A brief exposition of the whole book of Canticles, or Song of SolomonGreen, 1648 |
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... should I be as one that turneth afide by the flocks of thy companions ? 8 If thou know not ( O thou fairest among wo- men ) goe thy way forth by the footsteps of thy flocke , and feed thy kiddes befides the shepheards tents . 9 I have ...
... should I be as one that turneth afide by the flocks of thy companions ? 8 If thou know not ( O thou fairest among wo- men ) goe thy way forth by the footsteps of thy flocke , and feed thy kiddes befides the shepheards tents . 9 I have ...
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... should be darkened by un- seasonable mention of fo fad occurrences ; neither are all the paffages of the estate of the Church in every age here described , ( for how can that be in fo fhort a fong ? ) but the chiefe heads of things in ...
... should be darkened by un- seasonable mention of fo fad occurrences ; neither are all the paffages of the estate of the Church in every age here described , ( for how can that be in fo fhort a fong ? ) but the chiefe heads of things in ...
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... should be fit alfo fJam .. for a Pfalm in our affliction . But we com- monly in our ill houres are too fullen to fing , and in our merry moods , our fpirits vanish away in carnall mirth and jolity ; but whatsoever the eftate of the ...
... should be fit alfo fJam .. for a Pfalm in our affliction . But we com- monly in our ill houres are too fullen to fing , and in our merry moods , our fpirits vanish away in carnall mirth and jolity ; but whatsoever the eftate of the ...
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... should not evince his perfeverance , yet the former doth . p2 Sam.7 415 . 2 Sam.7 . I Secondly , this is to ftirre us up to the use 2 . reading and and meditation of this Booke , the more for the Pen - mans fake . The 2,3 , & 4.verfes ...
... should not evince his perfeverance , yet the former doth . p2 Sam.7 415 . 2 Sam.7 . I Secondly , this is to ftirre us up to the use 2 . reading and and meditation of this Booke , the more for the Pen - mans fake . The 2,3 , & 4.verfes ...
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... should feek the Lord onely . We will make thee . ] This fheweth the forwardneffe of the people to joyne with Afa in reforming Religion , and adorning m2 Chro . the Church , as is recorded m . 15.10 , 16 . Verse 11 . Borders of gold ...
... should feek the Lord onely . We will make thee . ] This fheweth the forwardneffe of the people to joyne with Afa in reforming Religion , and adorning m2 Chro . the Church , as is recorded m . 15.10 , 16 . Verse 11 . Borders of gold ...
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againſt alfo alſo alwayes Amana amongſt Apoſtles arifing Bath-rabbim beautifull beauty becauſe behold beloved Bilhah bleffed breafts called camphire captivity Chrift Chriftians Chro Chur Church comfort compariſon Concubines dayes defcribed defire Doctrine doth eftate eſtabliſhment eſtate eyes faid faith faithfull fame favour feeke felfe fellowſhip felves fent fhall fhee fhew fhould fifter Fifthly Firft Firſt fmell fome fometimes foule Fourthly fpices fpirit fruits ftrong fuch fweet garden Gentiles Gods graces hath heart himſelfe holy houfe houſe Idolatry Ifrael Jewes kiffe King Lebanon lets us fee lillies Lord Magiftrates Minifters Miniftery moſt muſt Myrrh ordinances perfecutions Pomegranates Priefts Princes reformed refpects Rehoboam Roes Secondly Seventhly ſhall ſhe Shenir Sixthly Solomon Song SONG OF SONGS Spouſe ſtirred ſweet Temple thee thefe themſelves thereof theſe thine Thirdly thofe thoſe Tirzah unto uſe Verfe Verſe vines vineyard voyce watchmen wine words worship yeeld
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Page 222 - 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. Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can the floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, It would utterly be contemned.
Page 97 - What shall we do then? 11 He answereth, and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Page 3 - Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Page 79 - At that day ye shall ask in my name : and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you : for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Page 201 - Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
Page 2 - I am black, but comely, 0 ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
Page 222 - Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers ; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me : thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
Page 128 - ... 3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
Page 114 - Lebanon, spouse, With me from Lebanon! Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Herman, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards.
Page 71 - 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 fmell : Arife, my Love,