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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 5: 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, By the degrees of her seeking him:
1. She arose to open to him, verse 5.
2. Her hands and fingers dropped Myrrh upon the handles of the lock, verse 5.
2. Her hands and fingers dropped Myrrhe upon the handles of the locke, verse 5.
3. She opened to her beloved, ver. 6.
Secondly, by the fruits or success of her seeking, where is interpreted the fruit or success of these two degrees of her seeking, in regard,
Secondly, by the fruits or successe of her seeking, where is interpreted the fruit or successe of these two degrees of her seeking, in regard,