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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.
2. Christs answer thereunto:
First, he cometh into his garden.
First, he commeth into his garden.
Secondly, he gathereth and enjoyeth the fruits of it.
Thirdly, he fills his Churches friends with a large measure of plenty, Chap. 5. 1.
Thirdly, he fils his Churches friends with a large measure of plenty, Chap. 5. 1.
A garden:]1 The Church is here so called, as verse 13. an orchard; or as it is in the original, a Paradise, as if this were the garden of Eden. All the world is as a wilderness, or at least a wild field; only, the Church is Gods garden or orchard, in these three respects,