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A10497	The foure summons of the Shulamite A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse vpon Rogation Sunday, the 5. of May. 1605. By John Rawlinson, Bachelor of Diuinitie, and fellow of Saint Iohns Colledge in Oxford.	Rawlinson, John, 1576-1630.	1606 (1606)	STC 20773; ESTC S112010	31,647	94

JOHN RAWLINSON From St. Iohns Coll. in Oxon. Ian. 10. THE FOVRE SVMMONS OF THE SHVLAMITE THE TEXT Returne returne ô Shulamite returne returne that we may behold thee Cant. 6. ver 13. THis golden book of Cāticles Right Honorable Right worshipfull and right dearly beloued in the Mirror of loue Christ Iesus endited by the wisest Salomon for the excellencie of it aboue other Songs by some entitled Canticum Canticorum A song of songs by others Cantica Canticorū The songs of songs Hugo Cardi. pref in Can● because as Hugo Cardinalis yeilds the reason vnum est multa it is both one manie One if we regard the vnity of the dity● the purport and tenor wherof is Loue which is the very bond of vnity ye● manie if we regard the variety of th● Singers which are foure the Bridegrome and his Bride the Friends of th● Bridegrome and the Companions of th● Bride is not carnally but spiritually no● literally but mysticallie not properlie but figuratiuely to be vnderstood For it is not as some phanaticall spirits deriders despighters of the spirit of grace haue no lesse calumniously than blasphemously tearmed it A lascivious Ballad or wanton Sonnet wherwith Solomon would court and currie favour with his Concubine But it is as Nicolaus de Lyrâ cals it Epithalamicū Carmen Nicolaus de Lyrâ in Cāt. A spirituall Mariage-song wherin is most graphically painted out vnto vs that sound perfit and vnfeigned Loue wherwith our Savior Christ a Greater wiser than Salomon doth dialogue-wise and by entercourse of speach woo his wandring spouse the faithfull soule not onlie calling her before she come vnto him but eft soones recalling her when shee is parted from him Yet no where either in this or in anie other booke of Scripture doth hee more significantly emphatically vtter his strong and vehement affection towards her than in the wordes of my Text Returne returne O Shulamite returne returne that wee may beholde thee Shee was gone a nutting into the garden of nuts ver 10. and to see the fruites of the valley to see if the vine budded and if the pome-granats flourished that is shee was wholy set vpon her pleasure and minded nothing but transitorie delights Lest therefore by proceeding in the pursuit of such vanities she might hap to loose her selfe in the garden of nuts as Adam lost himselfe in the garden of apples our Saviour Gen 3.17 euen in an extasie of loue here follows and as it were holla's after her once and againe twise againe Returne returne O Shulamite returne returne that wee may behold● thee That so in fine if not his loue yet his importunity might reduce her frō her garden to his paradise from her sweets which were trāsient to his blisse which is permanent from the iawes of hell to the ioies of heaven from the Onyons of Aegypt to the Manna of the wildernes from the captivity of Babylon to the libertie of Sion from the corruption of the flesh to the puritie of the spirit from the by way of error to the high-way of truth and from the blindnesse of ignorance to the brightnesse of knowledge Here then by the Shulamite is tropically meant the soule of euery faithful man who is lapsed and fallen into any kind of infirmity or which in effect is all one The Church of Christ the mēbers whereof by sin haue made a revolt from God By the reduplication or often repetition of this one word Returne she is summoned to that vnum necessarium that onely necessary duty of a Christiā repētance which if she performe as seriously as it is seriously enioined her it will present her pure and blamelesse without spot or wrinckle blot or blemish in the sight of her husband By Beholding is signified both Gods Approbation and notice of her who as he beholdeth the proud a far of Psal 138 so hath he respect vnto the lowly As also her Reprobation of herselfe who as by turning her back to Christ she lost the view of him that glasse which reflected her to herselfe so by returning back againe vnto him she is brought to a due diligent consideration aswel of what she was before she plaied the fugitiue as of her presēt conditiō being now become a Cōuert So that the church of Christ which Cant. 4.12 is called Hortus conclusus Cant. 4.12 An inclosed garden may fitly be resēbled to that ancient paradise wherin our first parents first planted by God were after supplanted by the serpent Gen. 2. ●● For as it was watered with foure riuers Pishon Gihon Hiddekel Perah which refreshed al the trees therof and caused them to fructifie among which was the tree of the knowledge of good euil so the Church is here watred with the sweetest voice of her spouse Christ Jesus whose voice is Tanquam vox aquarum multarum as the voice of many waters Apoc. 1.15 Apoc. 1. euen as the voice of 4. Riuers 4. Riuers of repentant teares here shadowed by a foure-fold returne which besides other fruites wil bring forth in her the fruit of the knowledge of good euil wherof no sooner shal she taste but her eies wil by by be opened and she shal behold her selfe Yea her friends the blessed company of Angels wil thē behold her beholding her triumph in her conversiō Yea the whole trinity will then behold her as the worke of their owne hands and therfore Christ her spouse must needs behold her as the louely wife of his owne bosome Returne returne ô Shulamite returne returne that we may behold thee The words shed themselues into two parts The one An admonitiō or Inuitatiō The other A Reason or Instigation The Admonitiō hath in it 3 things worthy our obseruation 1 The Matter or tenor of the Admonition Returne 2 The Forme or manner of the Admonition A double-double iteration of it Returne returne returne returne 3 The Partie admonished the Shulamite The Reason though at a blush it seem to be but one yet indeed Inclusiuè by way of implication it is 3-fold according to the 3-fold sense which it beareth importing a 3-fold benefit 1 That we may behold thee that is That my father my selfe the holy Ghost all three persons of the Godhead may cast a fauorable aspect on thee 2 That we may behold thee that is That my selfe with the rest of thy friends and wel-willers euen the glorious society of Angels may respect thee 3 That we may behold thee that is That both J thy redeemer may look vpon thee with a fatherly and compassionate eie of mercy that thou maist also looke into thy selfe with a sincere single eie of simplicity These are the lists and land-marks wherewith at this time J must bound the procession of my discourse First then to begin with the Admonition and therin first with the Matter it selfe Returne Hebritians wel tell you that the Originall word which the Vulgar