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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.
This first doth teach us that a Church may be beautiful in Gods sight, though consisting
This first doth teach us that a Church may be beautifull in Gods sight, though consisting
Use 1 First, of mean persons.
Use 1 First, of meane persons.
Secondly, of such as were sometimes notorious offenders, as Publicans and Harlots: and from hence
First, poor people,
First, poore people,
Secondly, sinners, yea ugly sinners are to be exhorted to repentance and seeking after Christ: It makes them truly amiable in Christs eyes, though otherwise in themselves never so mean and foul.