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Show ... Can1. 2.~ .. Sbtr.ing bim[<l/ through tht Lattiu. J ·Am come to the lall claufe of t?is yerfe: The Spoufe .here fpeaks of her Beloved as. not be1ng 1n her houfe; coming indeed towards her and maktng hafle , yea and come fomething near, ftandmg under brr wsO ,)ook,jng in at btr t:Pindowr: and'ltcC? rdtng to the phrafe of the Text ,jhtwinghimfilf through tbt Latttcr, By thefe words ll1e ( doubrlefs) lignifies an imperfect view ?f her Beloved; he that is feen at a window or lallice, is feen, but 1mp.erfe~ly feen. But the word tranfilt~d jhrnmh, is no ordinary word ; rf you loo!.:at the Margent of your Bibiu, you will find that the ':"ord p~operly fignffierh f/ouri(hing. The word is from V'l(, which fign1fieth he INth fimrifhed. .tlvtnariur noreth that the Hebrew word is akJn to Nl(' prodiit he went forth ~nd to Yt:l emicuit, he hath fhined out, He fmrl1er notes that it is ufed nor to exptefs ~h~ ~reenncfs an;J firfi coming our of a leaf, bur of a flowre o_f Frutt,tt 1~ here ufed Ir. the third conjugatioll; a,nd properly Ggmfieth, he hruh m•de htm/tlf to f/ortri(h: it is rhe word ufed Efoy 27. 6. Ifradjhali blojfim and bud, and fiUtbeface oftbeworiJ. wz_th frutt: and concerning Grafs, Pfalm 90. 6. Intbt mmting it f/ourifhrth a11d groweth Hp, and fo in other places._ The lArd Jrfiu Chri[f in ,this lift, even -in the d~Y. of his abfence from h1s Spoufe .' look$th "'' gloriou[fy and advaittagr~ufly upon her through tb~ LattiCt .' The word !J'l(I:J fignifieth r'hefe three rhfngs, J. It Ggndies a difcovtryof hnnfe/f, as the flower when it buddeth and bl~ifm~eth d1fcovers itfelf. 2. lr lignifies fuch a difcovtry '!f hath .z beauty m tt. l1ke rhe f/owm firfi difcovery of itfelf which IS h<autijNI and lovely. 3· It lignifies fuch a difcovery as is of profit and adva'!tagr to another: fgLJ.J.ol4 yqu th'!!.JLi.'Lufe~ to exprefs not the lid\ J!.rmm,fi, when the grafs or flowre /irft a-ppearer~ out of tl~e Earth : but the firfi appearing of the flower of FrUit.; two thmg< there are in rhe Propotirion·. J. Ftdl, Clm{ltn thi day of bir a~fence beho/d.J his peoplt through tht Lattzcer, 2. Secondly, Thattbis difcavtry of Cbrift to hir Spoufe i&vtry lovely a11d profitable to them. . _ ' Iu the hand ling of this Prop91ition, I willlirfi enquire, r. What thefe chrift jherPeth himfelf. thef!l:.allicer are through which Chrifi in his abfence from his Spoufe looketh upon them. 2. Wberrin it appt&rttb that he b~d-tleth, or fouri{hetb through the Lallier, . Wbat art thofc Latticu through which Chri{! in the day of hir ab· 1. Qu. · fence look$th on hi< proplt ? The word is t::J':l,n ufed in Scrip· ture no-where fave only in this Text; the Septu•g. tranfiate it I'IATUO>r, netr. You know Lattices fuch as you ufe to guard win-dows which are m1de after the figure ofMers. It is a Metaphorical exprellion : the under !tanding of the Metaphor is that which we bave to attend. I !hall fpcak to it. 1. GmmOy; So it lignifies (as I faid before) Chrifis imper• feet difcovery of himfelf unto the Spoufe. A man that only fhew- · eth himfdf at a window, or through a Lattefs,he fheweth himfelf, but it is a very imperfect view that any takes of him there. Ai.other m>y fee him, and fo fee him as to know it i1 he, but none can have a full and difiintl fight of him. Chrill in the day.,[ his ab- · fence from his people looketh upon his people, and fheweth him• - felf to them, though not fo fully as at other times; ye1 as a man through the Latteifes : But, 2, Particularly; There is a fourfold Lattefs. r. There was an •ld lattefi, through which Chrifl lookea upon his Spoufe, it was the lattefs of the Law contained in Ordinancu (as the Apoflle calls it,) the Types agd Sacrifices , and Prophecitr • of old; the Apoflle calls thefe a Partition-waD, they were fo as they made a divifion betwixt 'lew and Genti7e, they were a Lattrfr ·as Chrill was feen by, and through them in · a more imperfe<'l de- gree ofmanifefiarion: Chrifl was feen in t~em ro bditving Souls, how elfe did they( asrhe Apoltlefpeaks, Htb. 11. ) livt and die by faith? but how little of them was feen in that difpenfarion ? thence the Apollle faith, lifo and immortality were brought to ligbr by tht Gofptl, 2 Tim. 1. 1 o. Eternal /if• and immortality through' Chrift was in being under rhe Law. It was then the deligned por-· tim of th~ Saints, the Kingd•m, the Inheritance prep>red for them; yea and It was rev•aled roo, (let the S.ciniails talk what they will, ) but imrnorta/ity . was ( i:ompuarively ) in the dark rill·· Chrill Jefus c•me in the fltfh: all the three rhoufand ·and,odd • years before Chrift was abfent from his people, the Mtffiar to be re- vealed, the C:hrift to come: and all that time:he looked upon hi; · people in a more imperfect w1y throu!'.h dark Propht'Ci¢s, figni- · licant Types and Sactifices; but umler the Gofpefhe hath looked l ~p9n11 |