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Show Thanltfulnefl, a114 further exercife of ~lfilh, To all ef you thus to exercife faith: concluding from the receits of (ome mercy to the receits of further mercy, you hear the gsounds for fuch ~ Conclttfion. The love and faithf~<lnefi of God ~ only remember two cautions. 1. Take heed of concluding from the receit of ltmporal to the receit of {piritual meraiu: They are mercia of qreite different J,indJ., and God often befiows temporal good thiags upon thofe which lhall never receive fpiritual. Do not conclude, the pardon of ]in1, the {alvation •f your Sou!J, &c. beca.ufe you have health, peace, richu, &c. 2. Take heed of concluding to your felves from the receit of fome dift1ngmjhing tolzem cf love to the receiving of others of the fame l(jnd, but not fo necef[ary ta yoHr Jalvation, withouta fubmiffion toGodJ wiU, or an, i[Godjeeth it good for me, 1 lhall have it, &c. l gave you the reafon for this before, but conclude certainly, as to the receit of all the necelfaries of Salvation, &c. Cant. 2. 7· lch•~ge you ( 0 yo>~ Daughtm o[Hierufalem by ) the Rm, and by. the Hindr of the field; tbJt rou ftir not u/!, nor awake my Love tiU he pleafe •. Vv E have fcen the Spoufe ( lly which we underfland the truly believing Soul) at afoaft of Love. The Lord . Chrifi (her beloved) under whofe lhadow lhe fate with great·d~light ; ver. 3· brought her into the Banqurtting-hou{e, ana hts Battner over he~ W4f Love ; ver·4· She grew fie~ of Love; v.5. And in the 6th. ver. we found her fat.isfied with it,Hi<left.hand wM •mder her heod, &c. lhe goes on yet in the words of my Text, I cb>rge Y'" ( 0 you Daughter !Of HierH[a/em! ) by the Rou, and. by rbe Hind1. of the field, that you ftir not up, nor awak$. Love tzll ~~ pl.-fe; She is now in polfdfion of her greateft good, and (he ts loth to be dilfeifed of it .. A Metaphor ( doubtlefs) drawn from the love of womm. The kj11d wife having /m HU<band returned from fame loAg and tedio111 J-ourney, and laid to reft, cl!argeth the Family to make no noife, but to let him j/tep ·114 long M be will. In this fReech of the Spoufe are to be conlidered: I. 'L whom Jhe · ' jpeak.!, . 7'6e '!'ext opened, Ver. 7• . fpeak{ in t!iofe words 0 you DaughttrJ"ofHiem{alem: 2. W'bat foe faith, lhe chargeth th~m by the Ron, a>td by tbe Hindi of the firU, that they awak.,r not her Love tzH be plea{e; In her fpeech obferve, 1. The matter of it, in thofe words, That thou jltr not up, nor ar:>•k.! my Love tiU he pleafe. 1t is you fe_e a prohibition of f~me a chon~ the obje<'l of this A<'l lhe defcrtbcth under the notton of Love. 2. The A <'lion prohibited, is, their f/irrilrg up and awak.,rnmg lm Love. 3• There is the limitation of time, umiU he pleafeth. 2. 0~ferve the form of her fpeech, and that either more gow-•Uy; It ts an adjuration, or more fpecially an-adjuration in or b~, rh_e Rna ond Hinrh of the field. 1 will open it according to thts dtfinbu· tion : beginning lirfi with the perfons to whom lhe fpeaketh, characterized under the notioa of the D•uz.bteTI of HteruJjlem • c::::h~l"'l' nlJ:l J we met with the term in the former Chapter, ver. 5· 1 told you there that Hierufalem is an Hebrew _word, th~t it fignilieth the Viji011o[peace, becaufe God 111 that ~ny gave Ius people ret! and peace. That it might b~ conlidered tn tts ~o/ztzck,_ notion, as it was the Metropoli< or ct.ief Ctty of 1ttde~ : and tn that fenfe the Daughters of Hierufalem were the 1ewJ, all the people amongfi whom the Spoufe lived. . Or 2. It mij?;ht be conlidered in an Eoclefiafticalllotion,fo it often IS ufed tn fignthe theChurch _of God,the whole Nativn of the Jews was a Church of God: y~a tn Hierufalem fio~d the Temple, there was all the fole~n worlhtp of God, Thus it is taken,P{a/.58.t8.Pfal.to2.2 r.and In other T~xt~: The Church militant, Zech. 8. a2. Gal. 4· or the Churc!J Tr~Hm. phant, called the New Hierufale>n; 0 you Daughter I of Hzme• fa/em! 0 all you people amongO whom I live ! Ot 2. 0 Y"' tbat believe in Chrift, you that love and fear God, &c. What lhould they do? That yo>~ f/ir not "P nor awak; Love till it J>lea{e. . . By [Love J here Divines think that the perfon beloved IS Intended, 1 the .tlbftra[/ being put for the Concrele, ) fo that they make it the fame with that, chap. I. v. 7• 0 tho" "'horn "!Y Soul loveth! Hehadcalled hermyLove, chap. r .v.9, I5• chap.z.v.z. She had called him her Brloved, chap. I. v. I 3, I 6. chap. 2 v. 3 • here <he calleth him in the abflract Love, an ufualligure offpeaking and only lignifying the greatnefs of his Love, in whom there is a breadth, and length; and heigth, and. depth ofl,..~ve, :£ph. 3· 18, 19. we conclude here that by Lovei< meant Chrift, 111 whom are the incomprehenlible heighths, [That you /fir not 11p '!0r a• .,. "f. J This i~ the A a which lhe prohibiteth them, l"'l't/11 t:ll.' . T 2 ot·n |