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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

wooe her loue and crying out in a passion desireth his embracings That he would be present with her ioine himselfe vnto her and remaine hers for euer This vehement desire this ardency of affection she sheweth to be most iust reasonable and fortifieth the equity the honesty the necessity the fruite and commodity thereof diuersly and many waies First the excellency of this loue is wonderfull aboue all the pleasures and delights of the world especially if it come not single but accompanied with a large nesse and a bounty from him that it may be called Loues in the plurall What wine so pleasant to the taste VERR 3. Because of the smell of thy good ointmens thy name is as an ointment powred foorth Therefore the Virgins loue thee What ointment so fragrant to the smell Was that which shead vpon Aarons head trickled downe his beard and wet the hemmes of his garment or the costly ointment that Alablaster boxe of pure Nard the Spickenard which shee powred vpon our Sauiour Christ that filled all the house with the sweetnesse of the smell Take which you will and the best ointments els they are not worthy to be named when thine ointments the ioy of gladnesse wherewith God hath annointed thee aboue thy fellowes and which thou powrest forth to the comfort of the world the refreshing of thy Saints that haue any sence and spirituall smell are talked of I speake not of my loue as present with me when I enioy his sweet selfe and haue him in mine armes No. Eye hath neuer seen eare hath neuer heard heart cannot conceiue the sweetnes of those delights But I speake of the verie remembrance of him absent and away Thwit me not here with any carnall loue or loue to steale my heart from God farre be that from my thoughts I meane nothing but that which is holy chast pure maidenly and virgin-like free as well from bodily pollution and vncleannesse as from spirituall fornication against my spouse VERS 4. Draw me after thee will we runne Let the King bring mee into his priu●e chambers We will reioice and be glad in thee We will record thy loues better then wine They shall record them who in all rightnes do loue thee They that will follow vaine vanities and forsake their owne mercy let them doe it But I will eleaue to thee This comming and eleauing vnto Christ is I confesse a diuine worke the worke of God himself steps beyond the reach of man which no humane foote can tread no wit can climbe vnto or comprehend vnlesse it be framed and fashioned from aboue A worke which of all others vvee are most vntoward to of such difficulty that wee must be drawen and haled and violently pulled out of our selues before wee can once settle about it hauing neither power nor so much as will vnto it for what finde I in my selfe to egge and prouoke me thereunto Whatsoeuer I haue within me or without me from the top vnto the toe from the head vnto the heeles is an vtter enemy and doth oppose and set it selfe against it yet I desire thorough the working of his holy spirit for euen the desire and first thought doth come from him not onely to walke in the pathes which notwithstanding O happy men that so doe and how few there bee that find the same but to runne in them with all my might and maine with faith hope patience and obedience to follo● thee O let my feete be shod and made nimble for to doe it But who thinke you is the person whom thus I loue and am so enamoured with Verely the King himselfe our Soueraigne Lord CHRIST the God of glory worthy to be loued of all able to draw a●l vnto his loue and to make all the gates and doores of our heart to be set open to him What may be the place whether we runne so fast and would so faine hie our selues vnto It is his owne priuie chambers his Church and house heere and after this his heauenly tabernacles where better it is to be one hower then in the Palaces of all other Kings a thousand yeeres beside The fruites and effects that come from it are admirable and diuine ioy in the holy Ghost spirituall mirth and gladnesse For the hauing whereof where or who is he shew me the man if he be a man and not a very beast that would not bid al the Iolity of the world adew It is a ioy cannot well bee hidden it will shew it selfe and fill our mouthes with the praises of his name with Psalmes hymnes and spirituall songs all too little too too litttle for him Neither will I my selfe alone take pleasure in this duty I and mine all my friends and followers whosoeuer they be that loue thee will vncessantly performe the same you prophane get you farie away The praises of God beseeme not your mouthes These pretious Iewels such pearles are not for swines s●outes So holy a worke belongeth to holy men It is for them whose hearts are cleane pure sanctified which waike in all integrity and in the righteousnesse of their waies These our God doth call their tongues he fines and fi●es to be the trumpetters of his glory Thus and by those arguments twelue in number the Church setteth forh amplifieth and enlargeth the summe of her most holy desires VERSE 5 I am black but comly O daughters of Ierusalem Like to the Kedarenes that dwell in tents but I am also like to those that dwell in the curtaines of Solomon Now because it is the property of true loue to be desirous that others also may haue a liking of the thing beloued shee remoueth the lets and hindrances that may keepe her friend and fellows in Gods election members of the Church from comming vnto CHRIST confessing there is nothing outwardly in her to bee seene that can giue concontent or make her bee liked but inwardly in the hidden man shee is amiable and full of beauty for this daughter of the King is all glorious within foule in her selfe and black euen cole black as black as any black-more or if any thing bee more black then it through sinne both originall and actuall that maketh her to com short of the glory of God and to be subiect to death and condemnation but through CHRIST and the righteousnesse shee hath in him she is goodly and glorious as Solomons courtly traine VERS 6. Looke not vpon mee because I am blackish because the Sunne hath cast his beames vpon me because the sonnes of my mother incensed against me haue made mee a keeper of other vine-yards mine owne vine-yard I haue not kept Three things indeed there bee which lay her open though washed though iustified though sanctified through CHRIST to ignomie and reproach All which notwithstanding shee is not to be despised since none of them nor they all are able to obscure the brightnes of Gods glory in her first the remnants of sinne that still cleaue vnto her

and are so many foule spots in her faire face making her blackish though not cole black Secondly afflictions as it were the schorching of the Sun Lastly her infirmitie that thorough the peeuishnesse of some which beare the face of bretheren not able to endure wholsome doctrine and the sweete yoke of IESVS CHRISTS but making stirres and discords in the Church and teaching insteed of Christs lores their owne fantasies and pleasures shee hath in weaknesse been driuen to yeeld in many things contrary to the duty and place which God hath set her in VERS 7. Shewe mee O thou whom my soule loueth where thou feedest where thou makest flock to lie downe at noone for why should I bee as one that pitcheth her tents by the flocks of thy companions Wherefore she saith she will goe to the Archbishoppe and chiefe sheppard of her soule of him to learne how to carry her selfe in the Church which is the house of the liuing God to be ordered by those Lawes onely that hee himselfe the most wise house-holder hath prescribed Heereupon she turneth her speech to Christ telling him hee onely is her delght All his ordinances she accounteth right in all things and that shee hateth euerie lying path And therefore prayeth him to teach her where hee feedeth with his Word and Sacraments where at noone day hee maketh his sheepe to rest for both feeding and resting wholy and in all things her desire is to be at his direction And euen then when others repast themselues and take their meales shee can not be in quiet vnlesse shee bee with him That so ranging her selfe among his other sheepe she may bee kept from hauing any thing to doe with strange shepheards that in name participate with CHRIST but in truth are none of his CHRIST VERS 8. If thou know not O thou fairest among women get thee out from going in the steppes of yonder flock and feed thy kiddes aboue the tabernacles of those shepheards To this Christ maketh answere first satisfying her demaund in that wherein she was not fully before enformed Bidding her by any meanes to take heed of the worldly prophane and hereticall teachers and such as are corrupted by them that shee tread not in their steps but to fe●de her little ones the faithful flocke with the foode of heauenly doctrine in all sincerity and truth lifting them vp out and from aboue the world VERS 9. Vnto the troope of horses in the chariots of Pharaoh doe I liken thee my fellow friend By this occasion they fall to congratulate one vnto an other the good things that are in them CHRIST hee praiseth his owne gifts bestowed vpon the Church in regard of the dignity of her person by his word affirming and by the power of his spirit making her like to the horse of Pharaohs Chariot braue stately and couragious excellent for all good seruices VERS 10. Thy cheekes are comlie as with rewes of small stones thy neck as with collars And in regard of the ornaments of the spirit wherby her cheeks and neck the principall seates of beauty are set forth with rewes of precious stones gemmes collars and gorgious things as horses of those countries were wont to be VERS 11. Borders of Gold wee will make vnto thee with specks of neate siluer And not content therewith promiseth that the Father Sonne and the holy Ghost the blessed and glorious Trinity will further bewtifie and let her out with all rich graces and ornaments of the spirit with a continuall grouth of sanctification as it were pure gold bewtified with the siluer specks of a new encrease of holinesse being made more and more glorious by the reflection of his glory CHVRCH VERS 12. Whilest the King is in his circute my spicknard doth giue foorth his smell The Church resoundeth the praises of her CHRIST for the sweet and fragrant odours that from him come downe vpon her by his Word and the power of his spirit those holy things that make her so sweete her selfe and to spreade her sweetnesse farre and neere to other And that euen now whilest this Lord and King sitteth in the round globe of the highest and most glorious heauens absent in the flesh how much more when CHRIST which is her life shall appeare and reueale himselfe in glory VERS 13. My beloued is as a bundle of mirrh vnto me that lodgeth betweene my brests The cause of all is Christs dwelling in her heart by faith which maketh her both gracious and sweete as a nosegay of mirrh in a weomans bosome VERS 14. My well-bel oued is vnto mee as a cluster of Cypres in the vine-yards of Hengedie And as a cluster of Cypres full of berries within his white flower when the same is planted in fruitfull gardens such as Hengedie was CHRIST VERS 15. Behold thou art faire my fellow friend behold thou art faire thine eies are doues eies This mutuall gratulation Christ shutteth vp with exclamations setting forth her bewty the bewty she hath in him without spot and glorious also her charity and doue-like simplicity that will not cast one eie vpon any superstitions CHVRCH VERS 16. Behold thou art faire my well-beloued also delectable also our bed is greene The Church shutteth vp with commendations of the bewty and amiablenesse of her loue and the fruitfulnesse of their bed begetting many children vnto God CHRIST and CHVRCH both VERS 17. The beames of our houses are of Cedars our walkes of brute trees They both conclude with commendations of the preciousnesse of their houses and of the walkes wherein they visite one onother that is of Christs habitation in her by the communion and fellowshippe of the spirit CHAP. II. CHRIST VERS 1. I am the rose of Sharon the Lillie of the valleys THe Church and her spouse not satisfied with their former praises and the mutu●ll commending one of an other fall afresh vnto it Hee commendeth his owne sweete vertue which hee hath not for himselfe alone but by his spirit doth communicate to his Church VERS 2. As a Lillie among thornes so is my fellowe friend among the daughters Whereby the same as farre excelleth all other companies and assemblies through the righteousnesse and glory she receiueth from him as the Lillie doth the thornes for all are no better then thornes take them as they are but specially if they be compared with her CHVRCH VERS 3. As an aple-tree among the trees of the forrest so is my wel-beloued among the Sonnes vnder his shadow I desire that I may sit for sweet is his fruit vnto my pallat The Church againe praiseth him for his fruitfulnesse and the sweetnesse both of his shade and fruits Such and so great as she desireth no onely to rest vnder the shadowe of his grace and righteousnes thereby to be kept from the scorching heat of the wrath of God the curse of the Lawe death and condemnation being reconciled by him to his Father but to taste of the dainty fruits the fulnesse of ioyes

constant in euery part because it wholly resteth in the power and grace of God Let there be 60. Queenes c. All the glory excellency in the world the courts of Princes and their pompous traine are not to bee compared to the happinesse of a Christian That one c. There is but one company society in the world wher saluation is to be had that is the Church of God which is one because there is no more but she one because she is only entirely beloued of God my done One because she is elect out of all the world mine vndefiled one One because shee keepeth her selfe one and the same vnto her spouse pure chast and vndefiled that one with her mother To this Church euery Christian man ioyneth himselfe and professeth to be a member thereof neuer making rent schisme nor diuision from it those that goe out from it it is a token they were in truth neuer of it assoone as they see c. God in his Church vtereth all his glorie Psal 29. That is hee graceth his people with such blessings of his spirit as makes them an admiration to the world This is the priuiledge of those that dwell in the Church of God the maydens shall account her blessed the Queenes and Concubines shall praise her The profane worldlings are forced to preferre the state of Gods children before their owne and to wish they vvere like vnto them As Saul Pharaoh Balaam and other did Goodly as the morning faire as the moone pure as the Sunne The way of a righteous man is like the Sunne shining that shineth still more and more vnto the steddie day Prou. 4. 18. Or as Paul saith Rom. 1. 17. we goe from faith to faith our faith continually growing as the morning doth and from one degree of perfection to an other from the beauty of the moone to the cleerenesse of the Sunne To the pruined gardaines The kingdome of God the glorie of the heauenly Ierusalem is that which we ought alwaies to meditate of and to haue the eyes of our soules fixed and bent vpon beeing like the gardaines that are kept dressed most pleasant and goodly to the eye and that yeeld all sweet and delectable fruit I went downe Christ himselfe by his example inuiteth vs to take pains to watch and obserue the time of his comming whereunto he doth exhort Math. 24. 42. To see the greene plants of the valley to see if the Vine flourished if the Pomegranets budded By earthly things wee must learne to meditate on heauenly and if wee be able to discerne of the times and seasons of the yeere that when wee see the trees to put forth leaues wee know Summer is neere is it not a shame to haue a lesse insight into those things that are the signes and forerunners of the comming of the Sonne of God to iudgement This wisedome our Sauiour teacheth vs. Matth. 24. 32. 33. There be manie signes of this glorious comming of Iesus Christ for which see that whole chapter Mathew 24. When I discerned it not my minde set me Christ loueth not to be longer absent from vs then needs he must vpon my free hearted Christian men are free-hearted people and of a willing minde seruing Christ cheerfully ioifully readily Psalm 110. not of necessity or constraint peoples chariots In such doth Christ delight to dwell to be borne vp by them to haue them for his chariots 2. Corinth 9. 7. God loueth a cheerefull giuer Returne The voice and calling of Christ is the meanes of our conuersion Returne ô Shull c. returne returne Who calleth vs earnestly continually to come vnto him and not to delay nor put it off for that doth the doubling and trebling and fowre times repeating of the word returne import O Shulamite Yea he vseth all manner of kind and louing speeches to perswade as O my Shullamite or my perfect one for all which see before Chapter 5. 1. A Christian man is perfect by the imputation of Christs righteousnesse perfect also with an Euangelicall not a legall perfection that is to say of a sound and vpright heart longing for perfection euen in regard of their renued holinesse or sanctification that we may behold thee Sinne obscureth Gods graces in vs and maketh that Christ hath no delight to looke vpon vs but faith and repentance restoreth vs to his fauour What behold you in that Shulamite as the daunse of the Machanaijmites Christ comforteth his soule by the beholding of our holinesse and righteousnesse How bewtifull c. Yea he boasteth and reioyceth of it so is there ioy in heauen for sinners that repent Luke 15. 7. O daughter of a Prince The excellencie of a christian standeth in this that hee is born again and by faith become the sonne of the great king that life of the spirit incompatably more excelling the life of a naturall man take the godliest and the gallantest then that excelleth the life of a bruite beast Let not c. There is not anie thing more pleasing to him then the spread of the Church of God and a continuall encrease of the fruites of it which are as glorious in his sight as a heape of wheate hedged about with I●illies Let not the liquor faile But let thy belly be c. The duties required of him are First Faith continually fructifying Thy two breasts c. Secondly A teachablenes to sucke the milke of the word of God Thy necke c Thirdly Constancie to hold vp the truth of God Thine eyes c. thy nose c. Fourthly Iudgement to weigh and discerne of doctrines That on thy head is like skarlet c. Fiftly Grauitie and a wise cariage in all our actions A King might be tyed c. Which good graces being in vs and abounding not onely knit mens hearts vnto vs How faire c. But make God himselfe to loue and to admire vs. I say c The word of Christ ought to be an assurance to vs that wee shall be sanctified more and more howsoeuer when we looke on the one side to the resistances that are against vs and on the other side to our owne weaknes and corruptions wee haue iust cause to despaire But hee that sayd the Word is able for to doe it as casie it is for him to make vs all whole as it was to say take vp thy bedde and walke Ioh. 5. 8. I will get vp vpon the Palme-tree take hold of her branches c. The best man that is hath need of much hand to be continually pruined and lopped and to haue his superfluous branches shred from him to make him fruitfull I will c. This must be the worke of Christ himselfe Who as else where he is compared to a Vine so heere compareth himselfe to the Husbandman that taketh vs in hand to trimme and looke vnto vs Without him wee can doe nothing Ioh. 15. 5. Thy teates shall now be like the clusters of the Vine and the sauour