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Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Of communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, each person distinctly in love, grace, and consolation, or, The saints fellowship with the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, unfolded by John Owen ...Of communion with God the Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghost, each person distinctly in love, grace, and consolation, or, The saints fellowship with the Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghost, unfolded by John Owen ...
Oxford: printed by A. Lichfield for Tho. Robinson, 1657
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.
Cantic 2. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. I am the Rose of Sharon, and the lily of the Valleys. As the Lily among the thorns, so is my love among the §. 8 daughters: as the Apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the Sons: in his shadow I delighted and sate down, and his fruit was sweet to my taste, &c.
Cantic 2. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. I am the Rose of Sharon, and the lilie of the Valleys. As the Lilie among the thornes, so is my love among the §. 8 daughters: as the Aple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the Sonnes: in his shaddow I delighted and sate down, and his fruit was sweet to my tast, &c.
In the two first verses you have the description that Christ gives, first of himself, then of his Church. Of himself v. 1. that is, what he is to his Spouse: I am the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily of the Valleys. The Lord dChrist is in the Scripture compared to all things of Eminency in the whole Creation. He is in the Heavens the Sun, and the bright morning star: As the lion among the beasts, the Lyon of the tribe of Judah. Among the flowers of the field, here, he is the Rose, and the Lily. The two Eminences of Flowers, sweetness of savour, and beauty of colour are divided between these. The Rose for sweetness, and the Lily for beauty (Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these) have the preeminence. Further he is the Rose of Sharon, a fruitful plain, where the choicest herds were fed. 1 Chr. 27. 29. so eminent that it is promised to the Church, that there shall be given unto her the eExcellency of Sharon: Isa. 35. 2. This fruitful place doubtless brought forth the most Precious Roses. Christ in the Savour of his love, and in his Righteousness (which is as the Garment wherein Jacob received his blessing, giving forth a smell as the smell of a pleasant field