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A15339	An exposition vppon the Booke of the Canticles, otherwise called Schelomons Song. Published for the edification of the Church of God. By T.VV.	T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1585 (1585)	STC 25622; ESTC S119964	142,941	290

nothing but that which they haue receiued from him but rather to regard Christs purpose in praysing y r church which is to prouoke her thereby specially sith he taketh delight in her goodnesse more and more to proceed in the same because there is no church so good but it may be still bettered and though they haue proceeded well yet the Lorde hath somewhat to say against them as Reuel 2. 4. 14. c. Secondly that the fulnesse of all good thinges are in Christ and none other and that therefore they doe the church great iniury besides that they deface Christ him selfe that either woulde vtterly spoyle the church of him or mingle others togeather with him Thirdly that the church should neuer cease praysing and magnifiyng her head and spouse Christ in whom shee cannot chuse but see and confesse that there dwelleth the fulnes of all heauenlye graces yea the very Godhead it selfe bodily Collos 2. 9. Verse 16. Teacheth the church that howsoeuer shee her selfe and her particular members feele them selues in reasonable good case as we say as in respect of spirituall graces yea and be so esteemed not onely in their owne and other mens mindes but euen in the verye iudgement and sentence of Christ that yet for all that they cease not still to intreat the Lorde Iesus not onely to continue but to increase all the gyftes and graces of his holy spirite in them and particularly fayth and obedience euen vntill they come to the finishing of their faith and hope which is eternall lyfe at the last thorow Christ Vers 17. Teacheth vs that the prayers of the church made to God in Christes name shall neuer be frustrate or voyd and therfore good cause haue we to bee often yea after a sort as it were contiuall in the same CAP. 5. and the summe thereof The church attributing the departure of christ from her to her owne sinnes declareth her offence and the punishmentes shee had deserued therefore vers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. She craueth the ayde of all the godlye with common consent as it were and ayde to set foorth her affection towards him who in that they might be the better able to know she doth liuely describe him and noteth the place whither he is gone and so at the last strengtheneth her selfe in fayth and hope vers 7. 8. c. to the end of the chapter 1 I Slept but myne hart waketh it is the voyce of my welbeloued that knocketh saying open vnto me my sister my loue my doue my perfect one for my heade is full of dew and my lockes with the drops of the night 2 I aunswered I haue put off from me my coate how should I put it on I haue washed my feet how should I defile them 3 My welbeloued put downe his hand frō the hole and my bowels were moued touching him 4 I rose vp to open to my welbeloued mine hands did drop downe myrrhe and my fingers myrrhe that passed vpon the handles of the locke 5 I opened to my welbeloued but my welbeloued with-drawing him self passed by my soule departed while hee was in speaking I sought him but I could not finde him I called him but he aunswered me not 6 The watchmen that goe about the citie founde me they smote me they wounded me the wathmen of the wals tooke my vaile away from me 7 I charge you O Daughters of Ierusalem if yee find my beloued that yee tell him that I am sicke of loue 8 O thou the fayrest among women what hath thy welbeloued more then another welbeloued what hath thy welbeloued more then an other welbeued that thou dost so charge vs 9 My welbeloued is white and ruddy euen a standerd bearer aboue ten thousand 10 His head is excellent golde yea most pure gold his lockes are curled and blacke as a rauen 11 His eyes are like doues eyes by the riuers of waters washing them selues in milke and remaining by fulnes 12 His cheekes are as a bed of spice as the flowers of spices his lippes are as lilies dropping down pure myrrh 13 His handes as ringes of golde set full of Tarshishe his bellye like the whitenes of Iuory couered with Sapphires 14 His thies are as pillers of marble set vppon sockets of fine gold his countenaunce as Lebanon excellent as the Cedars 15 The roof of his mouth is sweetnesses he himselfe is wholly delectable this is my welbeloued and this is my louer O Daughters of Ierusalem 16 O thou the fayrest among women whither is thy welbeloued gone whither is thy welbeloued turned a side that we may seeke him witb thee 17 My welbeloued is gone down into his garden to the beds of spice to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies 18 I am my welbeloueds and my welbeloued is mine who feedeth among the Lilies HOwsoeuer Christ the Sauiour and head of the Church had shewed him selfe in the laste verse of the former chapter not onely willing to enter into the church but was indeed already entred into the same to receiue the fruite thereof yet the church in this chapter and particularlye in the verye beginning of it declareth that shee was not so readye to intertayne and receiue him as eyther he was to offer him selfe or shee in duty should haue beene which offence of hers she acknowledgeth vnfaignedly commending hir husband Christe with a singuler prayse both to aggrauace her own transgression and also to stirre vp her selfe and others thereby to seeke after him that hath such excellency in him requiring as well aid of them in this behalfe as tendring after a sort helpe from hir selfe to others in that case also Salomon alluding in this chapter to the manner vsed in Commodies and tragedies in which diuers persons are brought in some tarrying some departing doth cheefly propounde vnto vs 2. pointes The first is a lamentable complaint that the Church maketh accusing hereselfe for y e she had not diligently enough performed her duty to her head husband Christ this is contained in the six first verses Wherin also there are two especial matters deliuered vnto vs the first is an open confession of the offence committed Vers 1. 2. 3. 4. and the other a recitall of the myseries that fell vppon her by the meanes of that synne Vers 5. 6. The seconde thing sette forth vnto vs in this chap. is a familiar speeche had betweene the Church and such as were her freendes and welwillers who demanding some questions of her the Churche instructeth them concerning the state dwelling and mutuall fellowship that is betwixte her and Christe her spouse This matter beginning at verse 7. and so holding on to the end of the chapter The questions with the aunsweres thereto touche two thinges the first concerneth the spouse him self vers 8. whereunto there is a large answere ver 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. And the seconde concerneth the place of his aboad the question being contayned

¶ An exposition vppon the Booke of the Canticles otherwise called Schelomons Song ¶ PVBLISHED FOR the edification of the Church of God By T. VV. AT LONDON Printed for Thomas Man Anno. 1585. ¶ TO THE RIGHT worshipfull and his very good friendes in Christ Sir Iohn Brockette and Sir Iohn Cuttes Knights and M. Charles Morison Esquire T. VV. vvisheth continuance and increase in that state vvhich hath the promise of this life and of that that is to come thorovv Christ I Sende vnto youre worships some few lines and leaues of mine long agoe written vppon the Canticles of Solomon for the dearest friende that I had amongst men whil he was liuing vpon earth and lately published for the profite of Gods people at the earnest request of some of my very Godly friendes For mine owne part I was vtterlye purposed either to haue buryed the same as diuers other things that I haue writtē vpon other books of holy scripture in perpetuall darknes that they shoulde neuer haue beheld the light of this sunne or els to haue suffered them to perish amongest wormes moaths as the common prouerb is Wherevnto I was the rather ledde not for want of good will to benefite the church of Christ all whose causes and euerye one of them shal thorow Gods goodnes be so deare vnto me as mine owne life but partly by reason of the great sinne and insufficiencie that I find in my selfe to perfourme that dutye in action wherevnto in affection I will alwayes be readye and partlye also by reason of the great learning and light that God hath bestowed vppon this last age of the worlde but most especially by reason of that wonderfull waywardnes and curiousnesse that I see the spirites of sundrye men to be possessed withall whom nothing can please but that which they them selues affect For if a man bring new thinges they are discontented for that men walke not in former antiquity And if a man tread in the steps of the auncient their stomackes loath it they count it coleworts twise sodde And yet these men that are so diuersly conceited hatch or bring foorth nothing of their owne either new or olde For mine owne part I will not denye but that in this poore worke that I now publishe I haue beene greatlye holpen by the light of other mens workes vpon the same booke both old and new writers I mean But most of all furthered therein by the writings of men thogh of late yet of worthy memorie who hauing receiued more knowledge in tongs more light in the word by reading hearing conference and meditation therein haue more soundlye interpreted the same than such as went before them in the fleshe And yet I haue not so sworne into all their wordes but that vppon reason I hope I maye both in translation and sense now then with their good leaue swarue from them Whatsoeuer it be let the church iudge and take it I beseech your worships into your hands frō the hands of him that wisheth you all and euery one of you al good in Christ In the penning whereof I can simplye confesse that I haue neither sought gaine nor glorye to my selfe but in all simplicity and shortnes after my maner labored to come to the true meaning of the holy Ghost and the obseruation of such necessary doctrines as the Lorde made mee able to see for the time The course that I haue taken therin is plaine and profitable if I be not deceiued First connecting the chap. togeather then diuiding them into their seuerall partes and portions afterwardes giuing the sense of them verse by verse and lastly obseruing such doctrines as most fitlye agree with the place If any man see more or better I pray him not only not to contemn this that is which is but to publish that which maye more edifie And as for your worships I beseech you to accept it as at the hands of one that doth vnfainedly both loue reuerence you all in the truth and for the truth And sith it principallye intreteth of the church let it be a whetstone to ad an edge to your care loue for the church the causes therof and the rather because of the practises of the wicked against it both at home abroad that sith they doe what they can to vndermine it thogh it be to their iust condemnation you maye doe your vttermost to the vpholding of it sith in the peace florishing estate thereof standeth the glorye of God the good quiet state of the whole land euery particular sound member therof Christ Iesus the onely head of the church encourage your heartes and strengthen your handes to minde speake and do those things that may tend to his glorye and the good of his people and be answearable to the places wherein he hath put you in the cōmonwelth that when the dayes of your dissolution shall drawe nigh you maye in the testimonye of a good hart feel to your comforts the assured and vnmoueable hope of the heauenly inheritance London the 25 of this Maie 1585. Your vvorships alvvayes ready and bounden in Christ Iesus T. VV. the Lords vnvvorthy CAP. 1. and the summe thereof 1. The Church being carryed away with the desire of the Bridegrome desireth to be imbraced of him 2. She commendeth his sweet sauouring name 3. And voweth that she wil praise it 4. She purgeth her selfe from her vnworthinesse 5. 6. And calleth vppon the bridegrome 7. Whom the Bridegome instructing hee beautifieth with deedes and promises 8. Wherfore reioysing between themselues they commend and praise one the other 1 A Song of Songs which is Schelamons 2 Let him kisse me with the kisses of his mouth for thy loues are good before wine 3 To smell to thy oyntmentes are best thy name spread abroad is as oyntment therefore thy Damselles loue thee 4 Drawe mee wee will runne after thee when the King him selfe shall haue brought me into his inner Chambers we will reioyce and be glad in thee we will rehearse thy loue before Wine suche as loue thee shall speake of righteous thinges 5 Blacke I may bee yet comely am I O daughters of Ierusalem I may bee like to the tentes of Kedar but I am like to them that dwell vnder Schelomons tapistry 6 Looke not vpon me because I am somwhat black because the sunne hath behelde mee because the sonnes of my mother kindled with wrath against me haue appointed mee the keper of other vineyards because I haue not kept to my selfe mine owne Vine 7 Shew me O thou whome my soule loueth where thou feedest where thou carest that the flocke may lye down at noone tide for why should I be as one that spreadeth the tent among the flockes of thy companions 8 Seeing thou knowest not O thou the fairest of women go out follow not the steps of that flock and feede thy kiddes aboue the Tents of other shepheards 9 I do compare thee O my loue