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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, to hearty devotion, according to their knowledge, and beyond it.
Secondly, to discern some such gross heresies as quenched the heart and life of Christianity; as the impiety of Arius, denying the God-head of Christ; of Macedonius and Eunemius, denying the person of the holy Ghost; of Nestorius, dividing the persons in Christ; of Eutiches, confounding their natures: other straw and stubble built upon the foundation they neglected.
Secondly, to discerne some such grosse heresies as quenched the heart and life of Christianity; as the impiety of Arius, denying the God-head of Christ; of Macedonius and Eunemius, denying the person of the holy Ghost; of Nestorius, dividing the persons in Christ; of Eutiches, confounding their natures: other straw and stubble built upon the foundation they neglected.
It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open.] Christ used good means to awaken his spouse, and to raise her up from this carnal security.
It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open.] Christ used good meanes to awaken his spouse, and to raise her up from this carnall security.