----------------------------------------- ' 4 _ l,____ --,:-.4_S_on_~_of_s_o_lo_m_on_. ___ Delight,and Admiration. Let Gods fl:ouping to us,occafion our riling up unto hrm; for,here the greatefl: things, The Myftery of Myfieries, the Communion betwixtChrift and his church, isfet out in the familiar comparifon of a UUarrittge, that fo we might the better feeitintheglalfeof a comparifon,which we cannot fo direcriycon- 1 ceive of,as wemay fee theSun in water, who{e l beames we cannot fo directly look upon: Only 1 our care mull: be, not to looke fo much on the colours,asthe Ptcrt~re;and not lo much on rhe Pi– Elurr,ason thePer.fon it felfe reprefemed:that we lookenotfo much to the refemblance, as to the Perfon refemhled. Some would h3ve Solomon byaSpirit of Pro– phecy,totake here aview ofall the time,from his Age to the fecond comming of Chrifl:: and in thisSong,asin an abridgement, tofet downethe feverall Pajfages andPeriods ofthe church, in fe– verall ages, as containing diverfe things which are more correfpondent to one age ofthechurch I thananother.Bur howfoeverthis Songmay con– tain(we ·deny not)Aftory ofthe (hurch infeverall ! .sges:yet this hinders not,but that mqfl pA{tages ofi jt dgrees to the f]iritu4ltJldteof the chareh in eve. ry age;as mofl: Interpreters have thought. In this Song there is, . I. Aflrongdejire ~~the church if rJedrer Com. muni,n with Chrift;andthen, z. Some declinifJg againe in affection. 3• After this we haveHer recovery ar;d regain- . J ing againe.ofLove; after which, 4• The --------------------~--------------~---
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