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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.
How fair is thy love, my Sister!] Sister implies the same, and such like gentile Churches, whose love is here set forth,
How faire is thy love, my Sister!] Sister implies the same, and such like gentile Churches, whose love is here set forth,
First, by the fairness of it.
First, by the fairenesse of it.
Secondly, by the strength, sweetness, cheerfulness, implied in the preferring it above wine.
Secondly, by the strength, sweetnesse, cheerefulnesse, implied in the preferring it above wine.
How fair, and strong, and sweet, and cheerful was the love of the Church of Antioch; which aforehand prepared a contribution of their own accord for ⟨p. 122⟩the poor Saints at Jerusalem, even