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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

the Countrey let vs lodge by the Cypres Then she rouseth vp her dul h●auy spirits praying him not alone and by himselfe apart to spend his howers in obseruing of the time of their spirituall marriage as hee said before he did since shee also had a care and longing to haue the same consummate as well as he VERS 3 Let vs get vp early to the vine-yards let vs see if the vine budde the first grape open the pomgranets sprout there will I giue my Loues to thee Promising withall not to be found henceforth vnready not to be any more so drousie so sluggish so wretchlesse as shee was but hereafter night and day to watch and attend that hower and to enquire and learne after all the signes tokens when shee may come to be perfectly knit to Christ VERS 4 These louely flowers that giue a smel about our gates all precious things new and also old my well-beloued I keepe in store for thee In the third place shee consecrateth all shee hath vnto him and vndertaketh in the meane time against the solemnization of that marriage to prouide all manner of presents flowers garlands and the like which men at such times are wont to straw at the thresholds and in the entries That is to furnish her selfe with spirituall graces and to lay vp in store plenty and variety of heauenly treasure things both new and old VERS 5. O that thou wert as a brother vnto me sucking the brests of my mother finding thee without I would kisse thee also I should not be despised But because there rest two great workes to bee accomplished before that time can come the manifesting of God in the flesh and the calling of the Gentiles in them both shee sheweth her ardent affection and therein the aboundance of her loue and zeale to Christ Fourthly therefore you haue her desire which was the desire of all the prophets and holy men to see the day of Christ the day of his comming in the flesh that hee might be her brother and suck the brests of her mother naturally of the virgin spiritually of the Church vniuersall where Christ is borne in the hearts of the faithfull by his Word and Spirit for so comming among his owne she his owne and his onely owne would kisse him and receiue him both by faith and sense when shee should see with her eies that Word of life and behold him and her hands should feele and handle him So shold she be free from the scorns of wicked men their contumelies and despites that reproach the steppes of Gods Messias and vexe and molest the Church whilest shee is in the expectation of that happie day VERS 6. I would leade thee I would bring thee into the house of my mother which teacheth me I would giue thee to drinke of spiced wine of the iuice of the pomegranets Then saith shee there should be no delay this this should be the marriage day I would euen now without more adoe bring you into my mothers house which teacheth instructeth me in all piety and good offices to you-wards into the Catholick Church of God that all growing vp into one bodie whereof my spouse is the head I might at the last be presented as a chaste and pure virgin glorious to the Lord. Then would I giue him pleasures and delights for a King and entertaine him with a most royall banquet of the graces of Gods spirit VERS 7. His left hand vnder my head and his right hand embracing me VERS 8. I adiure you yee daughters of Ierusalem why should you stirre vp or why should you waken this loue vntill he please I haue sweete fellowshippe and rest with him neyther whilest thus I were in his armes and vnder his embracings should any the least offence be giuen to him I would be carefull to shunne all occasions of any more displeasing my loue or of causing him to retire from me VERS 9. Who is she that commeth vp out of the wildernesse ready to ioyne her selfe to her welbelo●ed vnder the very Appletree I waken thee where thy mother was in labour of thee where she was in labour that bare thee Hauing thus set forth her desire of Christs incarnation now shee bestoweth many sweete and gracious words to expresse and amplifie the vehemencie of this loue First by the duties shee will performe vnto him great in themselues but greater if you compare these duties of hers with those that are to be looked for from other women Was there euer saith shee any woman in the world that would endure those labours and take vpon her such perills as I doe to ioyne herselfe to her beloued But I by faith ouercome all difficulties to come to thee It is a small thing in myne eies which to others seemes so hard to put off the old man to renounce this present wicked world wherin is no pleasure nor sound delight but a very wildernesse and a desert that I may finde thee out and present my duties to thee euen in that sweete and blessed place where thy mother after the manner of other women sinne excepted fell in trauaile of thee Let me for the certeinety and secret of this wonderful hidden mystery once againe speake it where shee fell in trauaile that did beare thee This labour this toyle may bee an argument what and how great my loue is vnto thee VERS 10. O set me as a seale on thy heart as a seale on thine arme for loue is strong as death zeale hard as the graue The Coales thereof are Coales nay a fire of the flame of Iah O doe thou loue me again for this loue should be mutuall Haue me in thy minde with an earnest and continuall remembrance of me set me before thine eies imprint me vpon thine hand as an inseperable ornament of thy glory so as the wife is to her husband The second amplification of her loue is by the properties adioyned to it set forth by many elegant and apt similitudes It is most vehement most ardent most constant like to death which deuoureth all or as the dominion of death which ouercommeth all God himselfe the mighty IAH hath kindled it in our hearts by the powerfull light of his holy spirit neuer to goe out VERS 11 Much waters cannot quench this loue nor the flouds drown it If a man would giue all the substance of his house for this loue it should vtterly be contemned It is firme inuincible that neither force ●raud nor promises troubles and persecutions pleasures or commodities no height or depth things present or things to come are able to preuaile against it CHAP. VIII CHVRCH VERSE 1 We haue a sister a little one and she hath no brests what shall we doe for our sister in the day that she shall be talked of FIfthly the Church of Solomons time as maimed and imperfect till the fulnesse of the Gentiles should com in which then were a fewe and rarely called and without any ministery

of thy nose like Apples The fruite of Christs presence with vs and of his taking vs in hand is excellent it maketh vs sweete before him fragrant acceptable and comfortable vnto other Thy pallat as wine making to speake the lippes of those which sleepe The preaching of the Gospell is that which raiseth men out of the sleepe of sinne and maketh them to speake with newe tongues to the prayse of the glorie of God CHAP. VII VERSE 1. I am my Welbeloueds since his desire is towards me THe mercies of God in pardoning and forgiuing our sinnes and taking vs to his fauour are so farre from opening a window of libertie vnto vs that contrariwise it ioyneth and knitteth our soules more neere vnto him maketh vs more entirely to loue him and rowzeth vs vp from drowsinesse and negligence to a greater watchfulnesse ouer our waies and a care to please him That is true repentance which groweth from a consideration of Gods mercies and of his loue not that so much which the feare of wrath and of his iudgements doth wring from vs. Let vs goe forth c. True repentance is seene by walking in a quite contrarie course to that wee walked in before therfore it is called a turning as if a man whose face is bent Westward should wholly turne himselfe and set it vnto the East Let vs lodge by the Cypres let vs rise in the morning c. It is the certaine note of the childe of God to waite with all watchfulnesse and obseruation for the glorious comming of Iesus Christ The day of whose comming is that happie time of our spirituall mariage and most straight and neere coniunction with Christ for then shall wee enioy him fully and perfectly and see him as he is These louely flowers c. To him we must consecrate our selues and all we haue for whatsoeuer he hath giuen vs all the graces of his Spirit all the good things we doe enioy are not too good to be bestowed vpon him to entertaine Christ the better that is the true vse of the blessings of God O that thou wert as a brother vnto mee c. A Christian man is impatient for the desire of Christ and longeth that euen this day before too-morrow were the time of our perfect enioying of him Finding thee without I would kisse thee Our loue to Christ where it is sincere and sound will manifest it selfe to all and by all meanes I should not bee despised The perpetuall state of Gods children is to be vexed scorned and despised of the world But against this we must comfort our selues with the remembrance of that time when all teares shall be wiped from our eyes I Would bring thee into the house of my Mother which teacheth mee In the Church the word of God is to sound and there it is that men are to bee taught and enformed in his waies I would giue thee to drinke of spiced wine c. There is nothing we haue or can come by that is too costly or sumptuous to bee bestowed vpon Christ Wherefore the woman in the Gospell hath her iust commendation for powring the Alablaster boxe of Spicknard most costly ointment vpon the head of our Sauiour Christ though Iudas the traytour repined at it His left hand vnder c. I adiure you c. Our former offenses and the fearefull effects comming from them must teach vs when we haue Christ againe to make more of him and to take heed that by our loosenesse and negligence he withdraw not the comfort of his presence Who is shee that commeth out of the wildernesse readie to ioyne her selfe to her welbeloued There is no sound pleasure to be found but in true pietie all the delights of the world without that are but as the wildernesse in comparison of pleasant and fertile soyle A Christian must denie himselfe and forsake this wicked world it is a hard peece of worke and a matter of no small difficulty thus to doe and such as none hath any hart or stomack to perform saue but those that are borne anew yet euery one must enforce himselfe vnto it and so doing wee haue the same as a sure argument of hearty and sound repentance True valour in despising dangers is onely to be found in the childe of God whose faith ouercommeth all difficulties and the tediousnesse of this world vnder the very apple-tree I awaken thee For faith as it hath winges to flie vp to heauen to the very seate of glory and there to apprehend Christ sitting at the right hand of his father so in his humility here it beholdeth that excellency which the world is not able to conceiue Where thy mother was in labour of thee Christ vouchsafeth to account himselfe as one of vs a childe of our mother that is to say one of the Church being the head of it and wee his members O set me The faith zeale and repentance of Gods children though it merit nothing at the hands of God yet giueth vs assurance of obtaining good things and maketh vs with boldnesse to craue fauour and a blessing againe To loue vs as wee loue him So our Sauiour hath taught vs to pray Forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue c. True repentance maketh vs more zealous and more to loue Christ then we did before A Christian aboue all things in the world desireth to be ioyned to Christ as neerely and by as straight a bond and coniunction as may bee as a seale on thine heart God hath vs alwaies as a seale vpon his heart and in his minde how is it possible he should forget vs as a seale on thine arme Hee hath vs alwaies as a seale vpon his arme Who can pull vs from him Being vpon his arme wee are continually in his sight his eies are vpon vs alwaies and his prouidence watcheth ouer vs wheresoeuer wee ●oe become what euill can betide vs Loue zeale c. Zeale is the proper vertue of a Christian wherein hee can neuer satisfie his owne soule strong as death c. True zeale breaketh through all difficulties as death and as the graue that subdue all and cannot themselues bee ouercome a fire of the flame of Iah It is kindled in vs by the Spirit of God and is the peculiar worke of his grace Much waters cannot quench c. A Christian is endued of God with the gift of constancy and perseuerance Many temptations assault a christian man to shak his faith pleasures afflictions promises hopes rewards but hee remaineth vnmoued in them all If a man would giue all the substance of his house Wicked men spare no cost to drawe men from Christ how much lesse should wee be sparing or thinke any thing too deare to stire vp men to loue him Wee are to take most heede of those that come with fairest shewes and pretences to vs for vnder the sweetest flowers lie commonly hidde the most venemous serpents it should vtterly bee contemned A man must learn to despise