Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an…

Once more meditate, how willing he is to heal thy wounded spirit, and be not faithless but believing; He is willing to accept of thee, if thou art willing to accept him. What mean his affectionate invitations? He seeketh to draw thee with cords of love, cords that are woven and spun out of Christs heart and bowels. Cant. 4.8. Come away from Lebanon, my sister, my Spouse, from the lions dens, ¹from the mountains of Leopards. Christs love is hot and burning, he thinketh thou tarriest too long from his embraces. Open to me my sister, my Love, my Dove, my undefiled. Cant. 5.2. Christ stands begging for entrance? Lost man, do but suffer me to save thee; Poor sinner, suffer me to love thee; These are the charms of Gospel Rhetoric. None singeth so sweetly as the Bird of Paradise, the Turtle that chirpeth upon the Churches hedges, that he may cluck sinners to himself. What mean his pathetical expostulations? ⟨p. 182⟩Why will ye die? Ezek. 33.11. What reason hast thou thus to run upon thy death and ruin? What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me? Jer. 2.5. what harm have I ever done them? what evil do they know by me, that they walk so contrary to me? but one place for all. Micah 6.3, 4. O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. For I brought thee out of the Land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants. O my people, remember now what bowels of love are here sounding in every line; what fiery affection is there in such sweet expostulations! O admirable condescension!

Once more meditate, how willing he is to heal thy wounded spirit, and be not faithless but believing; He is willing to accept of thee, if thou art willing to accept him. What mean his affectionate invitations? He seeketh to draw thee with cords of love, cords that are woven and spun out of Christs heart and bowels.