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Song of Solomon 4

1 The praiſes of the Church. 7 She is without blemiſh in his ſight. 9 The loue of Chriſt towardes her.
1.BEholde, thou art faire, my loue: beholde, thou art faire: thine eies are like the dooues among thy lockes: thine heere is like the flocke of goates, wc loke downe from the mountaine of Gileád.
2.Thy tethe are like a flocke of shepe in good ordre, which go vp frõ ye waſhing: which euerie one bring out twinnes, and none is baren among them.
3.Thy lippes are like a threde of ſkarlet & thy talke is comelie: thy temples are within thy lockes as a piece of a pomegranate.
4.Thy necke is as the towre of Dauid buylt for defenſe: a thouſand ſhields hang therein, and all the targates of the ſtrong men.
5.Thy two breaſtes are as two yong roes that are twinnes, feding among the lilies.
6.Vntil the day breake, and the ſhadowes flee away, I wil go into the mountaine of myrrhe and to the mountaine of incenſe.
7.Thou art all faire, my loue, and there is no ſpot in thee.
8.Come with me from Lebanón, my ſpouſe, euen with me from Lebanón, and loke from the top of Amanáh, from the top of Shenír and Hermón, from the dennes of the lyons and from the mountaines of the leopardes.
9.My ſiſter, my ſpouſe, thou haſt wounded mine heart: thou haſt wounded mine heart with one of thine eyes, & with a chaine of thy necke.
10.My ſiſter, my ſpouſe, how faire is thy loue? how muche better is thy loue then wine? & the fauour of thine ointmẽts thẽ all ſpices?
11.Thy lippes, my ſpouſe, droppe as honie combes: honie and milke are vnder thy togue, & the fauour of thy garments is as the fauour of Lebanón.
12.My ſiſter my ſpouſe is as a garden incloſed, as a ſpring ſhut vp, and a fountaine ſealed vp.
13.Thy plantes are as an orcharde of pomegranates with ſwete frutes, as camphire, ſpikenarde,
14.Euen ſpikenarde, and ſafran, calamus, & ſynamom with all the trees of incenſe, myrrhe and aloes, with all the chief ſpices.
15.O fountaine of the gardens, ô well of liuing waters, and the ſprings of Lebanón.
16.Ariſe, ô North, and come ô South, and blowe on my garden that the ſpices thereof may flowe out: let my welbeloued come to his garden, and eat his pleaſant frute.

Notes

1:a.
Becauſe Chriſt deliteth in his Church, he cõmendeth all that is in her
1:*.
Chap 6,5
1:b.
He hathe reſpect to the multitude of the faithful, wc are manie in number.
5:c.
Wherein are knowledge, & zeale, two precious iewels
8:d.
Chriſt promiſeth his Church to call his faithful from all the corners of the worlde.
9:e.
Chriſt calleth his Churche ſiſter in reſpect that he had taken the fleſh of man.
9:f.
In that he made his Church beau-tiful, & riche, he loued his giftes in her.
11:g.
Becauſe of thy confeſsion and thankef-giuing.
15:h.
The Church confeſſeth that all her glorie, & beautie cometh of Chriſt who is ye true fountaine of all grace
16:i.
She deſireth Chriſt to comforte her, and to powre the graces of his Spirit vpõ her, which Spirit is ment by the North and South winde.