!. =--- A Song ofSolomon. foever is excellent in the whole world, is bor– rowed to fet out the excellencies of thefe two great Lovers. . It is called S1lomons So,!Jg, who next unto Chrift,was the greatdl: SonofWifdome that ever . theChurch bred: whofe undn{bnding,as it was I brg~as the[and ofthe fea;fo hisaffettions,efpe– cially that ofLovewas as large : as we may fee ~ by his many wives,& by thedelight he fought to take in whatfoever nature could affoord• . Which affedion ofLove in him mifplaced,had , beenhis undoing, but that he was one beloved of God ; who by his Spirit raifed his foule to lovely Ob}etts ofa higher nature. Here in this argument thereis no danger for the deepell: wit, or the largeft affeCt: ion(yeaofas(1/omon)to over– reach:for the knowledge of the love ofehrift to his chtercb,is aboveall knowledge. TheAngels · themfelves may admire ir, though they cannot comprehend it. It may well therefore becalled the Song ofSolomon i the moft excellent Song,of aman of the higheCcconceir,and deepefiappre- 1 henfion, andofthe highdl: matters, The Inter– cour{e betwixt chrift thehigheft LordofLords,and his 6ejl /;eloved contrac1edSpoufe. There are diverfe rhings in this Song" that a [ corrupt heart(untowhich all things aredefiled) may take offence,; but to the pure all things are fure.Sucha fin~ull a~ufeofthis heavenly b~o~e~ jts-~r fr.om the mt~nt10nofche holy-Ghofl: Inlt, IwhiCh Is ?Y fiou_Pmg low to .us, to take adv~n1 tage to r::ufe us htgher untoh1m; that by-takmg l advantage
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