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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85763	Loves entercours between the Lamb & his bride, Christ and his Church. Or, A clear explication and application of the Song of Solomon. By William Guild, D.D. and preacher of God's Word.	Guild, William, 1586-1657.	1657 (1657)	Wing G2206; Thomason E1583_3	233,317	296

That he might be a mercifull and faithfull high Priest in things pertaining to God to make reconciliation for the sinnes of the people Of whose incarnation as Adam after his fall heard with great comfort and the rest of the patriarks Gen. 3. 15. mentioned Heb. 11 13. so likewise Moses and the Prophets after him Prophesied saying A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me Him shall yee heare in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you Act. 3. 22. Matth. 1. 23. Therefore shall his name be Emmanuel sayes the Prophet which being interpreted is God with us this union of our humane nature Hypostatically with his divine nature into one person being the basis or foundation of that mysticall union between him and his church here by grace and of that celestiall union which we expect with him hereafter in glory 2. She is called his sister in respect of her adoption Rom. 8. 14 being through Christ the child of that same heavenly Father as Christ is himself though after a divers manner he being the sonne of God by nature and an eternall ineffable generation Gal. 4. 45. And she the child of God by grace and mercifull adoption and therefore a heire and coheire of that same inheritance of glory with her elder Brother whose sister she is the Lord Jesus Christ 3. She is called his sister in respect of Sanctification or the new birth Rom. 8. 15. whereby as by her naturall birth she was the child of Satan whose image she bore so by her new birth she is the child of God 1 Ioh. 3. 9. and so a sister to the sonne of God whose image she now beares and therefore it is said by the Apostle for both he who sanctifieth and those who are sanctisied are all one Heb. 2. 11. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren as also so sayeth our Saviour Matth. 12. 50. Whosoever shall do the will of my father which is in Heaven the same is my brother my Sister and Mother But why is this redoubled thou hast ravisht my heart I answer this is used in Scripture in prayers as Matth. 27. 46. to show thereby their fervency in Prophecies us Gen. 41. 32. to show thereby the certainty and in simple narrrations as here to show thereby the vehemency of affection as is before touched Observations 1. We see the admirable efficacy of faith that it ravishes Christs heart than which no greater comfort can the soul have and therefore it ought diligently and earnestly be sought after and the retribution which he craves againe of us is as is said Pro. 23. 26. My sonne give me thy heart and let the same be ravished by his excellency and matchles love that he has caried to us 2. In respect that he sayes that with one of her eyes she had ravished his heart that is by her true though a weak faith not having yet made that progresse from faith to faith this is a singular comfort to all such who have but a weak faith provyded they have the same in sincerity or any other saving grace and use the meanes carefully that the same may grow 3. Seeing it is the honour of Christ's church and every true member thereof to be Christs brother or sister and consequently the child of God who is King of kings and heire of the kingdome of glory what great incouragement is this to Sanctification and doing of Gods will and that we should labour to be like him who disdained not to be like to us Also if he be our brother how should we love him and as Abraham said to Lot there is nothing that should make a strife or the controversie whereof Hosea speaks between us Hos 4. 1. Moreover being to us both our brother and husband ●s Adam was to Eve we may be assured of his love ●nd all both brotherly and husbandly care and kindness which on our part with all sisterly and spouse-like duty we should requite 4. This is likewise a great comfort unto us that Christ is our brother for as Ruth said to Boaz Ruth 3. 9. spread the skirt of thy garment over me for thou art a neer kinsman so much more may the believing soul say to Christ spread the skirt of the garment of thy righteousness and mercy over me for thou art my neer brother and as to our comfort he declares that has done the some unto us Ezek 16. 8. Also this is a great comfort that we have a brother such a favorit in heaven as Joseph was in Egypt and lastly this should teach all men not to wrong good Christians who are Christ's brethren and sisters 5. We see that he joynes these two together as the ravishers of his heart her eye and the chain of her neck whereof we spake before Cant. 1. 10. and therefore we see where true faith is it is never without the spirituall ornaments of other saving graces as we see Ezek. 16. 11. Which makes the kings daughter glorious within and to shine also without by a holy conversation 6. If Christs church be his spouse we see here 1. Her royall dignity as before her descent 2. Her neer conjunction 3. Her great benefit being accepted with all her debt whereof there is no suing thereafter from her and a communion of all his goods and 4. Her spouse-like duty to love him be chast feare obey and in all things seek to please him Vers 10. How fair is thy love my sister my spouse 〈◊〉 how much better is thy love than wine and the smell of thine ointments than all spices In this verse 1. He praises her love and prizes the same to be better then wine and 2. He compares the smell of her garment to the sweet smell of Lebanon The word in the originall is in the plurall number Loves to show thereby the plentifulness of the Love of Gods church and elect ones to him who so plentifully and above all measure has so loved them which plentifull affection and the fruits thereof comprehended also under this word loves he declares is most pleasant and acceptable in his sight as is said Psal 133. 1. Of the unity of brethren how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity good and pleasant there being joyned together as fair and better than wine in setting forth the churches love to Christ is joyned likewise here and what is meant by wine and how such a holy love as is spoken of either here or there is better than wine I referre to that place Cant. 1. 2. Followes and the smell of thine ointments then all spices whereby is implyed that as Christ the head of the Church is anointed as his name imports unto a threefold office and with the oile of gladness above his fellowes so likewise is his Church of which unction John speaketh 1. Joh. 2. 20. and the Psalmist Psal 133. 2. and which unction is said here to

daughters of Sion who have received the eye-salve of the spirit to discern spirituall things and are like Ezekiels wheels full of eyes Ezek. 1. 18. They are called upon only to behold this spirituall sight and to these only the promise is made for Blessed are the pure in heart sayes our saviour for they shall see God 3. The daughters of Sion are called forth to behold Christ the true Solomon as a king crowned with the Crown wherewith his mother crowned him where we have first to consider who is meant here by his Mother and 2. What is this crown and how he is crowned so by her First then we must understand that Christ has a naturall Mother to wit the Virgin Mary who was his mother according to the flesh as also he has a mysticall mother which is his Church who in a divers respect is his sister as he calles her Cant. 5. 2. His spouse and his Mother here 1. In estimation and affection because he so esteems and loves his Church and those who do the will of his Father as his very Mother as he showes and calles such Matth. 12. 50. And 2. Because by the Doctrine of faith the pastors of his Church as by an Immortall seed they conceive and bring forth Christ in a manner in the hearts of his elect Gal. 4. 19. As the Apostle testifies saying My little Children of whom I travell in birth againe untill Christ be formed in you for which cause also the Church who is described by that woman in the Revelation who was great with child is said travelling in birth to have brought forth a man child who was to rule all nations with a Rod of iron who was caught up to God and to his throne which is competent onely to Christ This mother then is said to set a crown on Christs head which is a signe of dominion and victory as we see Rev. 19. 11. When her true and faithfull members acknowledge his sole and only Soveragnity over them and submitts themselves to be ruled and governed by him alone and no other but their king and Lord Jesus to lord over them or have place in their hearts whereas on the contrary those who give place to Satan sinne or their own corruption their servants and subjects they are whom they obey these take the crown as it were from off Christs head and say he shall not raigne over us Psal 2. and puts it upon Satans head and puts only in Christ's hand by way of derision as it were with the Roman souldiers an empty reed for a scepter and crown him with a crown of thorns and while they say in word Let thy kingdome come they show in deed that they desire that it depart from them and therefore they shall hear a sentence of a dreadfull departure from him when they who crown him here as the true members and subjects of his kingdome of grace shal be crowned hereafter with the crown of glory And indeed great reason is it that his Church and all godly soules should thus crown Christ Jesus as their king and only Lord here for 1. In our creation as is shown Heb. 2. 6 He crowned man whom he made little inferior to Angels with glory and honour and set him over the works of his hands 2. In the work of our Redemption he crowned our nature by assumption thereof to his divine nature advancing the same highly above angells in that Hypostaticall Union on earth and now much more in glory and at the right hand of the Father in the heavens 3. As he showes by his Prophet and Psalmist Psal 103. 4. in the work of justification and remission of sinne and delivery from destruction he crownes us with loving kindness and tender mercies 4. In the work of Sanctification as he speaks by Ezekiel of his church Ezek. 16. 12. He put a beautifull crown upon her head even that beauty of holiness whereof he speaks Psal 110. 3. 5 For our use and comfort of this naturall life on earth as David sayes he crownes the yeer with his goodness and his paths drop fatness Psal 65. 11. And 6 In the work of glorification he hath laid up for all his own elect a crown of Righteousness glory and life everlasting 2 Tim. 4. 8. 1 Pet. 5. 4. Rev 2. 10. 4. The time when he is said to be crowned is the day of his espousal's and of the gladness of his heart so that when a faithfull soul acknowledges Christs sole and supreame soveraignity over the same and wholly submits it self to his ruleing and government then and thereby is it espoused as a chast Virgin unto Christ Jesus as the Apostle shewes 2 Cor. 11. 2. And so at one time as it were it crownes Christ and is espoused to him and as this is the joy of the Angels so is it the joy and gladness of his heart who is Lord both of men and Angels proceeding from that love that he has to mans salvation and whom nothing at any time did so contristate when he was on earth as the stubborness of wicked sinners who would not be reclaimed as he shewd when he wept over Jerusalem and so grievously complained Observations 1. We see that the daughters of Sion are called upon to go forth to behold king Solomon and his glory The cause then that so few see Christ the true Solomon in his spirituall glory beauty and Majesty and be inamoured with him to seek after him and delight in him is this they have never learned to go forth out of themselves renouncing their own righteousness will and corruption 2. The eye whereby Christ in his spirituall glory is only seene seeing it is faith and if we look upon him in his ordinances with a carnall eye we will as Herod did set him at nought Therefore if we would see him either here to our comfort or hereafter in glory let us seek after faith and the eye-salve of the spirit by servent prayer and frequent use of the meanes whereby it is obtained 3. Seing Christ is a king and our king ruling and protecting us let us do the duties of loyall and obedient subjects to him and seeing we should crown him here by acknowledging his soveragnity over us and submitting our selves to his rule and government let us not defraud him of his crown-right here as we would not justly be defrauded of that crown of glory which he has at the Fathers right hand Heb. ●…9 and is to give to all those who love and obey him hereafter 4. Seeing faith and obedience make such a spirituall sibness to Christ that his church and her true members are counted his Mother and Spouse therefore hereby being so highly honoured let us all strive to have faith in a good conscience as Manna was laid up in a golden pot that so we may attain to this high advancement and all these comforts that results there-from 5. As the submission of the soul and espousals by