A34663:492

A brief exposition of the whole book of Canticles, or Song of Solomon lively…

Name: A brief exposition of the whole book of Canticles, or Song of Solomon lively…
Author: John Cotton

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 ...

John Cotton 1584–1652London: printed for Philip Nevil, 1642

[2], 264 p. · 45k words · Wing C6410 · ESTC R20552

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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.

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Thy hair as a flock of Goats that appear from mount Gilead.¹.]

Thy haire as a flocke of Goats that appeare from mount Gilead.¹.]

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Hair, though it hang long upon the head, yet it may in time either,

Haire, though it hang long upon the head, yet it may in time either,

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First, fall of it self.

First, fall of it selfe.

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Secondly, be cut off: so were the common Christians of that time (as it were) hair,

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The book

Title as printed

Author

John Cotton 1584–1652

Place

London

Bookseller

Philip Nevil

Year

1642

Size

[2], 264 p.

Words

45,355

Catalogue

Wing C6410 · ESTC R20552

Text

EEBO-TCP A34663

Passages

1,216

Sections

Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36