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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.
First, by the consultation of the ⟨p. 245⟩elder Sisters; to wit, of the Jewish Churches, and of that Church coming up out of the Wilderness, what they shall do for her when she shall be spoken of, ver. 8.
First, by the consultation of the ⟨p. 245⟩elder Sisters; to wit, of the Jewish Churches, and of that Church comming up out of the Wildernesse, what they shall doe for her when she shall be spoken of, ver. 8.
Secondly, by a resolution what they shall do for her, suitable to what her condition (as they shall find her) shall require, ver. 9.
Secondly, by a resolution what they shall doe for her, sutable to what her condition (as they shall finde her) shall require, ver. 9.
Thirdly, a satisfaction given by this little Sister, to the elder, how her estate standeth, together with the cause thereof, Gods favour, that they may the better know what courses to take for her, ver. 10.