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A01971	An exposition of the Song of Solomon: called Canticles Together with profitable obseruations, collected out of the same. Perused and published by William Gouge, preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friers, London.	Finch, Henry, Sir, d. 1625.; Gouge, William, 1578-1653.	1615 (1615)	STC 12113; ESTC S103279	60,898	144

owne soule God maketh vs in the end of feele more liuely our fellowship with Christ Is mine and I am his The roote and fountaine of all our happinesse is our coniunction and communion with him Who feedeth in Lillies The fruites comming from it excellent for CHRIST our Shepheard feedeth his flocke in most sweete and delicate pastures Till that daie breath The two principall things which a Christian is to wish for and desire after are perfection in heauen by the comming of Iesus Christ and constancie and perseuerance vnto that day And these mistes flie awaie In this life manie mistes and shadowes are cast before our eyes much ignorance of God and of holy duties which that bright and glorious comming of our Lord and Sauiour as the rising of the Sunne will scatter all awaie CHAP. III. VERS 1. 2. In my bed anightes c. THe childe of God hath manie times great vnquietnesse of mind for lack of the feeling of Christ Being so affected as a man desolate and without comfort he seekes after him in al places at all times in the night and by day a bedde and when he is vp at home and without doores in the Citie by the streetes and the lanes and abroad in the fields by prinate prayer and meditation with his owne soule by vsing the helpe counsell and aduise of godly brethren by seeking for comfort at the hands of the Ministers of the word Such is his desire and vnwear●ed trauaile for the finding of Christ Here is the vse wee should make of being priuate and this is a holy spending of our time when we employ it in stirring vp our soules to be assured of the mercies of God in Christ not as the world for the most part doth in studying how to wreake our malice or to compasse other wicked desires neither yet in idle and fruitlesse pastimes himselfe to goe out of himselfe and to be no bodie in his owne e●es But yet hee looketh vnto Christ whose garments of righteousnesse are broade and large and wide enough to couer all imperfections and who of his free grace is pleased to accept him and to bestow vpon him the ornaments of his Spirit whereby howsoeuer in much weakenesse and in the middest of manie fraileties yet in the truth and soundnesse of his heart being sincere and vpright before him albeit the least of these things were enough to discourage him from euer comming vnto Christ or hauing any more to doe with him yet neither for other mens reproaches nor for all the conscience of his owne infirmities hee leaueth to seeke vnto him to call and crie vpon him for whither else should he goe but to things that cannot profit haue made me a keeper of other vines c. There commeth yet a further mischiefe home-enemies borne and bredde in the bosome of the Church which as vipers eat out the bowels of their mother and make naturall rents and breaches among their owne brethren For God euermore leaueth in his Church some vnquiet spirits to gall them for the tryall of the faith of his children that the approued among them may be knowne And let men pretend what they lift set what face they will vpon it it is the hatred of the truth and of the professors of the truth that maketh them so to stirre because worldly minded men cannot abide the sincerity of the Gospell that fighteth against their pompe pride and ambitious designes And howsoeuer they lay the fault from themselues and cast it vpon Gods children that stick close to the ordinances of God as wayward and conceited persons yet in truth they are the factious and those that make diffention in the Church Howbeit the best men that are the holiest Churches and most reformed assemblies are often times turned out of the right waie partly mislead and seduced through a vaine al●urement of humane wisdome partly carried away by the violence of the stormes and tempests that these men raise against them Yet we must not please our selues in the deformities of the Church our care must bee to haue al according to the paterne that was shewed in the mount Shew me where thou feedest c. To this purpose we are wholy and throughout to submit our selues to be ordered by the chiefe shepheard and Bishop of our soules for hee onely must direct all necessarie things in his Church by the wisedome of his Word from him wee receiue the foode of sweete and heauenly doctrine hee it is that orde●eth our labour and our rest euen at noone day the whole gouernment and guidance of his house O thou whom my soule loueth The sins of Gods elect through his wonderfull wisdome that bringeth light out of darkenesse and good out of euill turne vnto their comfort make them more to call and crie vpon Christ to loue him more with all their soule to desire more earnestly to bee ioyned vnto him and to vse all holy meanes of attaining thereunto Atnoone And that with such affection that when other are resting or taking their repasts the christian man can haue no comfort nor eate his mea●e vnlesse he be with Christ Thou feedest thou makest thy flocke to l●e c. This meanes of comming vnto Christ is the ministry of the word in the Church and Congregation of Saints which are as it were one fould vnder one Shepheard feeding with the food of life For why should I be as one that pitcheth her tents by the flocke of thy companions Herein great care and circumspection is to be had that we ioine not our selues to false teachers which com vnder the name of Christs shepheards but inwardly are rauening wolues If thou know not In which behalfe the faithfull man though he be in Christ and shine in the graces of the Spirit yet laboureth of much ignorance and is many times ouertaken and therefore had neede to be instructed and set into the way Get thee out c. Which is to trie the Spirits whe 〈◊〉 they be from God for the touchstone of all doctrine is by the word if it bee heauenly and celestiall not sauoring of the world Vnto the troope c And being so as many as walke according to this rule the b●dge of the Israel of God peace is vpon them and mercie such a mans person is accepted to God the graces and ornaments of the Spirit in him are sweet and pleasing Borders of gold we will make Yea God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost the most blessed and glorious Trinity will dock and set him forth more and more and bestowe more good things vpon him and more enrich him with all heauenly blessings transforming him from glory vnto glorie My Spicknard giueth forth his smell These promises comfort the Christian soule and bring a sweet refreshing to the senses My Welbe loued is as a bundle of myr●h Acknowledging all to come from Christ and from the vertue of his power Whose excellency we must consider not simply as it resteth in himselfe but

washt lest she should beray them that is to say she was loath to giue eare to euery call of Christ for feare of disquieting her selfe of drawing vpon her dangers troubles feares and losses if shee should follow him in all things as if these or ten thousand greater discommodities then these could any way counterpeize or lie in the ballance with the infinite blessings we haue by Christ O flesh and blood how wise art thou to finde out a reason vnto thine owne heart and to haue some blinde excuse or other for that thou wouldest faine doe VERS 3 My wellbeloued let downe his hand from the key-hole when as my bowels earning within mee VERS 4 I rose to open to my well-beloued and my hands dropped Mirrh and my fingers soft Mirrh in the handles of the lock But the end and effect heereof was fearefull Christ so repulsed went his wa●e so shee lost her loue and could no more finde him and then all too late her heart began to earne shee fell then to haue a compunction of soule remorse of her offence and then foole as shee was when hee was gone shee rose to open vnto him Yet so at the last disposing and framing herselfe vnto his call the very touch of the handle of the lock where Christ departing had left behinde him such fragrant steppes and impressions of his fauour by the blessing and sweet smelling sauour of his Gospell brought her to a consideration of her most vnworthy fact VERS 5. I opened to my well beloued but my well-beloued withdrewe himselfe he passed away I fell into a sound because of his speaking I sought him but I could not finde him I cryed on him but he answered me not And was enough now to make her to arise and open vnto him departed and gone away whom present before and requesting it shee had reiected O then what would haue been the comfort if when he was at the doore hee had beene let in and entertained Well shee openeth now but her loue is gone Then strook with a conscience of her sinne shee falleth into a swowne to thinke of his kinde and louing words which shee so scornefully set at naught shee seckes him by meditation of the Word by calling to minde the promises of the Gospell and his former mercies but shee cannot finde him she cryeth vpon him with praiers teares weepings and lamentations but hee will not answere VERS 6. The watchmen that goe about the Citie found me they smote mee they wounded mee the keepers of the walles tooke my vaile from mee Yet shee supported by his Spirit not casting off her faith continueth to seeke him still and passeth petills past beleefe The Min●sters themselues and watchmen of the Church of God ● hose part it was to gard her were the first that did her wrong smote and wounded her tender conscience and in steed of speaking a word in due time to the wearied and distressed soule did euen take her vaile from her and beate her from holding fast her reuerend obedience and subiection vnto Christ VERSE 7 I adiure you ye daughters of Ierusalem if ye finde my wellbeloued what you should tell him that I am sick of loue Wherefore finding no comfort where in reason it was most to be expected she getteth her to the maydens her friends and fellows though not so well acquainted with Christ as shee To them she is more bold to impart the ardency of her affection asketh them after Christ adiureth them both themselues to take knowledge of it and to let her loue vnderstand how she doth affect him The Maydens the CHVRCHES friends VERS 8. What is thy well-beloued aboue an other well-beloued O thou fairest among weomen what is thy well-beloued aboue an other well-beloued that thus thou doest adiure vs CHVRCH VERS 9. My well-beloued is white aud ruddie fitted for a standard-bearer aboue ten thousand They wondring at her passion as vnacquainted with such moods enquire what is in her loue aboue other loues that shee doth so long and thirst after him Whereupon she taketh occasion to describe her loue First by the bewty and excellency of his colour signifying his holinesse and perfect happinesse white and red mixed together with that temper that is in the best and strongest complexions enabling him to doe any feate of actiuity aboue ten thousand other For who but hee can sustaine the furie of the battailes of God and yet goe away with the honor and glory of the field or of whom but of him alone can it bee said that hee hath a crowne giuen vnto him and goeth forth ouercomming and must ouercome VERS 10. His head excellent gold fined his locks curled black as a rauen Secondly by the members and lineaments of his body head haire cies cheeks lips hands breasts legges looke pallate and to conclude his whole selfe His head wherein the grace of his humane nature standeth precious as the most excellent gold pure bright shining as gold fined seauen times for euen in his humanity hee is the engrauen forme of the person of his Father and the resplendence of his glory His haire first black as a rauen then coloured and crisped so faire hee is in the very least ornaments of nature more then the sonnes of men VERS 11. His eies as doues eies by the streames of waters washed with milke it selfe set in cunningly His eies haue a threefold quality to commend them by First amiable as the doues as the neate and the dainty doues by the water side in the gracious and comfortable looke which hee casteth on his Church Secondly white as milke and shining with white because hee is more pure of eies then that hee can behold iniquity Thirdly set in the hollow places as fit and with as great art and cunning as a stone by the artificers hand is set into a ring so guiding and directing his sight to looke perfectly into all things yea into the depth of the secret of mens hearts VERS 12. His cheekes like a bedde of Spice growne plants of perfume his lips to Lillies dropping soft mirrh His cheekes goodly and flourishing with a freshe and sweet beard like a bedde of spices like growne plants that serue for perfume Such a grace and grauity doth hee carrie His lips in themselues as lillies redolent for the smell comely in proportion to vs full of heauenly grace sweetnesse of most comfortable doctrine which droppeth from him as liquid or softmirrh VERS 13. Vpon his hands are rings of gold set with Chrysolite in his bowels is a shining as of Iuory ouerlaide with Saphires His hands are set forth with al ornaments precious shining rings of gold set with the Crysolite to note that not his person onelie but al his actions done by the instrument of the hand the whole gouernement and administration of his kingdom is full of maiesty and glorie His brest and all his bodie for that is to be vnderstood by the bowels that are within hath a shyning like