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A brief exposition of the whole book of Canticles, or Song of Solomon lively…
A brief exposition of the whole book of Canticles, or Song of Solomon lively describing the estate of the church in all the ages thereof, both Jewish and Christian, to this day ... / written by that learned and godly divine, John Cotton ...
London: printed for Philip Nevil, 1642
Chapter 7: THE CANTICLES, OR SONG OF SONGS, opened and explained.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, a complete integrity of all the Members of this Church; where any Member is wanting, there is deformity, beauty is blemished. This Church shall want then no Ordinances of God, nor any such Members to whom the dispensation of each Ordinance belongeth.
First, a compleat integrity of all the Members of this Church; where any Member is wanting, there is deformity, beauty is blemished. This Church shall want then no Ordinances of God, nor any such Members to whom the dispensation of each Ordinance belongeth.
Secondly, a fit proportion of all the Members of the Church one to another; no swellings, no convulsions.
Thirdly, a good colour in the outward face of things, all carried decently, and in order: How fair! It implieth admirable beauty in all these respects.
Thirdly, a good colour in the outward face of things, all carried decently, and in order: How faire! It implyeth admirable beauty in all these respects.