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A46734	The excellency of Christ, or, The rose of Sharon shewing the art of taking Christ as the onely soveraign medicine of a sin-sick soul : accomodated both for those that are without and for those that are in Christ who are thereby instructed how they must be fitted to apply Christ unto themselves in 25 cases thereby instructed how they must be fitted to apply Christ unto themselves in 25 cases upon that excellent text in Cant. 2:1 ... / by Christopher Jelinger.	Jelinger, Christopher.	1641 (1641)	Wing J542; ESTC R29877	111,385	294

which also shall never go out Ierem. 23.29 1 Pet. 1.23 that so it may like a pillar of fire conduct you safely thorow the great and terrible wildernesse of this men-devouring world into the celestiall Canaan not suffering you either to stumble against the stone of stumbling and rock of offence which is Christ accidentally 1 Pet. 2.8 or to wander totally and finally out of the way of Gods commandements Psal 119.6.9.105 and may likewise warme your faint and sickly souls when they begin to coole blazing and flaming as it were about your heads hearts and vibrating or sending forth now this then that most sweet and precious promise Besides a number of other holy truths and passages like so many hot burning sparks of fire whereby your cooling brains and breasts may be re-heated and re-enlivened and so consequently most blessedly re-enabled to hold out and and to persevere unto the end in the metaphysicall and supernaturall taking of the most effectuall Rose of Sharon 2 Pet. 1.19 3. By holding forth also your very heads and hearts against that ever burning fire which is God himself blessed for ever Hebrews 12.19 and bathing your ravished and aspiring thoughts even most deliciously and frequently in the hotte burning flames or manifestation of that most holy and everliving essence even as a blessed Martyr being condemned to be burnt alive did even bathe his hands in the flames of fire to evidence and to declare the unconceivable and unexpressable delight and joy which he tooke and felt in the midst of the fire so do you in like manner manifest and shew forth your inexplicable delight and soul-ravishing content which you take in God and Christ by so thinking upon God much and often yea ever with * Gen. 39.9 Ioseph and * Psal 16.8 David that so you may be ever afraid as Ioseph was to sin against his Sacred Majestie Genesis 39.9 and also may be ever warme and fire-hot as it were in affection but then especially when you do take and apply or have taken that most sweet most fragrant most pleasant most operative and salutiferous Rose of Sharon Christ Jesus our most deare and blessed Saviour to be adored and magnified for ever and ever FINIS The Contents SECTION I. THat Christ is like a Rose in Sharon Field is manifested by sixe grounds drawn from his 1. Operation or hidden vertues 2. Blood-shed 3. Fragrancie 4. Suffering in the field 5. Opennesse 6. Intention to draw his Spouse into the field to fight 7. Excellencie in generall 8. Pleasantnesse in speciall 9. Fervenoy of Love Two Queries resolved SECTION II. Informes us of Christs 1. Fairenesse 2. Vsefulnesse 3. Desireablenesse SECTION III. Satisfaction for the consciences of Christs people who may know that Christ is in them 1. By the mightinesse of his Rose-like purging where 1. An objection is answered 2. Two Questions resolved 1. Q. In what sense Christs people is said to be purged from sin 2. Q. How one may know that his evill thoughts are so purged as that they do not reign Cleered By six Evidences 2. By the sweet Saviour of Christ SECTION IIII. Conviction for the consciences of such as want Christ who may know it by the ill savour of their 1. Works 2. Words 3. Thoughts SECTION V. Matter of feare for such as reject Christ having no cloake for their sin seeing Christ is so faire where is shewed 1. What Christ may say to them on that day 2. What they are like to say of him again SECTION VI. Matter of shame for carelesse and loose Christians who are so foule whereas Christ is so faire manifesting it both 1. At home 2. Abroad bringing most foule 1. Mouthes 2. Hands 3. Hearts into Godsown house SECTION VII Comfort for Christs people set forth 1. By two resemblances 2. By five disproportions shewing how farre more comfortable Christ is then any Rose 4. Objections answered by severall very needfull distinctions and Solutions SECTION VIII An exhortation to such as want Christ to seeke him 1. In the Law 2. In the Gospel SECTION IX Faith must be gotten as a hand for the taking of Christ who himself must work it 1. By his Word 2. By his Spirit SECTION X. Christ must be sought speedily as Roses in the Summer whey they may be had before Either you may be taken from the means or the means from you SECTION XI Foure grounds which should draw men to Christ to take him 1. His Rose like sweetnesse 2. Delightfulnesse appearing 1. In his person 2. Titles being called 1. Light 2. A Saviour 3. Salvation 4. A Bridegroome 5. A Friend 3. Lovingnesse manifested by the effusion of his precious blood which makes him as red as a Rose 4. Needfulnesse in regard of the life 1. Naturall 2. Spirituall for 1. Mortification 2. Sanctification 3. Consolation 3. Eternall SECTION XII Sixe Impediments that keep men from Christs are to be removed 1. Blindnesse 2. Blockishnesse 3. Basenesse 4. Brutishnesse 5. Bitternesse 6. Businesse All founded and grounded upon the Rosie Metaphor or simile used in the Text. Of Blindnesse in speciall for the removeall whereof men are called upon 1. To pray to Christ for illumination 2. Christ is compared with those things which vain men do so preferre before Christ who is set forth by nine properties For Nine properties of Christ 1. He is most comely Nine properties of Christ 2. Most valiant and strong Nine properties of Christ 3. Most Rich. Nine properties of Christ 4. Most Wise Nine properties of Christ 5. Most Harmlesse Nine properties of Christ 6. Most Pleasant Nine properties of Christ 7. Most Sure Nine properties of Christ 8 Most Sublime Nine properties of Christ 9. Most Concupiscible and contentative all drawn out of Cant. 5.10 11 12 13 14 15 16. Whereas those things which are so valued above Christ are Nine Differences 1. Most Foule Nine Differences 2. Most weake Nine Differences 3. Most Poore Nine Differences 4. Most Foolish Nine Differences 5. Most Hurtfull Nine Differences 6. Most Bitter Nine Differences 7 Most Vncertaine Nine Differences 8. Most Low and Base Nine Differences 9. Most Vnsatisfiable SECTION XIII Of Blockishnesse to be removed by a 1. Frequent 2. Serious consideration of our last sicknesse when this Rose of Sharon will stand us more insteed then all Rose waters or Cordials whatsoever SECTION XIIII Of Basenesse the third lett which is to be removed by an exact 1. Ransacking of our hearts 2. Ripping up of our lives words and actions SECTION XV. Of Brutishnesse the fourth lett which must be removed by 1. A retiring of our selves from all meat and drink and other pleasant things for a season 2. By reasoning SECTION XVI Of Bitternesse the fift lett which we may remove by comparing the bitternesses which are said to attend Christ and those that chuse and take Christ with the sweetnesses and comforts of Christ SECTION XVII Of Businesse the sixt lett which concerneth worldly men and women who must 1. Leave all businesse for a time 2. Think seriously of that maine businesse which doth so neerely concerne them even the chusing and taking of this most delicious and needfull Rose of Sharon A Finall exhortation to a serious removing of all these six Impediments and an earnest and painfull labouring for and seeking after Christ the Rose of Sharon SECTION XVIII An exhortation to Gods people to be more for Christ who like a Rose is so delightfull usefull and desireable then ever they were 1. By a happy under-valuing of all earthly things in comparison of Christ for 3 Respects 2. By a holy willingnesse to be with Christ 1. Here. 1. In the Word preached 2. At and in the mysterious administration and participation of the blessed Sacrament of his Sacred Supper 3. In Prayer 4. In the reading of his own Sacred Book 5. In the reading of such good books as are written of him by holy men 6. In his best beloved people conversing with them as with Christ whose Image they beare and members they are 2. Hereafter 3. By a mightie care to keep him still 1. By a holy and perpetuall recordation and mindfulnesse of him 2. By a sweet and comfortable feeling of his gracious presence in their blessed souls Quest What if he will be gone can we keep him Answ You may keep him as you keep Roses with sugar 1. With sugared and sweet thoughts 2. Words 3. Works SECTION XIX Christs people should be willing to make more use of Christ who is so usefull being like a Rose then ever they did SECTION XX. Christ is to be made use of in 25. Cases set down in order SECTION XXI Eight Physicall Rules to be observed in and about the taking of Christ as the onely most Soverain Rose or medicine ordained of God for sin-sick Souls FINIS Errata PAg. 10.1.14 Cant. 1.10 read Cant. 5.10 p. 13. l. 8. next r. text p. 24. l. 14. I now not r. I know not r. p. 29. l. 26. rather to be farther r. rather to be wished farther p. 34. l. 25. notwithstanding is r. which notwithstanding it is p. 48. l. 18. in all eternitie r. to all eternitie p. 53. l. 10. degree r. decree p. 58. l. 1. he speaks r. he spake p. 79. l. 11. for them r. for that p. 83. l. 22. after Christ r. after Christ may speed p. 94. l. 18. you r. yea p. 124. l. 24. He most r. he is most p. 150. l. 9. combine r. combined p. 151. l. 4. breath r. breach p. 153. l. 24. remaine r. remove p. 156. l. 24. Lot r. let p. 173. l. 17. returne r. returnes p. 175. l. 1. floweth r. bloweth p. 189. l. 13. and him r. of him p. 192. l. 18. for himselfe r. for he himselfe p. 193. l. 11. runs r. is p. 198. l 22. are to be r. is to be p. 200. l. 2. cannot r. nor cannot ibid. l. 4. breathes r. panteth p. 203. l. 16. r. Deitie p. 218. l. 2. r. to be observed p. 223. l. 12. another of r. another matter of p. 225. l. 20. admired r. admireth ibid. 22. he cryeth r. and cryeth p. 230. l. 25. in the r. in that p. 248. l. 7. mans r. man