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of_o sweet_a wood_n full_a of_o pleasure_n and_o contentment_n chap._n ii_o christ_n 1._o i_o be_o the_o rose_n of_o the_o field_n and_o the_o lily_n of_o the_o valley_n thou_o have_v not_o without_o just_a cause_n magnify_v i_o o_o my_o church_n for_o as_o the_o fair_a and_o sweet_a of_o all_o flower_n which_o the_o earth_n yield_v the_o rose_n and_o lily_n of_o the_o valley_n excel_v for_o beauty_n for_o pleasure_n for_o use_v the_o most_o base_a and_o odious_a weed_n that_o grow_v so_o do_v my_o grace_n to_o all_o they_o that_o have_v feel_v the_o sweetness_n thereof_o surpass_v all_o worldly_a contentment_n 2._o like_o a_o lily_n among_o the_o thorn_n so_o be_v my_o love_n among_o the_o daughter_n neither_o be_v this_o my_o dignity_n alone_o but_o thou_o o_o my_o spouse_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v a_o fit_a match_n for_o i_o be_v thus_o excellent_a above_o the_o world_n that_o no_o lily_n can_v be_v more_o in_o goodly_a show_n beyond_o the_o naked_a thorn_n than_o thou_o in_o thy_o glory_n thou_o receive_v from_o i_o overlooke_v all_o the_o assembly_n of_o alien_n and_o unregenerate_v the_o church_n 3._o like_o the_o appletree_n among_o the_o tree_n of_o the_o forest_n so_o be_v my_o well-beloved_a among_o the_o son_n of_o man_n under_o his_o shadow_n have_v i_o delight_v and_o sit_v down_o and_o his_o fruit_n be_v sweet_a unto_o my_o mouth_n and_o to_o return_v thy_o own_o praise_n as_o some_o fruitful_a and_o well-grown_a appletree_n in_o comparison_n of_o all_o the_o barren_a tree_n of_o the_o wild_a forest_n so_o be_v thou_o o_o my_o belove_a saviour_n to_o i_o in_o comparison_n of_o all_o man_n and_o angel_n under_o thy_o comfortable_a shadow_n alone_o have_v i_o ever_o wont_a to_o find_v safe_a shelter_n against_o all_o my_o affliction_n all_o my_o tentation_n and_o infirmity_n against_o all_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n and_o danger_n of_o judgement_n and_o to_o cool_v myself_o after_o all_o the_o scorch_a beam_n of_o thy_o father_n displeasure_n and_o 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god_n his_o due_a time_n with_o respect_n even_o of_o outward_a purity_n which_o be_v all_o that_o 112._o that_o that_o euseb_n de_fw-fr praep_n euang._n l._n 1._o c._n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o sacra_fw-la facientibus_fw-la they_o turn_v it_o sacratis_fw-la &c_n &c_n refut_o p._n 112._o eusebius_n by_o they_o misse-translated_n and_o misse-alleaged_n by_o he_o require_v but_o what_o will_v my_o refuter_fw-la say_v to_o the_o high_a priest_n himself_o which_o be_v bind_v every_o day_n to_o a_o morning_n and_o evening_n sacrifice_n who_o yet_o be_v not_o restrain_v from_o a_o conjugal_a society_n that_o bone_n have_v trouble_v blunt_a and_o break_a better_a tooth_n than_o he_o but_o say_v he_o the_o figure_n of_o the_o eternal_a priesthood_n of_o christ_n to_o wit_n melchisedeck_v be_v not_o read_v to_o have_v have_v any_o wife_n at_o all_o what_o of_o this_o he_o who_o he_o prefigure_v be_v only_o a_o spiritual_a husband_n to_o his_o church_n if_o this_o man_n be_v not_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o even_o he_o against_o heluidius_fw-la translate_v it_o vxores_fw-la circumducendi_fw-la for_o the_o rest_n it_o be_v worth_a my_o reader_n note_v how_o the_o plagiary_n priest_n have_v steal_v this_o whole_a passage_n as_o most_o of_o the_o rest_n verbatim_o out_o of_o bellarmine_n yet_o over-reach_v his_o master_n for_o where_o bellarmine_n say_v ita_fw-la ferè_fw-la omnes_fw-la graeci_fw-la &_o latini_n so_o almost_o all_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a this_o bayard_n dare_v say_v all_z save_v clemens_n as_o well_o greek_n as_o latin_a and_o when_o he_o have_v do_v name_v some_o that_o say_v nothing_o of_o it_o at_o all_o as_o chrysostom_n another_o that_o in_o heresy_n speak_v for_o he_o one_o where_o another-where_a against_o he_o as_o tertullian_n who_o be_v also_o himself_o a_o marry_a priest_n can_v say_v in_o his_o exhortation_n licebat_fw-la &_o apostolis_n nubere_fw-la &_o vxores_fw-la circumducere_fw-la another_o that_o ground_n upon_o a_o evident_a misread_v 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