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A17054	A commentary upon the Canticle of Canticles, written first in Italian by Antonio Brucioli, and now translated into English by Th. Iames fellow of New colledge in Oxford; Annotationi sopra i proverbii di Salamo. English	Brucioli, Antonio, 1487-1566.; James, Thomas, 1573?-1629.	1598 (1598)	STC 3928; ESTC S118389	80,311	190

loued of the righteous But let vs heare what those righteous mē are which he here speaketh of they are those which are restored againe into that former righteousnes wherein man was created at the first which he lost by sin he saith the righteous loue thee because it is not possible for any man to loue God vnles he be first brought backe againe vnto that righteousnes which he declined from by reason of the crookednes and peruersnes of sin Wherfore it is not without cause that they are called crooked and peruerse men which seeke after earthly things and they righteous which seek heauenly and celestiall things The Text. 4 I am black ô daughters of Ierusalem but comely as the tents of Kedar and as the curtains of Salomon 5 Regard ye me not because I am black for the sunne hath looked vpon mee The sonnes of my mother were angrie against me they made me the keeper of the vines but I kept not mine owne vine 6 Shew me ô thou whō my soule loueth where thou feedest where thou lyest at noone for why should I be as she that turneth aside to the flocks of thy companions The Commentarie The words of the Spouse vnto the yong virgins Lastly because she that would so faine be made partaker of the bridegroomes ointments must needs be partaker of his calamities and aduersities therefore the spouse by her owne example instructeth her virgins saying O daughters of Ierusalē that is to say O ye faithful soules I am blacke as who shold say you haue smelled the sweete sauour of Christs ointments you haue bene admitted into his chambers and secret places and all things please you because you seeke by all maner of meanes to glorifie the bridegrome saying the righteous loue thee but now my darlings I must tell you of one thing more you must study and indeuour as much as in you lyeth that you do not depart and slide away from that righteousnes which you haue obtained and attained vnto either for feare of any aduersity or crosse which shal be laid vpon you by the wicked which you must needs suffer and endure wil you nill you For marke you I my selfe which am the Church and his deare spouse as long as I liue in the flesh why I my selfe am blacke and as a cast-away afflicted of the reprobate and carnall minded men notwithstanding in the sight of God and iudgement of my dearest bridegroome I am comely and faire And so indeed the Church is made blacke and duskish that is to say deformed vnhandsom by the aduersities of her oppressiōs but is notwithstāding beautiful and welfauored by reason of the comelinesse seemlinesse of her vertues this is said in regard of the words before going the righteous loue thee For because she would shew her righteousnesse and strengthen the weake hearts of the faithfull which in this place she calleth daughters of Ierusalē that is daughters of the heauēly country she speaks vnto them after this sort Maruel not to see me blacke with oppressions for I am faire and beautifull in the desire of heauenly things true it is that I am black with the studie of humility but faire in the practise of vertues I am black in the eyes of fooles but faire in the vnderstanding of the wise blacke with the remembrāce of my sins but faire in the contēplation beholding of heauenly matters black vnto those who liue wickedly disorderly by setting before their eies the terrors horrors of eternal punishments faire vnto all those which liue righteously holily by promising thē the ioyes of heauē euerlasting blisse black in the vility humility of my body faire in the sanctity holines of the soule blacke here vpon earth but shall be faire in heauen blacke in suffering of momentary and temporary euils faire in expectation of eternall euerlasting goods S. Paul was black whē he was almost stoned to death but on the contrary side he was faire amiable when he was caught vp into the 3. heauens in the deformitie of his blacknes he said these words We are the very excrements of the world and sweepings as it were of all men in the pride of his beauty he said The vail being takē away we shal behold the glorie of God As the tents of Keaar Keaar was one of Ismaels sons frō whence the people of the Scythians were deriued which dwell in tents which are in outward shew dark obscure but within they contain many precious and costly things and euen thus no otherwise fareth it with me saith the spouse now at this present For I am outwardly afflicted seem to the eyes of mortall men obscure abādoned and despised both of God man although indeed both in respect of the bridegroms ointmēts wherwith he hath annointed me as also in regard of that rest of mind and peace of cōscience which he hath grāted vnto me I am within ful of beauty pleasure thus thē I am within my selfe a sinner an abiect or castaway but in my husband and bridegrome Christ iust glorious in my self of my self black in him faire beautiful As the curtains of Salomon Here it is takē for that vaile which he made in the tēple as those curtains within the temple were most fair so my beauty hādsomnes is hiddē internal inclosed within me because the ineffable vnspeakeable peace graces of my bridegrome are secret vnknown to the world but known to me for I content my selfe with thē knowing that the blacke clouds of my sins iniquities of my persecutions tribulations shal soone fade vanish away Regard ye me not The spouse being very careful for her yong maidēs fearing least they should be discouraged because she told thē that her beauty did not outwardly appeare cōforteth strēgtheneth thē with these cheerful sayings Do not you cōtemne or forsake me because my light is somewhat obscured darkned or because I liue in aduersity seem vnto the world to be a reprobate and castaway sinner because the sun looketh vpon me but what sun our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ the sonne of God the true sunne of iustice which is the true light that lighteneth euery man that cōmeth into the world Iohn chap. 1. And this is said because euery soule that stādeth in the heat of this sun must needs become blacke because of the exceeding great glory of his light that is must needs truly hūble prostrate her self before his face acknowledging that al her works euē the best of them are nothing els but darknes sinne notwithstanding in the ful confidence of her husband she perseuereth cōtinueth in doing wel but trusteth not in her merits or weldoings but reioyceth in them because the Sun doth blacken darken thē whilest that shee frō time to time doth mortifie the old man by humbling her self voluntary suffering of al maner of persecutions

the liuely words of the holy scripture which do pearce euen to the soule and the thousand bucklers or targets are the hoped for helpes and succours of Gods diuine prouidence by the which he doth so much sustaine and releeue his seruants that it is not possible that they should bee ouercome or ouerthrowne Thy two breasts Finally because hee meaneth not to proceed so far in this place as to speak of her girdle after he had spoken of her head and neck he addresseth himselfe to say somwhat in commendations of her two breastes wherby is meant the doctrine of both the old and new testament then the which there can bee nothing imagined more pleasant more amiable or more profitable and he likeneth them to two young roes because as they do lightly leape and skip vp and downe so the doctrine of both the old and newe testament is spread abroad throughout the face of the whole world their feeding is said to be among the lillies wherby are signified the faithfull amongst whom there is alwaies abiding the loue charity of the Church which feedeth that is to say recreateth her this loue doth remaine for euer in her full state perfection among the faithfull But what is the food wherewith she feedeth thē It is the food of the spirit and word of God for because the Church doth alwaies feed on that food which shall make her strong to perseuer and continue out vnto the end Moreouer the faithfull people of God are fed and nourished with faith and loue of the Church but howe long are they fed after this sort vntill the day breake that is to say to the end of the world and that the shadowes of errors mens inuentions and all the workes of darknesse do flie away And Christ may rightly then bee sayd to come vnto vs when he helps vs and to go away from vs when he takes all hope of help and succour from vs. Now the spouse as long as she is in this world is not without tribulations and crosses and doubtlesse she would soone perish and come to nought if Christ shold not come to her to comfort strengthen her with the power of his spirit and therfore the Bridegrome speaketh vnto the Church as if he did speake vnto a third person saying I will go into the mountaine that is to say I will indeed helpe thee which arta mountain of mirrhe a hill of incense that is to say so full of my sweete ointments as a mountaine of incense and mirrhe Thou art all faire my loue there is no spot in thee Thou art c. He commeth then and slacketh not to come vnto his welbeloued spouse for he is no lyer to say that he will come and not to come he saith thou art all faire there is no spot in thee How faire how without spot or blemish by the bountifull and beautiful presence of the immaculate son of God and for the sweet smell of his ointmēt wherwith he hath perfumed vs and hence it is that the Church is called a mountaine of mirrhe a mountain of incense because that she albeit in her self and of her selfe she is most miserably foule black as any blackamore can be yet notwithstanding in her bridegrome Christ most amiable admirable faire pure without spot in Christ because he wipes away all her spots blots by forgiuing her her sins and imputing them no longer vnto her The Text. 8 Come with me frō Lebanon my spouse euen with me from Lebanon and looke from the top of Amanak from the top of Shenir and Hermon 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 and with a chaine of thy necke 10 My sister my spouse how faire is thy loue how much better is thy loue then wine and the sauour of thine ointments then all spices 11 Thy lippes my spouse drop as honey-combes honey and milke are vnder thy tongue and the sauor of thy garmentes is as the savour of Lebanon The Commentarie Here in this place we are to consider thus much that by the foure hilles of Israell is to be vnderstood the vocation of the Church of the Gentils vnto Christ her husbād which is called that she may not dwel any longer with Lyons Leopards but may be freed frō the power of thē that is to say that her body may not bee torne in peeces with the cruelty of bloudy tyrants or distracted by the diuersity variety of wicked sects but that she being reduced brought from heresie errour to the true vnderstāding of the faith may make one true Catholike Church of all the elect which are gathered assembled together of all nations tongues and kingdomes of the earth as who would say This my beautifull spouse flyeth vnto me for refuge not only from Libanus but from all the corners and quarters of the earth eschuing the subtilties of Sathan and treacheries of false teachers and heretikes such as they haue meditated and thought vpon lying on their beds to destroy and annoy the Church And in that he saith that his heart was wounded wee are to note the greatnesse of his loue which he beareth towards the Church which he for good cause calleth his sister and spouse first because shee is become his heauenly bedfellow partaker of the benefit of his celestial bed and secondly because hee vouchsafed to take flesh and put on mans nature vpō him that he might be our naturall brother The eyes of the Spouse are the iudgements proceedings of the holy Ghost the necke is faith and the chaines about the necke the workes that are done in faith Againe the spouse hath two eies whilest she liueth in the flesh to wit the iudgemēt of the spirit the iudgmēt of the flesh the first pleaseth Christ greatlie the secōd displeaseth him as much as the former pleaseth him because it is cōtrary to the former which the church shal be quite cleane freed frō when mortifying the old man she runneth vnto the tabernacle of the bodie by death Furthermore she is said to haue two chains about her neck the one a chain of hypocrisie that is to say of seming good works that issue forth frō faith one of these chaines the bridegrome loueth and the other he hateth to the death because it is a sinfull chain wherefore he saith thou hast wounded mine heart with one of thine eyes that is to say with the iudgemēt and vnderstanding of the holy Ghost and with one of thy chaynes that is to say with the workes which come from faith hast thou wounded mine heart that is to say thou hast done things very gratefull and acceptable vnto me and hee repeateth these words of wounding of his heart twise to make knowne and declare the singular great loue which Christ beareth towardes his Church