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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.
Secondly,1 mildness, or innocency: such are those Churches which go not a whoring after any Superstition, or Idolatry, nor exercise that captivity of Tyranny over their Sister Churches, which the Popish watchmen are taxed for;2 that smote and wounded the Members of the Churches for ⟨p. 191⟩seeking after Christ, and took her veil from her, which are unspotted, unde filed, either
Secondly,1 mildenesse, or innocency: such are those Churches which goe not a whoring after any Superstition, or Idolatry, nor exercise that captivity of Tyranny over their Sister Churches, which the Popish watchmen are taxed for;2 that smote and wounded the Members of the Churches for ⟨p. 191⟩seeking after Christ, and tooke her vaile from her, which are unspotted, unde filed, either
First, of Romish pollutions, or