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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.
Secondly, for the sweetness of it, as the honey or the honey-comb.
Secondly, for the sweetnesse of it, as the honey or the honey-combe.
Thirdly, for the wholesomeness of it, as milk.
Thirdly, for the wholesomnesse of it, as milke.
The smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.] Lebanon is full of sweet trees of spices growing in it, which yield a fragrant smell even a far off. Garments are,
The smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.] Lebanon is full of sweet trees of spices growing in it, which yeeld a fragrant smell even a farre off. Garments are,
First, partly the wedding garments of Christs righteousness.
First, partly the wedding garments of Christs righteousnesse.