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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.
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,5 and went into the woods to sing Hymns to one Jesus?6
Secondly, partly the gracious carriage wherewith they cloathed themselves in their outward conversation: They cloathed and decked themselves with Christ, not onely to their Justification, but with his Spirit to their Sanctification; which shewes forth it selfe in their humility, meekenes, patience, honesty, faithfulness, ⟨p. 124⟩