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Clavis cantici, or, An exposition of the Song of Solomon
Clavis cantici, or, An exposition of the Song of Solomon by James Durham ...
Edinburgh: printed by George Swintoun and James Glen, 1668
Clavis Cantici: OR, A KEY of the SONG, Useful for opening up thereof. › Chapter 2 › Verse 5
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.
Vers. 5. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love.
She is almost overcome with this banquet, and therefore cries out for help, vers. 5. Here consider, 1. The case she is in. 2. The cure she calls for. 3. From whom she seeks it.
She is almost overcome with this banquet, and therefore cryes out for help, vers. 5. Here consider, 1. The case she is in. 2. The cure she calls for. 3. From whom she seeks it.
Her case is, That she is sick of love. This is not to be taken for the fainting of a soul under absence, and the want of sense; all the context before and after, and the scope will show it's otherwise with her: But it's a sickness from the weight and pressure of felt inconceivable love, damishing her (as it were) and weakening her, she cannot abide that sight and fullness which she enjoys.
Her case is, That she is sick of love. This is not to be taken for the fainting of a soul under absence, and the want of sense; all the context before and after, and the scope will shew it's otherwise with her: But it's a sicknesse from the weight and pressour of felt inconceivable love, damishing her (as it were) and weakning her, she cannot abide that sight and fulnesse which she injoyes.