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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.
Christ may see all the world, as he did when Satan* showed it to him,2 and yet not admire it,3 yea, condemn it for vanity, as it is; but a well ordered Church, and ready, he admireth.
Christ may see all the world, as hee did when Sathan* shewed it to him,2 and yet not admire it,3 yea, condemne it for vanity, as it is; but a well ordered Church, and ready, he admireth.
Use 3 Thirdly, here learn the more straight and sincere, the more patient and meek, the more faithful, the more fruitful in all holy obedience, &c. the more do we attain to a Palm tree, like full stature of Christianity.