaioe is dire6ted -~P,Chrill,nrilt~Md• fm: Chrij, neither. rtfbraining it to E.-dcbi~<g Greg. Mo , .1\~.f.'QIJIMio.,.non~.p.Ujter .~nd:pr4if~tJaSuQtbei's;dot iu.But (hewing D. 5. Po~" jyOc1 ,thllt the vorbo of,tb~ : ehu~cb,i 1h&!1 )W<l~e,.ef'cv<:ry• balroliing ,.Spul, 'any w~y. eitb.cr 'ufhl to Clu:if\: •1!>1 on the b.ehalf of Clioif! IS !llef~ed of him, aod.i.,fwted in his,eaJ<s : ·, B~t . thls general: mull be "'.peoed.?n (omr particu\ars,. aod tlhd•gh. il irn~Y' qe reducrd to few~ #1Hh,;~u oproioin f¢r.p9rtidula\',fhe,..ing'. you.tbot tho Ilord de-· -U!~S tham. allj Awhy 1he.f :au· t'Wedl; J, lhall rlili:bUJfe fpcalliE g. to ~he fe6ond branGh ohhe RrripMitili>n.;'<• whcn<{ Oml\comelto £hew you tha~I?Ar iloic. is, f.wru ,in Chri~.se•r~. · \; · t. ln rheCbtmb of Chri{t, there is vox i11ftrut~1 el profiunrir. , T-he |