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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.
Sometime, the Church findeth Christ comfortably in her solemn assemblies, when good Christians are met together to serve him in the simplicity of his ordinances: sometimes when they can find no such Gardens, nor him in any place openly worshipped, yet even then they seek him here and there where they can find him.
Sometime, the Church findeth Christ comfortably in her solemne assemblies, when good Christians are met together to serve him in the simplicity of his ordinances: sometimes when they can finde no such Gardens, nor him in any place openly worshipped, yet even then they seek him here and there where they can finde him.
Use 2 Secondly, the like uses are here to be made of these Gardens, of that Cha. 4. ver. 14.
Ʋse 2 Secondly, the like uses are here to be made of these Gardens, of that Cha. 4. ver. 14.
Use 3 Thirdly, to teach us a true description of a Church: It is, as it were, a Garden, an assembly of many good Christians, or Saints, as it were sweet spices, or flowers, set in order, as it were beds, or knots, amongst whom Christ walketh, they enjoying fellowship with him in his public ordinances, and he with them.
Ʋse 3 Thirdly, to teach us a true description of a Church: It is, as it were, a Garden, an assembly of many good Christians, or Saints, as it were sweet spices, or flowers, set in order, as it were beds, or knots, amongst whom Christ walketh, they enjoying fellowship with him in his publique ordinances, and he with them.