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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.
His lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.] The doctrine of the Church at those times was such as, like myrrh, served to preserve the faithful from putrefaction, ⟨p. 158⟩according to that,* That which ye have already, hold fast till I come. In the Primitive Apostolic Church her lips dropped like an honey-comb, being of strong sweet relish to delight and nourish to full growth:* But the lips of this Church drop rather myrrh then honey; they rather preserved some trueth of grace, then yielded any abundant nourishment to procure increase to the Church.
His lips like lillies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.] The doctrine of the Church at those times was such as, like myrrhe, served to preserve the faithfull from putrefaction, ⟨p. 158⟩according to that,* That which ye have already, hold fast till I come. In the Primitive Apostolique Church her lips dropped like an hony-combe, being of strong sweet relish to delight and nourish to full growth:* But the lips of this Church drop rather myrrhe then hony; they rather preserved some trueth of grace, then yeelded any abundant nourishment to procure increase to the Church.
- *Rev. 2. 25.
- *Can. 4. 11.