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the Creator of Heaven and Earth, desired thy Comeliness and thy Beauty. When the King was at His Rest, rich and glorious in His Kingdom, He left His House, and forsook His inheritance, the Glory and Riches of His House, and His Royal Seat, and sought thee with gracious words. Great therefore is thy Dignity, and there is none so exalted as thee, since He could leave all Angelic Delights and the great Abundance of Celestial Virtues, to seek thee in the nethermost parts of the Earth, in the miry