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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.
The estate of the whole Church, as it shall stand after the conversion of the Jews, and of those other Churches is set forth;
The estate of the whole Church, as it shall stand after the conversion of the Jewes, and of those other Churches is set forth;
First, from Christs care for them, expressed,
First, in his watchfulness over them in his own person, which he amplifies by the less care which Solomon had of his vineyard, committing the keeping of it to others, ver. 11, 12.
First, in his watchfulnesse over them in his owne person, which he amplifies by the lesse care which Solomon had of his vineyard, committing the keeping of it to others, ver. 11, 12.
Secondly, in his charge to the ⟨p. 246⟩Church, that he may hear her companions hearkening unto her, ver. 13.