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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
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 Sun:]1 that is, Godp hath looked upon me with a scorching eye, in displeasure; for he was angry with Solomon. qIt came not by chance, or civill causes in polity, but by divine procurement; and therefore the daughters of Jerusalem, to make such an use of it as not to alienate themselves the more from God by it: That which cometh from God should draw us nearer to God; He did it to set us more Kings in the Common-wealth, as Solomon had more Gods in the Church.
The Sunne:]1 that is, Godp hath looked upon me with a scorching eye, in displeasure; for hee was angry with Solomon. qIt came not by chance, or civill causes in politie, but by divine procurement; and therefore the daughters of Jerusalem, to make such an use of it as not to alienate themselves the more from God by it: That which commeth from God should draw us neerer to God; Hee did it to set us more Kings in the Common-wealth, as Solomon had more Gods in the Church.
- 1Verse 6.
- pPs. 84. 11▪
- q1 King. 11. 9. & 12. 24.