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Song of Solomon 6

2 The Church aſſureth her ſelfe of the loue of Chriſt. 3 The praiſes of the Church. 8 She is but one and vndefiled.
1.MY welbeloued is gone downe into his garden to the beds of ſpices, to fede in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
2.I am my welbeloueds, and my welbeloued is mine, who fedeth among the lilies.
3.Thou art beautiful, my loue, as Tirzáh, comelie as Ieruſalém, terrible as an armie with banners.
4.Turne away thine eyes frõ me: for they ouercome me: thine heere is like a flocke of goats, which loke downe from Gileád.
5.Thy tethe are like a flocke of ſhepe, which go vp from the waſhing, which euerieone brĩg out twins, & none is barẽ amõg thẽ.
6.Thy temples are within thy lockes as a piece of a pomegranate.
7.There are threſcore Quenes & foreſcore concubines, & of the damoſels without nomber.
8.But my dooue is alone, & my vndefiled, ſhe is the onelie daughter of her mother, and ſhe is deare to her that bare her: the daughters haue ſene her and counted her bleſſed: euen the Quenes and the concubines, and thei haue praiſed her.
9.Who is ſhe that loketh forthe as the morning, faire as the moone, pure as the ſunne, terrible as an armie with banners?
10.I went downe to the garden of nuttes, to ſe the frutes of the valley, to ſe if the vine budded, and if the pomegranates floriſhed.
11.I knewe nothing, my ſoule ſet me as the charets of my noble people.
12.Returne, returne, ô Shulamite, returne: returne that we may beholde thee. What ſhal you ſe in the Shulamite, but as the cõpanie of an armie?

Notes

1:a.
That is, is cõuerſant here in earth amõg men.
3:b.
Which was a faire & ſtrõg citie, 1 Kings 14,17.
4:c.
This declareth the exceding loue of Chriſt toward his Church.
4:*.
Chap. 4.1.
7:d.
Meaning, ye the giftes are infinite which Chriſt giueth to his Church or that his faithful are manie in nomber.
9:e.
He ſheweth what the beginning of the Church was ſmale, but yt it grewe vp to a great multitude
10:f.
He wẽt downe into ye Synagoge to ſe what frutes came of ye Lawe, & ye Prophets & founde nothing but rebellion
11:h.
I ran as ſwift as the nobles of my people in their charets.
12:i.
O ye people of Ieruſalém for Ieruſalém was called Shalém, which ſignifieth peace