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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

they spend there about Vers 5. Teacheth vs that euen euerye thing in the church maye kindle in vs an vnfayned affection to loue and like the same So that he that is not or can not be mooued therewith is altogeather benummed and senceles for if outwarde comelines do worke delight in outward things how much more should inward beauty draw affection to spiritual diuine graces True it is that we walke heere by faith not by sight and therefore we must haue other eyes than the eies of our bodie to beholde these spirituall matters withall or else wee shall neuer thryue thereby which also we may see by daily experience For what is the reasō that so few regard the church and the graces of God giuen to the same but because they measure it according to the rule or yarde of their owne vnderstanding Vers 6. Teacheth vs two thinges first that Christ the head of the church graciously graunteth the petitions of the church made vnto him and yeeldeth to her suit which as it excellently expresseth his wonderfull mercy and great liberality towardes his owne people so is it yea and it ought to be a notable incouragement vnto thē by prayer to repayre to him that is continually and at all times more readye to giue than they are at anye time prepared or disposed to aske Secondlye that the continuall and perpetuall presence of the Lord with his church hath been is and euer wil be vnto his people both generallye and particularlye a notable argument of no small comfort and incouragement to them See for this purpose Exo. 3. 12. Act. 18. 10. For if Gods people should regard either the malice of the wicked on the one side or their owne weakenesse on the other side they might easely be cast downe but when they consider that hee that is with them is strōger then al they take courage and bee as it were men restored from death to life and in him become more then conquerours Vers 7. Containing an excellent commendation of the holines of the church teacheth vs to be rauished as it were with the holy loue thereof for Christ doth not so highly extoll the same for his owne cause onely but to teach vs both by his wordes of prayse and example of practise to do the like Secondly the whole church and euery particular member thereof learneth thereby what strife there should be in them to attaine to an excellent measure of holines and righteousnes that might be acceptable to the Lorde who delighteth in the same profitable to our brethrē who therby may be drawn to performe the like comfortable to our soules whil we see that by y e faithful fruits of a soūd mind God hath discerned vs frō the prophane wicked of the world Verse 8. Teacheth vs that howsoeuer wee maye haue great ioye and contentment in that part of the Church that warre-fareth heere vpon earth and in the great and singular beauty of the same by reason of the graces that God graunteth thereto as his worde the prayers of his people and manye such like yet that we should not alwayes stay our selues heere below but by fayth and patience bee lifted vp and prepared euen to the full fruition and possession of all heauenly ioyes specially sith that Christe as you see draweth his church in this place to the vnfayned beholding thereof which thing if it be rightly planted in our hartes let vs assure our selues of this that no lawfull either pleasures or profites of this lyfe nor no tyrannus persecution of the enemies shall drawe vs awaye from the obedience of our God for why the loue of heauen shall haue such hold in our hartes that it will make vs in regarde thereof to account all thinges but losse and donge so we maye gaine Christ and the fruition of his presence 1. Phillip 3. 8. Verse 9. Propoundeth vnto vs Christes loue towardes the church to the ende that all men might by his example be taught to doe the like that is in an vnfayned affection to loue and imbrace the same Secondly that the graces of the church how great or small soeuer they bee are accepted of Christe euen as sufficient to drawe his loue towardes the same for if Christ loued vs when we were his enemies how much more shall he loue the church that is adorned not with graces of her owne but with gyftes of goodnes from him which seeing they are his owne hee will not refuse though the glory of them may be somewhat darkened thorow our corruptions Verse 10. Teacheth vs not slenderly but in a most large measure to loue the Lorde Christe that loueth his so bountifullye and so tenderlye forgyuing vs so great a debt and infinite multitude of transgressions that so hee might make our loue more plentifull fast and sure vnto him See Luk. 7. 47. Verse 11. Teacheth vs to esteeme aboue all thinges in the church that treasure of the word that God hath committed to it and that not onlye because the worde it selfe is as it were the life and soule of the church from which if the worde be sundred it can bee no more a Church than a corps without a soule can be a man but also because in it is contayned food for all the periods points of our life For if we be infants in Christs schoole it is milke vnto vs and if we be grown to the yeeres of discretion it is strong meate to bring vs vnto a perfect man and vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christ Ephes 4. 13. Verse 12. Teacheth the church that sith the Lorde in the multitude of his mercies compasseth it about with his fauour and incloseth it as it were with the walles and hedges of his continuall prouidence and all to this ende that she might remayne as a chaste spouse and pure Virgin vnto him selfe coupled vnto him in mercye righteousnes trueth that therefore she should beware that she doe not eyther thorow disobedience vnfaythfully giue ouer her self vnto others or by negligence suffer her self to be carryed frō him but in all care and conscience to bee answerable to that holye chastitie that the Lorde looketh for in her and she in duty oweth to him Vers 13. and 14. Teacheth vs what great delight the Lorde taketh in the seuerall fruites of the church Which should teach the church and euery particular member of the same these speciall dutyes namelye to bee zealous yea plentifull and aboundaunt in all good workes and in the seuerall sortes and varietie of the same and the rather because this is an argument of incouragement to them therein that Christe the head and sauiour of the whole bodye taketh singular pleasure therein Verse 15. Teacheth vs firste that the praises that Christ giueth vnto the church shold not make the church either carelesse of good works or proud in the same not carelesse because they haue not as yet attayned vnto perfection nor proude because they haue