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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 6: 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.
THE CANTICLES, OR SONG OF SONGS opened and explained.
THE TEXT. CHAP. 6.
Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we way seek him with thee. verse 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. verse 3 I am my beloveds, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. verse 4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. verse 5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. verse 6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go ⟨p. 164⟩up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. verse 7 As a piece of pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. verse 8 There are threescore Queens, and fourscore Concubines, and Virgins without number. verse 9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her Mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her: The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the Queens, and the Concubines, and they praised her. verse 10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? verse 11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the Vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded. verse 12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Aminadab. verse 13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee: what will you see in the Shulamite? as it were the company of two armies.
WHither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we way seeke him with thee. verse 2 My beloved is gone downe into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. verse 3 I am my beloveds, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. verse 4 Thou art beautifull, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an armie with banners. verse 5 Turne away thine eyes from mee, for they have overcome me: thy haire is as a flock of goats that appeare from Gilead. verse 6 Thy teeth are as a flocke of sheepe which goe