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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 8: 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.
For use, we may here learn
For use, we may here learne
Use 1 First, since the Church of the Jews shall attain to so great beauty, it ought to kindle our desire to pray ⟨p. 240⟩earnestly for their conversion, that we may behold the admirable fairness thereof, and be delighted with her consolations.1
Ʋse 1 First, since the Church of the Jewes shall attaine to so great beauty, it ought to kindle our desire to pray ⟨p. 240⟩earnestly for their conversion, that wee may behold the admirable fairnesse thereof, and bee delighted with her consolations.1
Use 2 Secondly, this doth teach us how to approve our selves pleasant and fair in Christs eyes, even by keeping his Ordinances in integrity, and simplicity, and by a willing readiness to frequent the same.
Ʋse 2 Secondly, this doth teach us how to approve our selves pleasant and faire in Christs eyes, even by keeping his Ordinances in integrity, and simplicity, and by a willing readinesse to frequent the same.