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A43769	The canticles, or Song of Solomon paraphrased and explained by divers others texts of Scriptures, very useful / by ... Mr. Arthur Hildersham ... ; as also the same, together with the two songs of Moses, and the song of Deborah, collected into meeter.	Hildersam, Arthur, 1563-1632.	1672 (1672)	Wing H1975; ESTC R21009	43,006	164

hang and depend upon him as upon the head as they are bushy in respect of their number and the foulding and twineing one within another through their mutual agreement and love so are they black and set forth as a shadow in a picture the excellent beauty that is in his face Ver. 12. His eyes are as the eyes of Doves by the Rivers of water washed with milk and fitly set q. d. His eyes are as clear quick sighted Rev. 4. 14. 2. 18. chast and also shining white without any spot or blemish pure and clean beholding no corruption which he either revengeth not or healeth not in his own blood Heb. 1. 13. in a comely manner filling the hollow places prepared for them with absolute perfection beholding the state and necessities of his Servants Ver. 13. His Cheeks are as a bed of Spices with sweet Flowers his Lips like Lillies droping sweet smelling mirrh q. d. His open face and cleer manifestation of himself is full of spiritual sweetness and comfort his speech and doctrine also is most gratious and such as rejoyceth the heart Luk. 4. 22. Psa. 19. 8 10. Ver. 14. His hands are as gold rings set with the Berril his belly is as bright Ivory over-laid with Saphirs q. d. The works of his hand all his administrations are most glorious and seemly his bowels or secret parts the inward councils of his heart when once manifested and revealed appear all pretious and full of miraculous glory Ver. 15. His leggs are as Pillars of Marble set upon sockets of fine Gold his countenance is as Lebanon excellent as the Cedars q. d. his divine power and providence whereby he sustaineth all his works is everlasting most pure and glorious His whole countenance whereby he shews and makes himself known to his people viz. his publick Worship and Ordinances Gen. 4. 14. is full both of sweetness and comfort and of spiritual stateliness and Majesty Ver. 16. His mouth is most sweet yea he is altogether lovely This is my beloved and this is my friend O Daughters of Ierusalem The words of his mouth are most sweet and comfortable yea there is nothing in him whether you consider his Nature or his Offices his Active or Passive obedience but it is most lovely and amiable and therefore O my friends sith my dear Lord and Saviour is such an one as I have described unto you marvail not though I do thus earnestly seek him Chap. VI. Ver. 1. WHether is thy Beloved gone O thou fairest among Women whether is thy Beloved turned aside that wee may seek him with thee Tell us O thou whom for the graces of God shining in thee we do honour above all others and who though thou soughtedst to us to help thee to him as ver 8. art only able to tell us where he is to be found Tell us we pray thee whether thy dear Lord and Saviour is gone and where he useth to be when he absenteth himself from thee that we also who by this description thou hast made of him are drawn to a love and admiration of his excellencies may seek him with thee without whose help and company we have no hope to find him Ver. 2. My beloved is gone into his Garden to the beds of Spices to feed in the Garden and to gather Lillies If you would indeed seek my dear Lord and Saviour I will tell you where you may find him He is gone to the Assemblies of the Saints that joyn together in the use of his Ordinances that 's the place of his chief residence and abode where He delights to be that 's his Garden which he planteth and watereth those are his beds of Spices the place where the sweet graces of his Spirit grow there he refresheth himself with the spiritual service that is done to him by his Saints and gathereth the goodly and pleasant fruits of their holiness and righteousness to make use of them for his advantage and glory Ver. 3. I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine he feedeth among the Lillies q. d. Now by this Meditation of the excellency of my Lord and Saviour and speech I have had thereof for the instruction of others and drawing them to love him I feel my faith revived in me and am fully perswaded that I am his dearly beloved and he with all his merits and graces are wholly mine See Chap. 2. and ver 16. Ver. 4. Thou art beautiful O my Love as Tirzah comely as Ierusalem terrible as an Army with banners q. d. Though I have for thy sluggishness and neglecting me too much through thy carnal security withdrawn my self from thee for a time yet do I still esteem highly of thee for thou in thine Assemblies and Societies art in mine account as beautiful and pleasant for the delight I take in thee as Tirzah which for that cause sundry of the Princes of Israel made choice of for their seat and place of aboad 1 Kings 14. 17. and 15. 33. and 16. 8 23. as comely for the decent order of them Col. 2. 5. 1 Cor. 14. 40. as Ierusalem a Citty fitly compact together Psa. 122. 3. which for the good order and government thereof and for the house of God in it was called the perfection of beauty and joy of the whole earth Lam. 2. 15. yea terrible in respect both of my word that is taught and my spiritual censure that are exercised in them 2 Cor. 10. 4 5 6. Psal. 1. 8 12 13. Zac. 12. 2 9. as an Army with banners Ver. 5. Turn away thine eyes from me for they have over-come me thy hair is as a flock of Goats that appear from Gilead q. d. When thou doest set thine eyes directly and stedfastly upon me I take so great delight and pleasure therein that I am even as it were overcome and raised with joy See Chap. 4. 1. Ver. 6. See Chap. 4. 2. Ver. 7. See Chap. 4. 3. Ver. 8. There are threescore Queens and fourscore Concubines and Virgins without number q. d. Although numbers of other Companies and Societies in the world that seem in their outward glory and pomp that are like to the Queens and Concubines of some great King and the train of innumerable Virgins attending upon them Ver. 9. My Dove my undefiled is but one she is the only one of her Mother she is the choice one of her that bare her the Daughters saw her and blessed her yea the Queens and the Concubines and they praised her q. d. Yet are none of them all in true glory and dignity to be compared to my Church who is most sincere and void of guile most pure and uncorrupt in her Religion and that worship she doth unto me her Mother that bare her i. e. that Ierusalem that is from above my holy Catholick Church where she was begotten by the word of truth acknowledgeth her only for her natural Child and esteems her above all others that bear the Name of her Children neither is she thus

highly esteemed of by me and the whole company of holy and elect people only but all that do make but an outward profession of the faith when they see her and consider her beauty and glory are ready to speak all good of her yea even they that most abound in the glory and pleasures of this world cannot but praise and admire her Deut. 4. 6. Ver. 10. Who is she that looketh forth as the Morning fair as the Noon clear as the Sun and terrible as an Army with banners q. d. They shall in admiration of thee say who and how excellent is this blessed society of the people of God the beauty and glory whereof doth thus increase continually being at the first in the light and beauty of knowledg and grace but like unto the Morning or dawning of the day after like the Noon and never ceaseing to grow and increase till it be like the Sun it self in his brightness Terrible also as v. 4 Ver. 11. I went down into the Garden of Nuts to see the fruits of the Valley and to see whether the Vines flourished and the Pomegranets budded When I for thy sluggishness and too much neglect of me did seem to withdraw my self from thee I did not altogether forsake thee but went to visit thy publick Assemblies which are as a well-dressed and pruned Orchard to see and delight me with the beholding the beginnings of grace and first-fruits of my spirit in my people who though they grow in the Valley and are lowly in their own eyes yet are they in mine account as the Vine and Pomegranet Tree whose fruit is most pleasant and comfortable Ver. 12. Or ever I was aware my Soul made me like the Chariots of Aminadab q. d. When I had but a little while estranged my self from thee mine affections were so strongly bent unto thee that I could not be long absent from thee but on a suddain even ere I was aware I was carried with a vehement desire as upon such Chariots as Noble men use to ride in to return unto thee again and restore thee to the comfortable feeling of my gratious presence with thee Ver. 13. Return return O Shulamile return return that we may look upon thee what will ye see in the Shulamite as it were the company of two Armies Therefore since my desire and affection is such toward thee return thou also I earnestly and importunately require thee O Shulamite the true Daughter of Ierusalem which was antiently called Shalem Gen. 14. 18. Psal. 76. 2. to thy former feeling and delight in me that I and my holy Angels may behold it and rejoyce in it Luk. 15. 10. And ye O ye holy Angels when ye behold my Church what shall ye see in her Surely such a goodly and comfortable sight as Iacob at Mahanim Gen. 32. 1 2. even the company of my people whom I have often compared to an Army with Banners and your selves the Host of God appointed to be her guard for her safety and protection Chap. VII Ver. 1. HOw beautiful are thy Feet with Shooes O Princes Daughter the joynts of thy Thighs are like Iewels the work of the hand of a cunning Workman Oh how beautiful and seemly in mine eys art thou in thy returning unto me O thou who in respect of thy new birth art truly honourable thy affections which as thy feet do bring thee unto me being shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace ready and prepared through the knowledg of the Gospel of peace to go through thick and thin after me make thee very amiable unto me and thy holy desires which like the joynts of thy Thighs make thee nimble and with chearfulness and speed to come unto me are more precious in my account than the richest Jewels being wrought in thee not by any skill or power of thine own but by the hand the spirit of my Heavenly Father Ver. 2. Thy Navel is like a round Goblet that wanteth not liquor thy Belly is like a heap of Wheat set about with Lillies q. d. Thou art most fruitful for thy Navel is not dry but full of natural and kindly moisture thy Belly in respect of the fruitfulness of it may be compared to a field of Wheat that doth not only bear store of Corn in the mid'st of it but is fruitful even in the utmost sides and corners of it and is not fenced and encompassed about with a a Thorny hedge but with Lillies which as they are most pleasant to behold so use they not to grow and prosper but in fruitful soyles and are themselves very fruitful also Ver. 3. Thy two Breasts are like two young Roes that are Twins Thy Teachers upon whom my people hang like new-born Babes for the sincere Milk of the Word being full of chearfulness and swiftness do with a ready mind deliver to my people the food of their Souls and do with their mutual consent and agreement greatly grace the Ministry also Ver. 4 Thy Neck is like a Tower of Ivory thine Eyes like the Fish-pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim thy Nose is as the Tower of Lebanon which looketh towards Damascus q. d Thy holy Discipline and Government which like the neck supports the Doctrine and Ministry is for the strength and beauty of it like a Tower of Ivory Thy Teachers and Ministers whom I have set to be the eyes for thy guidance and direction are for the clearness of their sight and the flocking of my people unto their Ministry like the Fish-pools in Heshbon that were by the gate at which the greatest number of the people were wont to go in and out Thy Nose the Organ of smelling is perfectly featured like the curious Tower of Lebanon that looks toward Damascus i. e. the judgment and faculty in discerning of Doctrines and the spirits of thy Teachers is exact Ver. 5. Thy Head upon thee is like Carmel and the Hair of thine head like Purple the King is held in the Galleries q. d. Thine Head is for comliness and freshness of colour and vigour like Carmel that fruitful Mountain 1 Sam. 25. 2. 2 King 19. 23. The multitude of Teachers who for their number are as the hair of their head are all as Kings and Princes whose manner was to be attired in Purple Dan. 5. 7 16. 29. Mar. 15. 17. Rev. 1. 6. Zac. 12. 8. The King i. e. my Self and Heavenly Father are in our desires and affection through the delight and pleasure we take in thee even tyed and bound to be ever with thee in thy galleries or walking-place the place of thy publique meeting or holy Assemblies Ver. 6. Oh how fair and how pleasant art thou O Love for delights But why should I insist on thy comliness and beauty on thy several parts and members thou art throughout and all over through the imputation of my perfect holiness and righteousness unto thee so fair and beautiful in mine eyes and I do take that exceeding delight