A short paraphrase of the Song of Solomon |
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... Name is as ointment poured forth ; therefore do the Virgins love thee . The very name of Christ to the Church and to all believers is as ointment poured forth , and to the B Saints is a sweet perfume , for " it is SOLOMON'S SONG. ...
... Name is as ointment poured forth ; therefore do the Virgins love thee . The very name of Christ to the Church and to all believers is as ointment poured forth , and to the B Saints is a sweet perfume , for " it is SOLOMON'S SONG. ...
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John Westwood (of Huntingdon.) Saints is a sweet perfume , for " it is like the precious ointment on the head of Aaron that ran down to the skirts of his garments , and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion . " See Psalm ...
John Westwood (of Huntingdon.) Saints is a sweet perfume , for " it is like the precious ointment on the head of Aaron that ran down to the skirts of his garments , and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion . " See Psalm ...
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... sweet to my taste . Here the Church describes her Lord as an " apple tree amongst the trees of a wood , " adding , 66 so is my beloved amongst the sons of men ; " saying " I sat down under his shadow with great delight and his fruit was ...
... sweet to my taste . Here the Church describes her Lord as an " apple tree amongst the trees of a wood , " adding , 66 so is my beloved amongst the sons of men ; " saying " I sat down under his shadow with great delight and his fruit was ...
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... sweet is thy voice , and thy countenance is comely . " O my Dove , " is the endearing language of the Saviour to his Church ; and most gracious are all his words to his children and people ; for his saints are ever precious in his sight ...
... sweet is thy voice , and thy countenance is comely . " O my Dove , " is the endearing language of the Saviour to his Church ; and most gracious are all his words to his children and people ; for his saints are ever precious in his sight ...
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... sweet words that dropped like honey from the mouth of Him " who spake as never man spake . " Here the Lord of the vineyard regards the conversation of the saints as honey dropping from the honeycomb , when it is of a heavenly nature ...
... sweet words that dropped like honey from the mouth of Him " who spake as never man spake . " Here the Lord of the vineyard regards the conversation of the saints as honey dropping from the honeycomb , when it is of a heavenly nature ...
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66 Verse altogether lovely amongst apple tree army with banners awake my love Baal-hamon banqueting house beautiful behold blessed blood breasts camphire chariot chiefest Christ Damascus daughters of Jerusalem day break delight doth earth everlasting eyes fairest among women find the spouse frankincense fruit garden glory gold gospel graces hath head heart heaven-born soul heavenly Heshbon holy honey honey comb Isaiah Jesus King Lamb of God language Lebanon lilies living faith Lord and Master Lord's Mount Gilead mountains myrrh night ointment perfumed pomegranates bud poor sinners praise prayer precious Psalm redeemed rejoice right hand planting righteousness rose of Sharon saints Saviour says the spouse sheep shew sick of love sight silver sister smell Solomon Song Song of Songs soul loveth spices spikenard spirit sweet tender grape text says thee thereof thine thou art fair thousand thy beloved Tirzah tower unto vine vineyard watchmen wilderness wine ye daughters Zion
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Page 3 - She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework: The virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought : They shall enter into the King's palace.
Page 56 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, As a seal upon thine arm : For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as the grave: The coals thereof are coals of fire, Which hath a most vehement flame.
Page 16 - I will rise now, and go about the city In the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not.
Page 32 - I sleep, but my heart waketh : It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undented : For my head is filled with dew, And my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 21 - Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Page 9 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my tasle. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
Page 17 - It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her dial conceived me.
Page 30 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his pleasant fruits.
Page 14 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 11 - I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, and by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.