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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91908	An exposition on the whole booke of Solomons song, commonly called the canticles. Wherein the text is explained and usefull observations raised thereupon. / By John Robotham, preacher of the gospel.	Robotham, John, fl. 1654.	1651 (1651)	Wing R1730; Thomason E639_1; ESTC R206657	461,322	801

9. With my soule have I desired thee in the night Yea my spirit within me will I seeke thee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aarora sic a nigrore di cta qui eam comitatur Buxtorf in lex Inde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Jer. 2. 18. Nilus ob aquarum nigredinem sic dictus uti etiam a Graecis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 early And Job complaineth My skinne saith hee is blacke upon me and my bones are burnt with heat Job 30. 30. And thus Jeremie lamenteth the blacknesse of the Nazarites visage saying their visage is blacker then a coale Lam. 4. 8. The words in the Originall run thus their visage is darker then blacknesse that is it is darke and sad with griefe and famine Again in Jerem. 14. 2. Judah mourneth and the gates thereof languish they are blacke unto the ground that is they are made to bow downe to the ground as David saith Psal 38. 6. I am troubled I am bowed down greatly or else for faintnesse they sinke and fall down to the Schiod in lex pentag lot ground as the Psalmist speaketh in Psal 89. 44. Thou hast cast his Throne downe to the ground that is I will afflict him and lay his glory in the dust thus darknesse and blacknesse may be taken for affliction 2. Blacknesse may also imply sinne and that in respect of her negligence which shee confesseth in that she did not keep well her own Vineyard The Apostle calleth sinne darknesse Col. 1. 13. Who hath delivered you from the power of darkenesse that is from the power and dominion of sin And again in 1 Thes 5. 5. The Apostle speaking to Believers saith Yee are the children of the light and the children of the day wee are not of the night or of darknesse hee meaneth the night and darknesse of sin Now darknesse is called sin in these foure respects 1. Because sin proceedeth from darknesse that is from the ignorance of the unregenerate understanding and will As the Apostle speaking of the Gentiles that did not glorifie God as God saith They became vaine in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkned Rom. 1. 21. And in Ephes 4. 18. Having their understanding darkned or as it is in the Original being darkned in the understanding being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the blindn●sse of their heart 2. Sin darkneth the very light of nature and men by sinne come to encrease their darknesse this is the meaning of the Apostle in the place before mentioned Rom. 1. 21. Because that when they knew God they glorified him not as God neither were thankefull but became vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkned that is it became darker then it was by nature for the Apostle telleth us in vers 20. That the light of nature would reach thus far as to know the invisible things of God by those that were visible that is by the creatures but saith the Apostle in v. 22. Professing themselves to be wise they became fooles that is they were grown more sottish then they were before 3. They that commit sinne love to act in darknesse they that doe the works of darknesse love to work in darknesse John 3. 19 20. Light is come into the world and men love darknesse rather then light because their deeds are evill that is they love darknesse because their deeds are deeds of darknesse For he that doth evill hateth and shunneth the light neither commeth to the light lost his deeds should be reproved or discovered and made manifest 4. Because darknes of sin brings unles it be pardoned in Christ darknesse of misery Everlasting punishment is called everlasting darknesse Lu. 8. 12. 22. 13. Darknesse leads to darknesse that pure darknesse upon the understanding leads to everlasting darknesse of misery Now in all these respects sinne may be called darknesse and blacknesse and seeing this is the nature of sin the Church in respect of the remainders of sinne may say I am blacke 3. By blacknesse we may understand her sorrow and mourning for her present miseries for black colour was the habit of mourners For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt astonishment hath taken hold on me Jer. 8. 21. That is I go in black as mourners use to do or else I mourn and am in heavinesse Now wee may take either of these interpretations concerning the Churches blacknesse for she was under the scorching sun of persecution and under the darknesse of sin by her negligence and under blacknesse of sorrow and mourning because of the two former to wit trouble and sin so the summe of all is this much I am blacke If you look upon me with carnall eyes my fairnesse doth not appear to the eye of sense and reason I have no externall beauty and therefore if you look upon me as the world looks upon me I shall seeme to be black and without any comelinesse at all Now to prevent this objection she addeth But comely Here by way of refutation though I am black yet I am also comely else it might have been reasoned against her thus Thou art black and therefore not to be beloved neither art thou a fit Spouse for this gloririous King that thou so magnifiest for it is most fit that such a worthy Prince should have a glorious and a beautifull Wife Shee answereth saying notwithstanding blacknesse yet I am lovely and to be desired The Hebrew Navah signifieth desireable comely amiable beautifull It is used to express that desire by which we long earnestly after a thing even with a greedy appetite according to this the Prophet useth it when he saith My soule desireth the first ripe fruit Mic. 7. 1. The Greeks turn it by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to desire and by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to wil Job 23. 13. And also they translate it goodly faire and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Desideravit In Niph 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Desiaerabitis per metalepsin pulcher decorus conveniens suit decuit beautifull Rom. 10. 15. How beautifull are the feet c. That is how amiable and how desireable are the feet of those that preach the Gospel of peace and bring tidings of great joy Now comelinesse consisteth in two things First in fairnesse of Complexion thus Christ is said to be beautifull by his countenance and complexion Cant. 5. 10. My beloved is white and ruddy White and red shew the best temperature in man the mixture of these two colours makes a beautifull and good complexion Herein the Church is also beautifull and commended for the comelinesse of her countenance Song 2. 14. And thy countenance is comely saith Christ 2. In a just symmetry or proportion of parts and thus Christ is set forth to be comely by that pleasant harmony and specious consent of parts which is found to be in him Song 5. 10 c. where the Church doth summe and