A brief exposition of the whole book of Canticles, or Song of Solomon |
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7 Tell me , so thou wbom my soule loveth ) where thou feedest , where tbox
makest thy flocke to rest at noon : for why should I be as one that turnetb aside by
the flocks of thy , companions ? 8 If thou know not ( thou fairest among women )
goe ...
7 Tell me , so thou wbom my soule loveth ) where thou feedest , where tbox
makest thy flocke to rest at noon : for why should I be as one that turnetb aside by
the flocks of thy , companions ? 8 If thou know not ( thou fairest among women )
goe ...
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This verse containeth Christs answer : where observe , First , a Compellation , oh
thou fairejt amongst women . Secondly , a Suppofition , if thou knoweft not : as if
he should say , it is much thou shouldelt not know . Thirdly , a Dirc & ion to follow
...
This verse containeth Christs answer : where observe , First , a Compellation , oh
thou fairejt amongst women . Secondly , a Suppofition , if thou knoweft not : as if
he should say , it is much thou shouldelt not know . Thirdly , a Dirc & ion to follow
...
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And a while after Christ faith , Why dost thou lie thus under the staires ; and in
clifts of rocks : lt mc see thy face , and hcare thy voyce . The Church of Rome
advanceth her selfe , that she hath alwayes been confpicuous ; but this is no true
signe ...
And a while after Christ faith , Why dost thou lie thus under the staires ; and in
clifts of rocks : lt mc see thy face , and hcare thy voyce . The Church of Rome
advanceth her selfe , that she hath alwayes been confpicuous ; but this is no true
signe ...
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Eighthly , if thou beeft a daughter of Sion , thou art contracted to Christ ; and know
it by this , Dost thou read his letters ? art thou delighted with thein : and dost thou
rejoyce to spcake to him againe by prayer ? If thou dost , it may be the joy of thy ...
Eighthly , if thou beeft a daughter of Sion , thou art contracted to Christ ; and know
it by this , Dost thou read his letters ? art thou delighted with thein : and dost thou
rejoyce to spcake to him againe by prayer ? If thou dost , it may be the joy of thy ...
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Behold , thou art fair my love , behold , thou art fair , sbou bajt doves eyes within
the lockes : thy baire is as a flocke of goats , that appeare from mount Gilead , doc
. TH " His Chapter describes the estate of the Church in her periods : First , in ...
Behold , thou art fair my love , behold , thou art fair , sbou bajt doves eyes within
the lockes : thy baire is as a flocke of goats , that appeare from mount Gilead , doc
. TH " His Chapter describes the estate of the Church in her periods : First , in ...
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Page 228 - 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 93 - 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 1 - 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 75 - 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 207 - Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
Page 228 - 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 134 - ... 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 65 - 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,
Bibliographic information
| Title | A brief exposition of the whole book of Canticles, or Song of Solomon |
| Author | John Cotton |
| Publisher | Green, 1648 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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