Loves entercours between the Lamb & his bride, Christ and his Church. Or, A clear explication and application of the Song of Solomon. By William Guild, D.D. and preacher of God's Word.
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- Loves entercours between the Lamb & his bride, Christ and his Church. Or, A clear explication and application of the Song of Solomon. By William Guild, D.D. and preacher of God's Word.
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- Guild, William, 1586-1657.
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- 1658. [i.e. 1657]
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To the right Honorable,
An∣drew Ramsey, Provost ofEdinburgh, Archbald Sydserf, Robert Murray, Archbald Ker, andAlexander Helleburton, Balies,David Wilkie deane ofGild, Frances Kinloch Treasurer, and to the remanant of the Hono∣rable Councell of that Citty. -
An Exposition of the Song of Songs, which is SOLOMON'S.
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CHAP. I.
- Verse 1. The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.
- Verse 2. Let him kisse me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better then wine.
- Verse. 3. Because of the savour of thy good Oynt∣ment powred forth, therefore do the Virgins love thee.
- Verse. 4. Draw me, we will runne after thee, the King hath brought me into his Chambers, we will be glad, and rejoyce in thee; we will remember thy Love more then Wine, the upright love thee.
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Verse. 5. I am black but comely, (O ye daughters of Jerusalem) as the tents of Kedar, as the Curta
nes of Solomon. - Verse. 6. Look not upon me because I am black, be∣cause the Sunne hath looked upon me: my Mothers chil∣dren were angry with me, they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but my owne vineyard have I not kept.
- Verse. 7. Tell me (O thou whom my soul loveth,) where thou feedest? Where thou makest thy Flock to rest at Noone? for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy Companions?
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Verse. 8. If thou know not (O thou fairest among women) go thy way forth by the foot-steps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds Tents. -
Verse. 9.
and 10. I have compared thee (O my Love) to a company of Horses in Pharoah's charets, thy cheeks are comely with rowes of Jewels, thy neck with chaines of Gold. - Verse. 11. We will make thee borders of Gold with studs of Silver.
- Verse. 12. While the King sitteth at his Table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
- Verse. 13. A bundle of mirrh is my well be loved unto me, He shall lye all night betwixt my breasts.
- Verse. 14. My beloved is unto me as a cluster of Camphire, in the vineyards of Engedi.
- Verse. 15. Behold, thou art fair, my love, behold thou art fair, thou hast doves eyes.
- Verse. 16. Behold thou art fair my beloved, yea pleasam; also our bed is greene.
- Verse. 17. The beames of our house are Cedars, and our rafters of Erre.
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CHAP. II.
- Vers. 1. I am the Rose of Sharon, and the Lillie of the vallies.
- Verse. 2. As a Lilly among thornes, so is my love among the daughters.
- Verse. 3. As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sonnes: I sat down un∣der his shaddow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
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Vers. 4. He brought me to the banquetting house, and his banner over me was love. - Vers. 5. Stay me with flaggons, comfort me with ap∣ples; for I am sick of love.
- Verse. 6. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
- Vers. 7. I charge you (ô ye daughters of Jerusalem) by the Roes, and by the Hindes of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my Love, till he please.
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Vers. 8. The voice of my Beloved: Behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. -
Verse. 9. My beloved is like a Roe, or young Hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the window, showing himself thorow the Lat∣tesse. -
Vers. 10. My Beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my Love, my fa
r one, and come away. - Vers. 11. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. 12. The flowers appear in the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the Turtle is heard in our land. 13. The Fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the Vines with the tender grape, give a good smel; Arise my love, my fair one, and come away.
- Verse. 14. O my dove that art in the clifts of the rock, in the secret places of the staires, Let me see thy countenance, Let me heare thy voice: for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
- Vers. 15. Take us the Foxes, the little foxes, that spoile the Vines; for our Vines have tender Grapes.
- Vers. 16. My Beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds among the Lillies.
- Vers. 17. Untill the day break, and the shadowes flee a∣way, turn, my Beloved, and be thou like a Roe or a young Hart, upon the mountains of Bether.
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CHAP. III.
- Vers. 1. By night in my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth, I sought him, but I found him not.
- Verse. 2. I will rise now, and go about the City in the streets, and in the broad wayes, I will seek him whom my soul loveth, I sought him, but I found him not.
- Verse. 3. The watchmen that go about the city found me, to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
- Vers. 4. It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loved; I held him, and would not let him go, untill I brought him into my mothers house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
- Vers. 5. I charge you, O yee daughters of Jerusalem, by the Roes, and hindes of the field, that yee stirre not up nor awake my Love, till he please.
- Verse. 6. Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness, like pillars of smoke, perfumed with Myrrh and Frankincense, with all powders of the Merchants?
- Vers. 7. Behold his bed which is Solomons, threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of I srae. 8. They all hold swords, being export in warre; every man hath his sword upon his thigh, because of feare in the night.
- Vers. 9. King Solomon made himself a Chariot of the wood of Lebanon. 10. He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
- Vers. 11. Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and be∣hold King Solomon, with the Crown wherewith his mother crowned him, in the day of his espou∣salls, and in the day of the gladnesse of his heart.
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CHAP. IV.
- Vers. 1. Behold thou art faire, my love, behold thou art faire, thou hast doves eyes, within thy locks thy haire is as a flock of goates that appeare from mount Gilead.
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Verse. 2. Thy teeth are like a stock of sheep that are eaven shorne, which came up from the washing, whereof every one beares twinne, and none is barren among them, 3. Thy lips are like athread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely; thy temples are like a peece of Pomegranate, within thy locks, 4. Thy neck is like the towre of David, builded for an armory,
&c. - Vers. 6. Untill the day break, and the shaddowes fles away, I will get me to the mountains of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. 7. Thou art all fair, my love, there is no spot in thee.
- Vers. 8. Come with me from Lebanon, (my Spouse) with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the Lions dens, from the mountains of the Leopards.
- Vers. 9. Thou hast ravish't my heart, my sister, my spouse, thou hast ravisht my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chaine of thy neck.
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Vers. 10. How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse
how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! - Vers. 11. Thy lips (O my Spouse) drop as an hony-comb, hony and milk are under thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
- Vers. 12. A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse, a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
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Vers. 13. Thy plants are as an orchard of Pome granates, with pleasant fruits, Camphire and spiknard. 14. Spiknard and Saf
on, Calamas and Cynamom, with all trees of Frankincense, Myrr hand Aloes, withall the chief spices. - Vers. 15. A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
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Vers. 16. Awake, O north-w
d and come thou south, blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
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CHAP. V.
- Vers. 1. I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse, I have gathered my Myrrh with my spices, I have eaten my Hony-comb with my hony, I have drunk my wine with my milk: Eate my friends, drink, yea, drink aboundantly, O beloved.
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Vers. 2.
I sleep, but my heart waketh; it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. - Vers. 3. I have put off my coat, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I desile them?
- Vers. 4. My beloved put in his hand by the lock of the dore, and my bowels were moved for him.
- Vers. 5. I rose up to open to my beloved, and my hands dropped with myrrh; and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
- Vers. 6. I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had with drawn himself, and was gone, my soul fail∣ed when he spake, I sought him, but I could not find him, I called him, but he gave me no an∣swer.
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Vers. 7. The watchmen that went about the City found me, they smo
e me, they wounded me, the keepers of the wall they took away my vaile from me. - Vers. 8. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
- Vers. 9. What is thy Beloved more than another belo∣ved, O thou fairest amongst women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
- Vers. 10. My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
- Vers. 11. His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushie, and black as a raven.
- Vers. 12. His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the ri∣vers of water, washed with Milk, and fitly set.
- Vers. 13. His. cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers; his lips like Lillies, droping sweet smell∣ing Myrrh.
- Vers. 14. His hands are as gold-rings, set with the Berill; his belly is as bright I vory, over-laid with Saphires.
- Vers. 15. His legs are as pillars of Marble, set upon sockets of fine gold, his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the Cedars.
- Vers. 16. His mouth is most sweet, yea he is altogether lovely; This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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CHAP. VI.
- Vers. 1. Whither is thy beloved gone. O thou fairest amongst women? whither is thy well-beloved tur∣ned aside, that we may seek him with thee?
- Vers. 2. My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the garden, and to gather lillies.
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Vers. 3. I am my beloveds, and my beloved is mine, he feeds among the Lillies. -
Vers. 4. Thou art beautifull, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible asan army with banners. - Vers. 5. Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me, thy haire is as a flock of goats, that appeare from Gilead.
- Vers. 8. There are threescore Queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. 9. My dove, my undefiled is but one, she is the onely 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 concubines and they praised her.
- Vers. 10. Who is she that looks forth as the morning? fair as the Moon, clear as the Sun, and terrible as an army with Banners?
- Vers. 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 pomgranate budded.
- Vers. 12. Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the Chariots of Aminadab,
- Vers. 13. Return, return, O Shulamite, return, re∣turn, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? as it were the company of two Armies.
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CHAP. VII.
- Vers. 1. How beautifull are thy feet with shoos O prin∣ce's daughter? the joints of thy thighes are like Jewels, the work of thy hands, as of a cunning workman.
- Vers. 2. Thy navell is like a round goblet, which wan∣teth not liquor, thy belly is like a heape of wheat, set about with Lillies.
- Vers. 3. Thy two breasts are like two young Roes that are twinnes.
- Vers. 4. Thy neck is as a towre of Ivory, thine eyes like the Fish pooles in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrab∣bim, thy nose is as the towre of Lebanon, which looketh towards Damascus.
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Vers. 5. Thine head upon thee is like Carmell, and the haire of thy head like purple, the king is held in the Galleries. -
Vers. 6. How faire and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! -
Vers. 7. This thy stature is like to a palme tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. - Vers. 8. I said, I will go up to the Palme-tree, I will take hold of the boughes thereof, now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the Vine, and the smell of thy nose like Apples. 9. And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved that goeth down sweetly, causing the lippes of those that are asleep, to speak.
- Vers. 10. I am my beloveds, and his desire is towards me.
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Vers. 11. Come my beloved, Let us go forth into the field, Let us lodge in the villages. 12. Let us go up early to the vineyards, Let us see if the v
ne florish, whether the tender grapes appeare, and the Pomegranates bud forth; there will I give thee my Loves. - Vers. 13. The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
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CHAP. VIII.
- Vers. 1. O that thou were as my brother that sucked the breasts of my Mother, when I should find thee without, I would kisse thee, yet I should not be de∣spised.
- Vers. 2. I would lead thee and bring thee into my Mo∣thers house, who would instruct me, I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my Pomegranates. 3. His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. 4. I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, that yee stirre not up, nor awake my Love untill he please.
- Vers. 5. Who is this that cometh up from the wilder∣ness leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the Apple-tree, there thy mother brought thee forth, there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
- Vers. 6. Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal up∣on thine arme, for love is strong, as death; jea∣lously is cruell as the grave, the coales thereof are coales of fire, which have a most vehement flame. 7. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the sub∣stance of his house for love, it would be utterly contemned.
- Vers. 8. We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts, what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
- Vers. 9. If she be a wall, we will build upon her a pa∣lace of silver, and if she be a dore we will inclose her with boords of Cedar.
- Vers. 10. I am a wall, and my breasts like tow∣ers, then was I in his eyes, as one that found favour.
- Vers. 11. Solomon had a vineyard at Raal-hamon, he let out the vineyard unto keepers, every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thou∣sand peeces of silver. 12. My vineyard which is mine, is before me: thou (O Solomon) must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof, two hun∣dred.
- Vers. 13. Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice, cause me to heare it.
- Vers. 14. Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe, or to a young hart upon the mountaines of spices.
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CHAP. I.