667/%//;Ílplll 1 ail///r So NG, Clap. 1 V. her relic and hers, pure to the Lord. Wherefore Solomon to teach fpirituall chaltitie,nfeth this pa- rable ; Drin. .(e water out of thine owne ciifone , and running waters out oftbine owne rod. Let thy fountains be de f)er fed abroad, and rivers of waters in &e pees:. Let them be only thine aerne, and net flrangers rei.b thee. Let thy fontaine bebkfJèd, andrejoyee with the wife of thyyouth, es -e. Prov.5. 15,-18. foaled] Hereby is figured the confirmation of grace to Chrifts people, as fealmg meaneth in Jer. 32.20. J011.3.33. 2 Cor.1.2 z.Ephef I.13. and the refer - vingyf this grace to then onely,as that which is fealed is not communicated with others , nor knowne unto them, Efa.29.11, Dan.t 3.4,9. and fo it is Paid, Binde up the teffimanie,'bale the Law, a- mong my difciples, Elà. 8.16. 23 Vesle v3.1 by plants] or tbyfhoots : the Hebrew and Greek words have both of them the hante of feuding f rth,that is of (hooting or growing,and fo of bringing forth leaves,flowers and fruits.Here- by the members of the Church are meant,planted and made, fruitful! by Christ, and here the gar- den of the Church, is like the garden of Eden: out of which ground, the Lord God made to grow every thingplealant to light,and good for food, Gen. z. 8,9. And this is the fécond blefing of the Chnrch,that it is reldenifhed with whole- fome,fwect and precious plants. anoryard]or a paradifi, Co called of the Hebr. Pardes,andGreek Paradoifos : a place let with trees.as appeareth by Ecclelz.5. and is therefore sometime ufèd for a Park,orForreff,Neh.2.8, Pomegranates] or Pam, granai- trees, granate- apples, fo named becaulis they are fsdl of granes or kernels : hereupon the Chal- dee paraphrafcth, 7beyong run arefilled tri : b thy pre- cepts, (or as lardai explaineth it, fis(1 ofgosd work!) likr Pomegranates. precious- things] or dainties, plea fant-things: with !tore of thefe,the land of Io- feph was bleffed,Úeuter. 33. 13, -16. The Holy Ghoft feemeth to have retpeEt unto this name, in Revel. 18. 14, fruits (or apples, in Greeke, spera) that thyfoxie It fled after. Cypres] Cypres- elulters, (for the word is of the plurali number) or Cam- paire fruits : fee the notes on Song 114. Spike- nard] this is alto in the forme plurali Spikenard', or Nerds; which is framed of the Hebrew name Nerd, whence the Greeke Nardos, and Latine Nar- dut is allo borrowed. And it is here tiled plural- ly (wheras in the next serfs it is fingular) either to imply all forts of Nard, (for there be divers kinds) or, the cares and leaves of Nard, both which are in ule for fweet fil,ell,The herb which we call Lavender, is named Pfèudo-nard, as being a b a r e kind of Nard,but nothing f o tweet or pre- cious as the true: f e e the notes on Song r . 1 2 . 14 Verle 14. Saffron] in Hebrew Caroni: we call it Safran, of the Arabik T japhran(or Zafran) fo na- ! med of the yellow colour : it is not mentioned in Scripture, but in this one place. Calamtn] or ferret Cane, or fweet Reed: this with the Ginamon following, were ufed in the compofition of the holy anointing aile, Exod. 30.23. fee the Anno- tations there. Frankinceufe] this was ufed in Ithe holy intente ; as the Myrrh (following) was in the anointing oylc; fee Exod. 3o. 34:23 Aloes] or Lign-aloei : it was ufèd allo to perfume with, for the Tweet finell thereof: fee NItm,24 6. Pfd. 45.9. Pros. 7. 17. chiefs fßices] or bead,- of fÿices : lee Exol. 30,23 By rho:: fruits are lig- nihed the manifold graces in Chriliians, which are precious and livret before God and all good people : filch are the fruits of the Spirit, mentio- ned in Gal, 5.22, 23. Contrary to there, are the roots of bitternefe, that bearegall.,nd wormwood; which are diligently to be looked unto, left they fpringup,and lò trouble and defile the garden of the Church; Heb. r z ,1 y. Dent. 29.18. Verle 15. F.entaineef the gardens ] This feemeth 15 to be the fpçech of the Spoule unto Christ 0 thou ¡he Faunt',e, due. whereby (he acknosledgech a third Walling to make her fruitful(, abundance of water,and that all the former graces which he fo praifed her for,doe proceed from him who is the fountain that watret h all the gardeta (his Chun ches)as in Jer.z.r 3.God callah hi'n.eife the fun - tame of lizingw.uers. From the fountain, rivers do run,(as in Pla. t 04.1 o )which water the gardens and plants in them, fo making them greeneand fruitful!, as in Ezek. 31.4,5. The waters made him great ; the deepe f, t him up on high, with her rivers run- ning about his plants, &c. But when thedelolation of the Churches threatned, it is likened to agar - den that bath no water,Efa. t .3 o Here (Thrift by his doçtrine and fpiritnall graces , rcfrefheth his Churches , and all their plants , ;atisticth their fouls in drought, and maketh'fat their bones; that their foule Is like a wateredgarden,ánd they fhdl not fsrraw ny more at all,Jer.3 t.12. Efa.58. t 1. living waters] that is, fpringiug and running wa- ters, which dry noc up with heat, nor putrific: but are ahvaieswhollonm,and give life. So Christ giveth living water, ófw hich whosoever di í aket it (hall he inhim a well of water,fßringing up into ever- lafling life, Joh,4. 10,14. and faith, He that beleevoti on me,rre out often belly fliall frw rizera oflivin; water, (peaking of the Spirit, which tbey that brier: a on /aim, fbouldreceive,Joit.7.38,39. flreaming]rurming,(lor- ing: or, flreames from Lebanon. Ic bath reference to the ltreames of lardan, which River began at the foot of mount Lebanon, and ran along through the holy land,watering the Gene. This fimilitude is amplified in Ezek. 4y. 6,-1o. where watersilfuing out of the San/tuäry (which was built of the Cedars ofLebanon)ran along Galilee, and to thePlaise, and into the fea, &c. and every living thing that movethwhitherloevcr the Ri- vers come, Rail line, &c. and every thing fbailije,, whither the River coron'etb. So in Rev. 22. I. out of the throne of God, and of the Lambe ( Chrift) a pare Ri- ser of water of life proceedet h. V.' 6. Stir-up] or Rai fe up (thy felfe) tbott North 15 windA fourth blelûngupon the garden ofChrifts Church,that it is blowne upon by the winds, to refrelh it, to clenfe the aire of it, and to make it more frnitfull,And though the North and South winds be of contrary qualities, as cold and hot, moyft and dry, yet are they both fitting for her efface, whirls fomet i me needeth (harpereproofe, and %//.A mul
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