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

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.

Secondly, partly the gracious carriage wherewith they clothed themselves in their outward conversation: They clothed and decked themselves with Christ, not only to their Justification, but with his Spirit to their Sanctification; which shows forth it self in their humility, meekness, patience, honesty, faithfulness, ⟨p. 124⟩diligence, serviceableness of their outward carriage, so far forth as that the Heathen smelled a sweet favour in their whole course;^* yea,² even in Trajans time,³ when the smell of garments was not so strong: yet what a sweet testimony doth Pliny himself (though a persecutor) give of them,⁴ when he said, he could find no fault with them but that they rose early,