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

Thy neck is like the tower of David,¹ &c.] The neck is that part that joineth head and body together; now that which joineth Christ and his Church together, is our faith: which faith in some of the members of that Church in Christs time, was observed to be strong and great^*; and therefore is here fitly compared to the tower of David, for an Armoury, (whereof we read)^* whereon there hanged a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. It seems Davids mighty men hanged up their shields in this Armoury against times of war; and so in like manner all the Worthies of Israel; all the faithful before Christ, hanged their shields of faith upon Christ, in ⟨p. 109⟩whom the faith of his Church was as a strong Armoury^†. Faith is not so much a tower of strength in it self, as in Christ whom it apprehendeth.

Thy neck is like the tower of David,¹ &c.] The necke is that part that joyneth head and body together; now that which joyneth Christ and his Church together, is our faith: which faith in some of the members of that Church in Christs time, was observed to be strong and great^*; and therefore is here fitly compared to the tower of David, for an Armory, (whereof we read)^* whereon there hanged a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. It seemes Davids mighty men hanged up their shields in this Armory against times of warre; and so in like manner all the Worthies of Israel; all the faithfull before Christ, hanged their shields of faith upon Christ, in ⟨p. 109⟩whom the faith of his Church was as a strong Armory