A Commentary on the Song of SolomonWilliam S. Martien, 1853 - 527 pages |
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... believer , by the practical observations found on every page . This mode of explaining and applying the various portions of the Song , really shows it to be what he terms it in the Introduction , the Manual of the advanced Christ- ian ...
... believer , by the practical observations found on every page . This mode of explaining and applying the various portions of the Song , really shows it to be what he terms it in the Introduction , the Manual of the advanced Christ- ian ...
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... believer's spiritual life , is there- fore a part of the Scriptures given by inspiration . The services of the Jewish ritual point out the way * Bishop Warburton . in which this newness of heart , this divine love 2 * INTRODUCTION . 13.
... believer's spiritual life , is there- fore a part of the Scriptures given by inspiration . The services of the Jewish ritual point out the way * Bishop Warburton . in which this newness of heart , this divine love 2 * INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... believer's love , is the best commentary on the whole strain of this alle- gorical Song . " The laying up in the sacred Scrip- tures , of truths and books that can be comprehended only by developments made in the after - course of the ...
... believer's love , is the best commentary on the whole strain of this alle- gorical Song . " The laying up in the sacred Scrip- tures , of truths and books that can be comprehended only by developments made in the after - course of the ...
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... believer only can pronounce properly on the divine virtue herein contained . When the recov- ering patient finds any medicine benefiting him by its use at any particular stage of his restoration , he has the best proof that it was ...
... believer only can pronounce properly on the divine virtue herein contained . When the recov- ering patient finds any medicine benefiting him by its use at any particular stage of his restoration , he has the best proof that it was ...
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... believer has of the divine origin of the Scriptures , from what he sees and feels of the power of these truths , under the influence of the Holy Spirit . This demonstration , this inward wit- ness of the Spirit , is a safer reliance ...
... believer has of the divine origin of the Scriptures , from what he sees and feels of the power of these truths , under the influence of the Holy Spirit . This demonstration , this inward wit- ness of the Spirit , is a safer reliance ...
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affection allegory amid angels beauty behold beloved body bosom bride camphire chap Christ Christian Church cloud colour crown daughters of Jerusalem delight desire dwell earth emblem enjoy excellence expressed eyes feel flock flowers fragrance frankincense fruits fulness garden give glorious glory gold grace heart heaven heavenly Hebrew Hence Heshbon Holy Ghost Holy Spirit human illustration interpretation Jerusalem Jewish king language Lebanon light lilies Lord Jesus love of Christ loveliness manifestations meaning mind mount Gilead mountains myrrh nature ness oriental ornaments passage perfect perfume person pious pleasant pleasure pomegranate prayer precious present redeemed refreshing rejoice rich saint sanctification says Scriptures seek shadow Shechinah Shenir Solomon Song Song of Solomon Song of songs soul speaking spices spikenard splendour spouse spring sweet thee Theocritus Theodore of Mopsuestia things thou tion tower tower of David tree truth unto verse vine voice wine words
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Page 301 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Page 444 - I have seen A curious Child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped Shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard, — sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the Monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native Sea.
Page 234 - The eternal regions : lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground With solemn adoration down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold ; Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence To heaven removed where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft shading the fount of life...
Page 490 - That to the observer doth thy history Fully unfold. Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 188 - They shall not hunger nor thirst ; Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them : For he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, Even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Page 65 - I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. 6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Page 489 - Our tended plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 287 - The voice of my beloved ! behold he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart : Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh forth at the windows, Shewing himself through the lattice.
Page 382 - With buds, and bells, and stars without a name, With all the gardener Fancy e'er could feign, Who breeding flowers, will never breed the same...
Page 486 - And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.