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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 4: 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.
Fourthly, Of her lips, verse 3.
Fifthly, Of her temples, verse 3.
Sixthly, Of her neck, verse 4.
Sixthly, Of her necke, verse 4.
Seventhly, Of her breasts, verse 5.
Secondly, the death of Christ falling out in her time, verse 6.
Behold thou art fair:] fair twice repeated implies, by an usual Hebraism, that she was very fair: and beloved twice repeated, argues her eminent beauty was very conspicuous; such was the estate of the Church gathered by his Ministry and flocking after him.