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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.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens.] The Participle being of the Feminine Gender, showeth that it is the Church, not Christ that is here spoken to, ⟨p. 256⟩who is said to dwell in the garden; to wit, in the particular Churches, as the sea dwelleth in each particular Country sea; the German sea, the Spanish sea, the Baltic sea, &c. So the Catholic Church is divided into particular Churches, or the Jewish Mother Church dwelleth by her authority and directions in all other Churches.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens.] The Participle being of the Feminine Gender, sheweth that it is the Church, not Christ that is here spoken to, ⟨p. 256⟩who is said to dwell in the garden; to wit, in the particular Churches, as the sea dwelleth in each particular Countrey sea; the German sea, the Spanish sea, the Balticke sea, &c. So the Catholique Church is divided into particular Churches, or the Jewish Mother Church dwelleth by her authority and directions in all other Churches.
The companions hearkening to thy word (or voice) cause me to hear it.] So the words in the original which implieth either that Church would have the Mother Church of the Jews take care of all other Christian Churches, and give directions unto them, and yet not as unto her handmaids, but as to her companions; or else if the words be read according to the translation, The companions hearken to thy voice, cause me to hear it: They imply, that after the calling of these Churches, this shall be their constant estate to the worlds end, they shall all
The companions hearkning to thy word (or voice) cause me to heare it.] So the words in the originall which implyeth either that Church would have the Mother Church of the Jewes take care of all other Christian Churches, and give directions unto them, and yet not as unto her handmaids, but as to her companions; or else if the words be read according to the translation, The companions hearken to thy voice, cause me to heare it: They imply, that after the calling of these Churches, this shall bee their constant estate to the worlds end, they shall all