1 The poor soul lying as a man desolatea in the night without comfort, seeks for Christ by private prayer & meditation, but it will not prevail.
2 bHe useth the help, counsel, & prayer of godly brethren yet Christ cannot be found.
3 cThen he seeks to godly ministers, to receive some comfort by them, by their means he can feel none.
4 dAfter that all means have been thus used, and none will prevail, then by Gods great mercy, when he hath least hope, he finds Christ, & feels him come again.
5 Presently his faith reviveth, and layeth faster hold on Christ.
6 And he hath an earnest fellowshipp• ⟨p. 95⟩with Christ in his hart, as before.
7 eThen comes again the joy of the holy ghost: & the peace of conscience as a sweet sleep falls upon him.
8 fThen his hart ariseth up into heaven by holy affections and prayers, which do as pillars of smoke mount upward, sweet as myrrh & incense.
9 gAlso he is ravished there with the meditation of the glorious estate of the kingdom of heaven.
10 hHe labours to bring others to consider the glory of Christ & his kingdom.
11 iAfter all this Christ reveals to his servant, what his blessed estate is both in this life, & in the life to come, more clearly than ever before, & makes him see those graces which he hath bestowed on him.
12 kThen the Christian prayeth that Christ would breath on him by his holy spirit, that he may bring forth the fruits of those graces which are in him.
13 Lastly, Christ granteth him thisl his request.
1 The poore soule lying as a mā desolatea in the night without comfort, seekes for Christ by priuate prayer & meditation, but it will not preuaile.
2 bHe vseth the helpe, counsel, & praier of godlie brethren yet Christ cannot bee found.
3 cThen hee seekes to godly ministers, to receiue some comfort by them, by their meanes he can feele none.
4 dAfter that all meanes haue bene thus vsed, and none will preuaile, then by Gods great mercie, when he hath least hope, hee finds Christ, & feeles him come againe.
5 Presently his faith reuiueth, and layeth faster hold on Christ.
6 And he hath an earnest fellowshipp• ⟨p. 95⟩with Christ in his hart, as before.
7 eThen comes againe the ioye of the holie ghost: & the peace of conscience as a sweete sleepe falles vpon him.
8 fThen his hart ariseth vp into heauen by holie affections and prayers, which doe as pillers of smoke mount vpward, sweet as myrrhe & incense.
9 gAlso hee is rauished there with the meditatiō of the glorious estate of the kingdome of heauen.
10 hHe labours to bring others to consisider the glorie of Christ & his kingdome.
11 iAfter all this Christ reueiles to his seruāt, what his blessed estate is both in this life, & in the life to come, more cleerely thē euer before, & makes him see those graces which he hath bestowed on him.
12 kThen the Christian prayeth that Christ would breath on him by his holy spirite, that hee may bring forth the fruites of those graces which are in him.
13 Lastlie, Christ graunteth him thisl
- aCant. c. 3. ver. 1.
- bver. 2.
- cver. 3.
- dver. 4.
- ever. 5.
- fver. 9.
- gver. 8. 9. 10.
- hvers. 11.
- icap. 4. ver. 1. to the 15.
- kver. 16.
- lver. 1. c. 5.
