An exposition of the divinely prophetick Song of Songs which is Solomons beginning with the reign of David and Solomon, ending in the glorious kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ / adjusted to the expositor's line of time, and illustrating it, and composed into verse by T. Beverley.
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             An exposition of the divinely prophetick Song of Songs which is Solomons beginning with the reign of David and Solomon, ending in the glorious kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ / adjusted to the expositor's line of time, and illustrating it, and composed into verse by T. Beverley.
             Beverley, Thomas.
          
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             1687.
          
           
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           AN
           EXPOSITION
           OF
           THE
           Divinely
           Prophetick
           SONG
           OF
           SONGS
           WHICH
           IS
           SOLOMONS
           .
           Beginning
           with
           the
           Reign
           of
           David
           and
           
             Solomon
             ▪
          
           Ending
           in
           the
           Glorious
           Kingdom
           of
           our
           Lord
           JESUS
           CHRIST
           .
           Adjusted
           to
           the
           Expositor's
           Line
           of
           Time
           ,
           and
           Illustrating
           it
           .
           And
           Composed
           into
           VERSE
           .
           By
           
             T
             Beverley
          
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           .
           1687.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             THE
             PREFACE
             TO
             THE
          
           Exposition
           of
           Solomon's
           Song
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Justificacation
           ;
           that
           the
           Exposition
           ought
           to
           be
           Prophetical
           .
        
         
           THAT
           This
           Book
           of
           Holy
           Scripture
           hath
           been
           under
           a
           high
           Character
           of
           Honour
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           hath
           Imprinted
           an
           Awe
           and
           Veneration
           of
           it self
           upon
           the
           Minds
           of
           Wise
           and
           Holy
           Men
           ,
           is
           out
           of
           doubt
           ,
           both
           among
           Jews
           and
           Christians
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           enough
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           Jews
           prohibit
           any
           to
           read
           it
           ,
           till
           the
           Sacerdotal
           or
           Thirtieth
           Year
           of
           Age
           ;
           Now
           though
           this
           may
           savor
           of
           an
           over
           Fear
           ,
           which
           in
           Religious
           Matters
           dwells
           at
           the
           next
           door
           to
           Superstition
           ;
           Yet
           still
           it
           shews
           of
           how
           sublime
           a
           Majesty
           and
           Estimation
           this
           Song
           appear'd
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           with
           the
           same
           profound
           Reverence
           all
           Christians
           approach
           it
           ,
           who
           have
           any
           serious
           Sense
           of
           the
           Dread
           due
           to
           Sacred
           Oracles
           ;
           This
           Thing
           therefore
           is
           not
           of
           any
           doubt
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           a
           Question
           of
           much
           greater
           Intricacy
           and
           Perplexity
           ,
           what
           the
           drift
           ,
           scope
           ,
           and
           design
           of
           so
           uncontestably
           a
           Divine
           and
           Spiritual
           Song
           is
           .
        
         
           The
           generality
           of
           Interpreters
           look
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           Catholick
           seat
           ,
           or
           Universe
           of
           Allegories
           ,
           representing
           the
           Mystical
           Communion
           betwixt
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Spouse
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           every
           Believing
           Soul
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           although
           I
           defer
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           Any
           of
           the
           most
           Devoted
           to
           such
           Holy
           ,
           Spiritual
           ,
           and
           Heavenly
           Meditations
           ,
           as
           are
           deriv'd
           with
           Advantages
           of
           Piety
           and
           Prudence
           from
           this
           stupendious
           Allegory
           ,
           Yet
           I
           cannot
           ,
           for
           this
           very
           great
           Reason
           ,
           Rest
           in
           that
           Expository
           Sentiment
           ,
           that
           makes
           it
           the
           grand
           scope
           of
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           to
           give
           Rist
           to
           such
           Meditations
           .
        
         
         
           And
           this
           is
           my
           Reason
           ;
           All
           parts
           of
           Scripture
           have
           some
           so
           limited
           ,
           determinate
           ,
           defined
           scope
           and
           end
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           be
           misled
           from
           it
           by
           any
           Interpretation
           ;
           But
           it
           cannot
           be
           imagin'd
           ,
           or
           with
           any
           semblance
           suppos'd
           ,
           that
           from
           this
           Song
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           drawn
           a
           Frame
           or
           Platform
           ,
           either
           of
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           of
           particular
           Souls
           in
           Relation
           to
           their
           Communion
           with
           Christ
           ,
           or
           of
           Religious
           Discipline
           ,
           or
           Rules
           of
           Life
           ,
           that
           should
           traverse
           and
           cut
           with
           variety
           of
           Motions
           ,
           backward
           and
           forward
           ,
           that
           so
           Indefinite
           variety
           ,
           that
           these
           so
           manifold
           ,
           both
           new
           and
           repeated
           Emblematisms
           require
           .
        
         
           If
           then
           there
           be
           not
           a
           Frame
           and
           Model
           to
           stint
           and
           confine
           Interpretation
           ,
           this
           Song
           must
           be
           left
           to
           the
           differing
           Phantasies
           of
           all
           its
           Interpreters
           ,
           how
           many
           soever
           ,
           and
           nothing
           left
           to
           controll
           or
           correct
           them
           ,
           who
           do
           but
           keep
           to
           the
           general
           Analogy
           of
           pious
           Sense
           ,
           and
           natural
           Knowledge
           .
        
         
           For
           when
           the
           whole
           Universe
           serves
           the
           Images
           of
           thi●
           Sacred
           Poesie
           ,
           and
           that
           every
           Sprig
           may
           some
           way
           resemble
           God
           ;
           It
           may
           consequently
           be
           made
           serviceable
           to
           some
           spiritual
           Meditation
           ,
           and
           moral
           Document
           ;
           and
           so
           proportionably
           seeing
           the
           Communion
           betwixt
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           ,
           is
           of
           the
           same
           Divine
           ,
           Spiritual
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Nature
           ,
           every
           Particle
           of
           Nature
           used
           in
           this
           Song
           ,
           shall
           be
           subject
           to
           as
           many
           Descants
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           Ingenies
           to
           extract
           them
           ,
           agreeably
           to
           that
           foresaid
           Analogy
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           common
           Philosophy
           :
           And
           so
           the
           Song
           ,
           and
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           it
           ,
           
             unstable
             as
             Water
          
           ,
           having
           no
           consistent
           Figure
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           shall
           receive
           s●ape
           from
           every
           Vessel
           the
           Interpreter
           brings
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           surpasses
           my
           Understanding
           or
           Belief
           ,
           that
           so
           infinitely
           Wise
           ,
           and
           divinely
           Prudent
           an
           Author
           ,
           as
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           should
           write
           in
           such
           a
           Laxity
           as
           this
           ,
           Known
           to
           whom
           are
           all
           his
           Works
           of
           Scripture
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           various
           Censures
           and
           Senses
           each
           Iota
           of
           them
           shall
           undergo
           ,
           and
           hath
           supreme
           and
           determinate
           Counsels
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           which
           shall
           Over-rule
           them
           all
           .
           And
           so
           in
           this
           Song
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           ,
           if
           this
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Largeness
           of
           Interpretation
           were
           allowed
           ,
           It
           would
           yet
           be
           never
           possible
           to
           give
           any
           decent
           and
           congruous
           Agreement
           betwixt
           the
           Spouse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Company
             of
             Horses
             in
          
           Pharaohs
           
             Chariot
             ,
             Teeth
             like
             a
             Flock
             of
             Sheep
             bearing
             Twins
             ,
             Eyes
             as
             Fish
             pools
             ,
             Locks
             bushy
             ,
             and
             black
             as
             a
             Raven
             ,
          
           
           that
           should
           express
           the
           Communion
           betwixt
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           ,
           without
           some
           other
           Key
           of
           Interpretation
           ,
           that
           keeps
           the
           whole
           Tight
           to
           such
           a
           Frame
           and
           Model
           of
           things
           ,
           as
           was
           before
           desir'd
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           Interpreters
           therefore
           (
           though
           so
           very
           few
           as
           hardly
           to
           escape
           the
           Note
           of
           singularity
           )
           and
           of
           very
           Venerable
           Name
           ,
           who
           have
           understood
           by
           it
           a
           portraicture
           of
           the
           various
           States
           ,
           through
           which
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           hath
           pass'd
           in
           relation
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           so
           reciprocally
           of
           his
           Church
           in
           relation
           to
           his
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           from
           these
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           receiv'd
           the
           first
           Thoughts
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           Table
           is
           most
           agreeable
           to
           this
           Divine
           Composure
           .
        
         
           And
           herein
           I
           am
           not
           asham'd
           to
           acknowledgde
           ,
           I
           have
           borrowed
           most
           light
           from
           that
           very
           Admirable
           Man
           ,
           Mr.
           Brightman
           ,
           with
           whom
           Mr.
           Cotton
           ,
           that
           great
           Light
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           in
           
             New
             England
          
           Symbolises
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           I
           have
           retired
           from
           them
           ,
           in
           a
           careful
           Avoidance
           ,
           to
           press
           these
           Divine
           Figures
           too
           hard
           ,
           lest
           wringing
           them
           should
           bring
           forth
           Blood
           ;
           or
           to
           make
           the
           pursuit
           too
           far
           ,
           lest
           the
           Exposition
           should
           be
           too
           curious
           and
           minute
           :
           For
           in
           all
           Prophetical
           Expositions
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           there
           is
           most
           safety
           of
           Truth
           in
           resting
           upon
           the
           Bulk
           and
           Body
           of
           
             Scripture
             Prophecy
          
           ,
           and
           of
           History
           ,
           when
           only
           
             Humane
             History
          
           leads
           the
           Application
           ;
           but
           when
           
             Sacred
             History
          
           conducts
           it
           ,
           One
           may
           be
           much
           more
           bold
           ,
           or
           where
           the
           Instance
           is
           singular
           and
           notorious
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Antiochus
             Epiphanes
          
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           retired
           in
           these
           particularities
           of
           Interpretation
           ,
           from
           those
           two
           ,
           by
           me
           so
           honoured
           Expositors
           of
           this
           Song
           ;
           so
           I
           have
           as
           freely
           dissented
           from
           them
           ,
           wheresoever
           I
           see
           Reason
           .
        
         
           And
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           I
           take
           liberty
           to
           make
           this
           Digression
           ,
           and
           to
           observe
           ;
           It
           is
           a
           very
           frivolous
           Undertaking
           ,
           to
           attempt
           to
           bl●st
           the
           Interpretation
           of
           Prophetical
           Interpreters
           ,
           as
           of
           Mr
           Mede
           ,
           Mr.
           Brightman
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           me
           above
           all
           others
           most
           Indear'd
           Name
           of
           the
           most
           Learned
           ,
           Pious
           ,
           and
           Honoured
           Dr.
           More
           ,
           on
           Daniel
           ,
           and
           the
           Apocalypse
           ,
           and
           Others
           ;
           Because
           either
           Events
           have
           not
           answered
           their
           Calculations
           ,
           or
           because
           they
           differ
           among
           themselves
           .
        
         
           For
           herein
           is
           the
           great
           Mistake
           ,
           Men
           are
           angry
           These
           Prophetical
           Expositors
           do
           not
           ,
           as
           inspired
           Writers
           ,
           give
           Oracles
           ;
           Whereas
           God
           may
           wonderfully
           ,
           and
           beyond
           the
           ordinary
           standard
           ,
           assist
           his
           Servants
           in
           some
           grand
           Points
           ,
           to
           bring
           Light
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           
           to
           make
           great
           Efforts
           into
           the
           retired
           parts
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Prophecies
           ,
           and
           yet
           leave
           them
           in
           many
           Particulars
           ,
           to
           the
           Fallibility
           of
           their
           own
           Minds
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           Mistakes
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           is
           the
           Distinction
           betwixt
           the
           immediate
           Assistances
           of
           God
           ,
           vouchsafed
           to
           the
           Sacred
           Pen-men
           ,
           and
           Those
           ,
           whom
           he
           leads
           by
           the
           Mediation
           of
           their
           own
           Learning
           ,
           Search
           and
           Judgment
           :
           To
           the
           one
           ,
           He
           dictates
           wholly
           from
           himself
           ,
           To
           the
           other
           ,
           by
           an
           Excitation
           of
           their
           Faculties
           to
           make
           a
           due
           Inquiry
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           adjoin
           themselves
           to
           greatest
           Evidences
           of
           Reason
           :
           Together
           with
           which
           ,
           he
           may
           as
           he
           pleases
           extraordinarily
           awaken
           ,
           inject
           ,
           infuse
           into
           their
           Minds
           ,
           but
           so
           that
           the
           whole
           Assurance
           they
           have
           depends
           upon
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           all
           they
           claim
           to
           of
           Assent
           ,
           is
           upon
           the
           same
           Evidence
           ;
           where
           this
           then
           fails
           ,
           Mistake
           ensues
           ,
           and
           Assent
           is
           not
           due
           .
        
         
           From
           hence
           it
           follows
           ;
           As
           they
           may
           mistake
           ,
           so
           they
           may
           differ
           ,
           and
           One
           be
           in
           the
           right
           upon
           better
           Evidence
           ,
           where
           another
           is
           in
           the
           wrong
           upon
           no
           Evidence
           ,
           or
           insufficient
           Evidence
           ;
           Or
           Both
           may
           be
           Right
           ,
           or
           in
           an
           Errour
           on
           the
           same
           accounts
           ,
           and
           yet
           Both
           these
           may
           be
           in
           great
           Things
           eminent
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           God
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           agree
           therein
           ,
           being
           excited
           and
           conducted
           beyond
           the
           ordinary
           level
           of
           Men
           ,
           to
           attain
           Evidences
           true
           and
           firm
           in
           such
           Points
           ;
           where
           the
           generality
           ,
           yea
           ,
           where
           very
           few
           enter
           at
           all
           .
           And
           therefore
           those
           Mistakes
           and
           Differences
           ,
           shall
           not
           in
           the
           least
           invalidate
           the
           great
           Truths
           ,
           wherein
           they
           have
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           wherein
           they
           Agree
           :
           For
           all
           is
           to
           be
           valued
           by
           Evidence
           ;
           And
           Ignorance
           ,
           Inapprehensiveness
           ,
           Want
           of
           Diligence
           in
           others
           ,
           in
           Trying
           and
           Judging
           these
           Evidences
           ,
           to
           distinguish
           between
           Mistake
           and
           Truth
           ,
           and
           their
           Rejection
           of
           all
           for
           want
           of
           such
           Infallibility
           and
           Agreement
           ,
           makes
           no
           alterations
           in
           things
           themselves
           ,
           which
           neither
           will
           deceive
           ,
           nor
           can
           be
           deceived
           .
        
         
           And
           withal
           observe
           ,
           here
           are
           no
           more
           Grains
           of
           Allowance
           required
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           than
           in
           all
           kinds
           of
           Learning
           ,
           Knowledge
           ,
           Science
           ,
           and
           Arts
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           do
           not
           proceed
           upon
           Infallibility
           ,
           nor
           determine
           in
           any
           greater
           Universality
           of
           Consent
           .
           No
           not
           Theology
           it self
           ,
           beyond
           the
           very
           express
           Assertions
           of
           Scripture
           :
           If
           Men
           have
           a
           greater
           Antipathy
           and
           Aversion
           to
           make
           out
           after
           ,
           to
           try
           or
           to
           receive
           Prophetical
           Knowledge
           ,
           and
           to
           think
           it
           Reason
           enough
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           because
           Men
           mistake
           and
           differ
           ,
           (
           which
           same
           thing
           they
           
           do
           in
           all
           things
           )
           and
           though
           their
           Agreements
           in
           grand
           Points
           (
           as
           in
           all
           other
           Cases
           )
           is
           so
           valueable
           ,
           It
           cannot
           be
           helped
           ,
           till
           a
           better
           State
           of
           the
           World
           cure
           this
           so
           general
           Malady
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           from
           this
           long
           ,
           but
           most
           necessary
           Digression
           upon
           this
           Occasion
           .
           Although
           I
           do
           with
           all
           Thankfulness
           acknowledge
           the
           Helps
           I
           have
           received
           ,
           yet
           I
           humbly
           avow
           with
           lowliest
           Thanksgivings
           to
           God
           ;
           I
           have
           proceeded
           upon
           these
           peculiar
           Grounds
           ,
           deriv'd
           from
           his
           Word
           alone
           .
        
         
           I
           find
           no
           way
           of
           Interpretation
           so
           like
           to
           Circumscribe
           and
           Define
           the
           Sacred
           Sense
           of
           this
           Song
           ,
           as
           a
           Prophetical
           Course
           of
           Time
           ,
           which
           the
           Church
           passing
           through
           under
           the
           various
           Elevations
           and
           Depressions
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           ,
           it
           becomes
           capable
           of
           these
           so
           various
           Pictures
           ;
           And
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Course
           of
           Time
           ,
           God
           requires
           and
           calls
           back
           what
           is
           past
           into
           wonderful
           Agreements
           with
           what
           is
           present
           and
           to
           come
           ,
           upon
           which
           Solomon
           says
           ,
           
             There
             is
             no
             new
             thing
             under
             the
             Sun
          
           ;
           So
           in
           this
           Song
           ,
           supposing
           it
           such
           a
           Table
           of
           Time
           ,
           the
           Figures
           and
           Allegories
           in
           which
           those
           past
           things
           are
           pourtray'd
           ,
           may
           be
           requir'd
           and
           repeated
           ;
           For
           the
           States
           come
           to
           be
           repeated
           in
           their
           likenesses
           also
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           old
           Emblems
           are
           often
           recall'd
           ,
           and
           no
           new
           ones
           chosen
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           This
           then
           laid
           in
           the
           Foundation
           ,
           I
           farther
           observe
           ;
           From
           the
           very
           Beginning
           to
           the
           End
           of
           this
           Song
           ,
           there
           are
           under
           the
           Emblems
           of
           Spices
           of
           sweetest
           Smell
           ,
           and
           richest
           Perfume
           ,
           couch'd
           a
           preparation
           to
           a
           Royal
           Annointing
           ,
           in
           agreement
           with
           the
           Great
           Title
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Messiab
           ,
           or
           Annointed
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           allusion
           to
           Paradise
           ,
           the
           Palace
           Royal
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ;
           in
           all
           these
           there
           is
           a
           Designation
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Bridegroom
           ,
           and
           the
           Beloved
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           His
           Spouse
           ,
           and
           Bride
           ,
           which
           makes
           this
           Song
           Panegyrical
           or
           Inaugurative
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Again
           therefore
           I
           observe
           ,
           There
           is
           from
           the
           Beginning
           to
           the
           End
           of
           this
           Song
           a
           constant
           Design
           of
           drawing
           all
           the
           Preparations
           to
           a
           Marriage
           and
           Nuptial
           Solemnity
           ,
           by
           the
           holiest
           ,
           purest
           ,
           and
           most
           ardent
           Affections
           ,
           and
           all
           kind
           of
           Ceremonies
           ,
           and
           Retinue
           ,
           and
           Courtship
           for
           Espousals
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Glories
           and
           solemnization
           ,
           that
           agree
           to
           the
           Nuptial
           Love
           and
           Honour
           Christ
           is
           pleas'd
           to
           put
           upon
           his
           Spouse
           and
           Bride
           ,
           the
           Church
           ;
           And
           that
           as
           Marriage
           (
           which
           is
           a
           great
           Mystery
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           says
           ,
           speaking
           concerning
           
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           )
           was
           instituted
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           and
           there
           had
           its
           Beginning
           ;
           So
           in
           the
           
             Paradise
             of
             God
          
           it
           hath
           its
           Complement
           and
           Perfection
           .
           Now
           hereunto
           agree
           the
           so
           often
           mention
           of
           
             Flowers
             ,
             Gardens
          
           ,
           Virgins
           ,
           a
           Bed
           ,
           Espousals
           ,
           and
           innumerable
           the
           like
           :
           by
           which
           this
           Song
           looks
           so
           like
           an
           Epithalamium
           or
           Marriage-Song
           between
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           ,
           
             Revel
             .
             c.
          
           19.
           c.
           21.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           Further
           ,
           Because
           as
           the
           Grandeur
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           was
           by
           the
           Ancients
           addulced
           and
           sweetned
           with
           the
           Emblems
           of
           the
           Tenderness
           ,
           Care
           and
           Propriety
           of
           a
           Shepherd
           in
           his
           Flock
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Entertainments
           of
           Love
           and
           Amorous
           Contemplations
           were
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Shepherd's
           Life
           :
           Therefore
           in
           this
           Song
           ,
           there
           is
           so
           often
           mention
           of
           
             Kids
             ,
             Sheep
             ,
             Goats
             ,
             Roes
             ,
          
           and
           
             Hinds
             ,
             Lyons
             ,
             Leopards
             ,
             Roes
          
           and
           
             Hinds
             of
             the
             Field
          
           of
           a
           wilder
           Race
           ;
           of
           Shepherds
           ,
           and
           the
           Mountains
           They
           and
           their
           Flocks
           walk
           upon
           ,
           whereby
           this
           Song
           hath
           so
           much
           of
           a
           Pastoral
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           And
           lastly
           ,
           Because
           Enemies
           are
           oft
           to
           be
           overcome
           ,
           before
           Kingdoms
           can
           be
           enjoyed
           in
           Peace
           and
           Lustre
           ;
           there
           is
           therefore
           so
           often
           mention
           of
           Valiant
           
             Men
             ,
             Arms
             ,
             Armory
          
           ,
           and
           Armies
           ,
           by
           which
           this
           Song
           becomes
           Heroic
           and
           Triumphal
           .
        
         
           And
           all
           these
           things
           are
           drawn
           into
           Song
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           general
           Usage
           in
           ancient
           Times
           to
           Compose
           into
           Poesy
           ▪
           both
           their
           Wars
           ,
           the
           Glory
           of
           their
           Kings
           ,
           and
           also
           their
           Amours
           ,
           and
           Pastoral
           Divertisements
           .
        
         
           From
           these
           Considerations
           then
           ,
           we
           may
           have
           a
           general
           prospect
           and
           view
           upon
           the
           Frame
           and
           Model
           of
           this
           Song
           ,
           and
           so
           as
           to
           fix
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Pleasure
           of
           every
           Mercurial
           Phantasie
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Seeing
           every
           Course
           of
           Time
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           be
           limited
           and
           circumscribed
           ,
           and
           pourtrayed
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           Model
           and
           Table
           ,
           must
           have
           a
           Point
           ,
           when
           it
           begins
           ,
           and
           when
           it
           ends
           ,
           and
           a
           medium
           or
           middle
           Line
           ,
           in
           which
           it
           runs
           along
           ;
           I
           observe
           there
           are
           great
           Inducements
           ,
           as
           possibly
           we
           can
           desire
           ,
           to
           begin
           the
           Song
           in
           David
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           first
           Royal
           Ancestor
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Eminent
           
             Typical
             Messiah
          
           ,
           or
           
             Annointed
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Annointed
             with
             holy
             Oyl
             :
          
           A
           King
           raised
           from
           a
           Shepherd
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           wherein
           he
           was
           as
           it
           were
           by
           Education
           fitted
           to
           a
           Pastoral
           Government
           ,
           and
           prepared
           to
           become
           the
           
             sweet
             Singer
             of
             Israel
          
           ,
           in
           agreement
           so
           far
           with
           this
           Song
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           renowned
           ▪
           Warrior
           ,
           who
           Atchieved
           by
           
           Conquest
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           was
           therein
           eminently
           a
           Prophet
           and
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           not
           without
           some
           providential
           Resemblance
           of
           a
           Priest
           ,
           in
           being
           girded
           with
           the
           
             Priestly
             Ephod
          
           before
           the
           Lord
           ;
           Thus
           every
           way
           in
           so
           Eminent
           a
           Personage
           ,
           this
           Song
           was
           to
           begin
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           great
           a
           Type
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           his
           Psalms
           so
           great
           a
           Prophet
           of
           Christs
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           therein
           to
           give
           the
           
             Kisses
             of
             Christs
             mouth
          
           ,
           as
           he
           in
           his
           several
           Annointings
           ,
           diffus'd
           the
           
             savour
             of
             Christs
             Oyntments
          
           ,
           and
           drew
           
             the
             Virgins
             after
             him
          
           .
        
         
           In
           Union
           with
           
             David
             ,
             Solomon
          
           his
           Son
           is
           to
           be
           joyn'd
           ,
           who
           enjoyed
           in
           Splendor
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Magnificence
           the
           Kingdom
           that
           was
           the
           Acquest
           of
           David's
           Wars
           ,
           whose
           many
           Wives
           and
           Concubines
           ,
           like
           the
           sixty
           Queens
           ,
           the
           eighty
           Concubines
           ,
           and
           
             Virgins
             without
             number
             ,
             [
             c.
          
           6.
           8.
           
           ]
           which
           make
           the
           Spouse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           especially
           his
           
             Marriage
             of
          
           Pharaoh
           
             's
             Daughter
          
           with
           Royal
           Estate
           ,
           are
           greatly
           serviceable
           to
           this
           Song
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Representations
           it
           gives
           of
           the
           Spouse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Marriage
           to
           it
           :
           For
           that
           most
           Illustrious
           and
           Celebrated
           Queen
           ,
           
             Pharaohs
             Daughter
          
           ,
           (
           undoubtedly
           a
           Convert
           to
           the
           God
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           )
           was
           not
           only
           a
           Type
           of
           the
           
             Gentile
             Church
          
           in
           general
           but
           particularly
           of
           its
           State
           in
           the
           
             Philadelphian
             Interval
          
           ,
           so
           highly
           Honoured
           ,
           Revel
           .
           3.
           
        
         
           And
           for
           her
           ,
           as
           a
           Type
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           that
           state
           ,
           that
           Divinely
           Prophetick
           
             Fourty
             fifth
             Psalm
          
           was
           composed
           in
           so
           much
           Agreement
           with
           
             this
             Song
             ;
             a
             Song
             of
             Loves
             ,
          
           set
           to
           a
           Musical
           Instrument
           ,
           or
           Tune
           ,
           called
           Shoshannim
           ,
           or
           the
           Lillies
           ,
           among
           which
           ,
           this
           Song
           Represents
           so
           often
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           Feeding
           ;
           an
           Emblem
           of
           Purity
           at
           last
           set
           in
           Glory
           and
           Lustre
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Principal
           Intention
           of
           that
           Psalm
           ,
           is
           under
           the
           Type
           of
           Solomon
           and
           Pharaoh's
           Daughter
           to
           Represent
           Christ
           Annointed
           ,
           as
           on
           the
           Mount
           of
           Spices
           ,
           for
           his
           Appearance
           on
           his
           Royal
           Throne
           ;
           and
           taking
           his
           Church
           in
           the
           Philadelphian
           state
           to
           Himself
           ,
           as
           his
           Bride
           ,
           agreeable
           with
           the
           close
           of
           this
           Song
           :
           agreeable
           with
           the
           Promises
           to
           the
           
             Philadelphian
             Church
          
           ,
           agreeable
           with
           Revel
           .
           19.
           and
           c.
           21.
           
        
         
           And
           the
           very
           silence
           of
           
             Solomon's
             Israelitish
             Wives
          
           ,
           seems
           not
           to
           be
           without
           a
           Mystery
           ;
           but
           to
           express
           that
           long
           Desolate
           state
           of
           the
           whole
           
             Seed
             of
             Israel
          
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           yet
           there
           is
           a
           Revival
           at
           last
           in
           the
           Shulamite
           ,
           as
           Solomon
           had
           undoubtedly
           
             Israelitish
             Wives
          
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Repentance
           Return'd
           to
           them
           ,
           c.
           6.
           12
           ,
           13.
           
        
         
         
           And
           even
           in
           those
           Wives
           of
           the
           Idolatrous
           Nations
           ,
           Solomon
           took
           ,
           who
           
             Turn'd
             away
             his
             Heart
             from
             God
             ,
          
           He
           may
           be
           thus
           far
           a
           Type
           of
           the
           Love
           of
           Christ
           to
           the
           
             Heathen
             Idolatrous
             World
          
           ,
           and
           also
           of
           that
           great
           Scandal
           ,
           This
           hath
           against
           him
           the
           True
           Messiah
           given
           so
           long
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           from
           which
           yet
           Christ
           shall
           be
           vindicated
           at
           the
           Conversion
           of
           ALL
           ,
           as
           Solomon
           is
           by
           
             this
             Song
          
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Book
           of
           Ecclesiastes
           ,
           Vindicated
           from
           the
           Infamy
           of
           his
           Idolatry
           ;
           It
           being
           so
           Royal
           a
           Monument
           of
           his
           Repentance
           :
           This
           Solomon
           was
           also
           He
           ,
           who
           Built
           the
           
             Temple
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           House
           of
           State
           ,
           that
           serve
           also
           in
           this
           song
           as
           Types
           ;
           who
           lastly
           was
           a
           great
           Prince
           in
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Largeness
             of
             his
             Mind
          
           .
           This
           so
           great
           a
           Type
           ,
           yea
           so
           great
           a
           Prophecy
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           own
           Person
           and
           Reign
           ,
           and
           Marriages
           ,
           is
           commission'd
           as
           the
           most
           Elect
           Person
           to
           
             sing
             this
             song
          
           ,
           this
           
             Prophetical
             song
          
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           David
           did
           in
           so
           many
           Psalms
           .
           And
           such
           a
           Song
           was
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           so
           great
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Son
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           whose
           Wisdom
           had
           not
           been
           perfect
           in
           Honour
           ,
           without
           such
           a
           Prophecy
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           ;
           Seeing
           Prophecy
           and
           Prophecy
           of
           Christ
           was
           the
           highest
           point
           of
           Wisdom
           ;
           And
           it
           stands
           with
           Ecclesiastes
           as
           a
           Monument
           of
           the
           Repentance
           of
           this
           Great
           King
           after
           his
           Fall.
           
        
         
           Let
           then
           the
           Epoch
           of
           this
           Song
           be
           David's
           and
           Solomon's
           Reign
           in
           Conjunction
           ,
           and
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Course
           of
           Time
           to
           Christs
           Kingdom
           in
           this
           Song
           ,
           fix'd
           here
           ;
           And
           immediately
           after
           Solomon's
           death
           begins
           not
           a
           new
           Course
           ,
           but
           a
           new
           Character
           of
           this
           Course
           of
           Time
           ,
           carried
           on
           from
           Time
           to
           Time
           in
           the
           most
           Known
           ,
           Remarkable
           ,
           and
           Chronicular
           Events
           ,
           of
           greatest
           Renown
           in
           Scripture-History
           ,
           or
           Prophecy
           ,
           or
           Both
           ;
           or
           
             Scripture
             Prophecy
          
           ,
           and
           
             Humane
             History
          
           that
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           ,
           nor
           to
           have
           been
           such
           noble
           Events
           .
        
         
           Now
           then
           if
           in
           the
           very
           same
           order
           these
           Events
           keep
           with
           the
           Course
           of
           Time
           ,
           They
           have
           also
           such
           fit
           Emblems
           and
           Resemblances
           of
           them
           in
           
             this
             Song
          
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           order
           that
           They
           have
           all
           along
           to
           this
           very
           Day
           in
           the
           Course
           of
           Time
           ,
           I
           cannot
           account
           this
           less
           than
           great
           Evidence
           ,
           This
           Song
           is
           such
           a
           Frame
           or
           Table
           of
           Time
           ,
           as
           I
           assert
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           these
           may
           stand
           Fair
           ,
           Visible
           ,
           and
           Together
           ;
           I
           have
           Calendar'd
           them
           in
           the
           Annexed
           Table
           ,
           and
           Referr'd
           them
           to
           each
           part
           of
           this
           Song
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           References
           to
           each
           Page
           of
           the
           Book
           ;
           and
           also
           according
           to
           their
           Scituation
           ,
           and
           Place
           in
           the
           
           Course
           of
           Time
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           that
           Settlement
           I
           have
           endeavour'd
           to
           vindicate
           to
           them
           that
           in
           Course
           of
           Time
           ,
           by
           
             My
             Line
             of
             Time.
          
           
        
         
           Now
           I
           cannot
           but
           add
           ,
           as
           a
           farther
           Evidence
           of
           the
           
             Epoch
             of
             this
             Song
          
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           designs
           a
           Course
           of
           Time
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           gave
           Intimation
           just
           now
           ,
           viz.
           That
           after
           the
           Reign
           of
           David
           and
           Solomon
           ,
           In
           the
           Division
           of
           the
           Ten
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Two
             Tribes
          
           ,
           making
           
             a
             House
             of
             Judah
          
           ,
           and
           
             a
             House
             of
             Israel
             ,
             Ezekiel's
             Days
             for
             Years
             Began
             ,
          
           as
           an
           Introduction
           of
           
             Prophetical
             Time
          
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           declared
           a
           Medium
           ,
           or
           Mediation
           betwixt
           Historical
           and
           Prophetical
           Time
           :
           and
           on
           which
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           Prophetical
           Time
           Runs
           ;
           Upon
           this
           very
           point
           of
           Time
           ,
           This
           Song
           gives
           those
           two
           Remarks
           .
           1.
           
           Of
           that
           Division
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Tents
             of
             Kedar
          
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Curtains
             of
             Solomon
          
           ,
           And
           then
           of
           Rehoboam's
           Servitude
           under
           
             Shishak
             ,
             King
             of
             Aegypt
          
           ,
           where
           to
           distinguish
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           make
           most
           notorious
           that
           Time
           ;
           There
           is
           a
           more
           Uncouth
           Resemblance
           ,
           than
           is
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           whole
           Song
           beside
           ,
           
             viz.
             I
             have
             compared
             Thee
             ,
             O
             my
             Love
             ,
             to
             a
             Company
             of
             Horses
             in
          
           Pharaoh
           
             's
             Chariot
          
           ,
           c.
           1.
           5.
           9.
           as
           is
           Declared
           in
           the
           Exposition
           .
        
         
           A
           Second
           Thing
           I
           cannot
           but
           add
           in
           Confirmation
           of
           the
           Cou
           rse
           of
           Time
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           forasmuch
           as
           it
           was
           Fore-seen
           ,
           there
           would
           not
           be
           after
           the
           
             History
             of
             the
             Acts
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             Scripture
             History
          
           to
           bear
           up
           the
           
             Prophecy
             of
             Daniel
          
           ,
           looking
           beyond
           that
           Time
           ;
           nor
           of
           the
           Apocalypse
           ,
           Given
           after
           that
           Time
           ,
           We
           have
           therefore
           
             before
             the
             Apostolical
          
           Time
           a
           Precedent
           of
           depending
           upon
           the
           most
           undoubted
           Humane
           History
           ,
           for
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Remarkable
           Prophecies
           in
           the
           Judgment
           of
           all
           Expositors
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           some
           would
           fain
           Absolve
           all
           Daniel's
           Prophecy
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           
             Antiochus
             ,
             Taking
             away
             the
             Daily
             Sacrifice
          
           ;
           as
           great
           a
           Tyranny
           and
           Desolation
           of
           their
           Worship
           ,
           for
           the
           short
           time
           it
           lasted
           ,
           or
           greater
           than
           any
           the
           
             Jewish
             Church
          
           suffered
           till
           their
           
             Final
             Desolation
          
           ;
           And
           This
           ,
           though
           so
           solemnly
           prophecied
           of
           by
           Daniel
           ,
           we
           have
           only
           the
           
             History
             of
             the
             Maccabees
          
           and
           of
           Josephus
           to
           depend
           upon
           for
           the
           Exposition
           of
           it
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           counted
           so
           enough
           ,
           that
           no
           Interpreter
           doubts
           it
           .
        
         
           Why
           then
           should
           we
           not
           be
           as
           well
           satisfied
           in
           undoubted
           
             Humane
             History
          
           concerning
           the
           
             Roman
             Antichrist
          
           ,
           the
           Antitype
           to
           Antiochus
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           that
           
             Man
             of
             Sin
          
           in
           2
           Thessal
           .
           2.
           and
           the
           
             Beast
             ,
             Rev.
          
           c.
           13.
           c.
           17.
           
           And
           it
           is
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           how
           much
           in
           the
           same
           Emblems
           
             This
             Song
          
           may
           be
           fairly
           suppos'd
           to
           Descant
           on
           Both
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           the
           Type
           and
           the
           Antitype
           ;
           The
           Type
           ,
           c.
           3.
           before
           the
           Incarnation
           .
           
           The
           Antitype
           ,
           c.
           6.
           before
           the
           preparation
           of
           All
           Things
           ,
           and
           their
           running
           on
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           Christs
           Kingdom
           ,
           in
           c.
           7.
           c.
           8.
           
           And
           while
           there
           is
           an
           Agreement
           ,
           the
           due
           Distances
           are
           also
           maintain'd
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Epoch
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Running
           on
           of
           the
           Course
           being
           Remonstrated
           upon
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           the
           Period
           and
           Conclusion
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           the
           Song
           does
           not
           draw
           all
           things
           to
           their
           Consummation
           in
           the
           Glory
           of
           Christ's
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           into
           the
           Time
           of
           the
           Fullest
           Confluence
           of
           all
           to
           the
           True
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           
             one
             Gentile
             Church
          
           ,
           viz.
           
             the
             Fulness
             of
             the
             Gentiles
          
           ;
           The
           
             Antichristian
             Converts
          
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Reformed
             Churches
          
           ;
           Then
           the
           Jews
           or
           
             two
             Tribes
          
           Congregated
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Princes
             of
             the
             East
             looking
             out
             as
             the
             Morning
          
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           the
           Ten
           Tribes
           ;
           And
           then
           the
           
             whole
             Mountain
             of
             Spices
          
           flows
           into
           an
           Everlasting
           Unction
           of
           Christ
           into
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           who
           is
           then
           Annointed
           
             with
             the
             Oyl
             of
             Joy
             above
             his
             Fellows
             :
          
           A
           Kingdom
           above
           all
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           beyond
           which
           ,
           There
           is
           nothing
           but
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           And
           Concurrent
           with
           this
           End
           ,
           is
           the
           Highest
           Purity
           ,
           the
           most
           Ardent
           Love
           betwixt
           Christ
           and
           his
           Church
           ,
           the
           fullest
           Enjoyment
           ,
           as
           in
           not
           only
           a
           Supreme
           ,
           but
           an
           only
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Paradise
           of
           God
           ;
           as
           is
           so
           Remarkable
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           miss'd
           in
           the
           latter
           part
           ,
           or
           the
           three
           last
           Chapters
           
             of
             the
             Song
          
           :
           What
           then
           can
           ,
           if
           This
           does
           not
           deserve
           to
           be
           the
           Period
           and
           Point
           of
           the
           Course
           of
           Time
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           Song
           Commensurate
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           Adequate
           to
           Daniel's
           last
           Words
           of
           Prophecy
           ,
           and
           the
           drawing
           up
           all
           to
           an
           End
           in
           the
           Revelation
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           whole
           then
           ,
           There
           cannot
           be
           a
           greater
           proof
           of
           a
           Frame
           ,
           system
           ,
           or
           Model
           in
           any
           Writing
           ,
           that
           doth
           not
           openly
           declare
           it self
           to
           be
           so
           ,
           than
           to
           find
           out
           a
           just
           Order
           and
           Series
           ,
           and
           due
           Connexion
           in
           the
           Parts
           ;
           Nor
           in
           a
           Mystical
           Frame
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           Parts
           do
           fairly
           Express
           and
           Expose
           the
           Things
           ,
           that
           in
           such
           a
           Frame
           ,
           They
           are
           supposed
           to
           Expose
           :
           And
           if
           it
           be
           accounted
           in
           Philosophy
           a
           good
           Discharge
           to
           give
           an
           Hypothesis
           or
           Scheme
           of
           Nature
           agreeable
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           All
           Appearances
           safe
           in
           Relation
           one
           to
           another
           ;
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           be
           Esteemed
           a
           good
           Acquittal
           of
           my
           Undertaking
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           Project
           a
           Frame
           or
           System
           of
           this
           ,
           but
           to
           find
           that
           Frame
           laid
           in
           Scripture-History
           ,
           and
           Prophecy
           ,
           or
           in
           Scripture-Prophecy
           ,
           and
           Uncontestable
           
             Humane
             History
          
           ,
           as
           of
           Antiochus
           his
           Tyranny
           just
           now
           to
           this
           purpose
           Instanc'd
           ,
           and
           to
           find
           the
           Images
           of
           
             Prophetick
             Song
          
           all
           along
           Agreeing
           .
        
         
         
           And
           I
           hope
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           no
           more
           disallowed
           to
           Expound
           
             this
             Song
          
           into
           a
           continued
           Parable
           without
           dowright
           Demonstration
           ,
           than
           it
           is
           to
           Expound
           the
           Parts
           of
           
             this
             Song
          
           in
           several
           and
           particular
           Parables
           ,
           with
           as
           little
           Demonstration
           as
           General
           Interpreters
           do
           :
           In
           fine
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Song
           so
           laid
           into
           a
           Parable
           ,
           may
           be
           Accepted
           ▪
           as
           well
           as
           any
           other
           Theological
           Parable
           ,
           of
           which
           there
           are
           Examples
           ,
           seeing
           all
           the
           Parts
           and
           Lines
           on
           which
           it
           is
           grounded
           ,
           are
           undoubtedly
           Divine
           ,
           and
           the
           Exposition
           so
           fairly
           put
           for
           ,
           to
           be
           Justified
           as
           Divine
           also
           .
        
         
           For
           I
           acknowledge
           ,
           That
           which
           enabled
           me
           to
           bring
           this
           Song
           into
           the
           Contexture
           ,
           wherein
           it
           is
           now
           Presented
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           gave
           me
           also
           the
           occasion
           ,
           and
           the
           Engagement
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             The
             Scripture-Line
             of
             Time
          
           ,
           I
           lately
           Published
           ,
           To
           which
           I
           have
           in
           the
           Title
           declared
           ,
           It
           is
           Adjusted
           ;
           and
           which
           I
           have
           pursued
           along
           in
           the
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Song
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Signification
           of
           the
           Emblems
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Notes
           of
           Time.
           
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           upon
           This
           Hope
           ,
           that
           These
           two
           may
           give
           Light
           and
           Strength
           ,
           one
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           same
           Things
           variously
           Represented
           ,
           make
           them
           clearer
           and
           easier
           to
           general
           Apprehension
           ;
           Some
           Things
           being
           plainer
           to
           some
           in
           one
           Dress
           ,
           to
           some
           in
           another
           ,
           and
           each
           gives
           Light
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           when
           They
           are
           Compar'd
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           this
           Song
           ,
           and
           its
           Exposition
           ,
           Things
           lye
           much
           nearer
           and
           closer
           one
           to
           another
           ;
           They
           are
           more
           suddenly
           seen
           and
           Apprehended
           ,
           more
           easily
           Grasp'd
           ,
           and
           more
           easily
           Remembred
           :
           And
           what
           requires
           either
           fuller
           Discourse
           ,
           or
           Proof
           ,
           may
           be
           sought
           in
           those
           larger
           Prophetical
           Discussions
           of
           the
           Line
           of
           Time.
           
        
         
           But
           above
           All
           ,
           The
           Compare
           of
           these
           Three
           Great
           Prophets
           ,
           (
           besides
           others
           )
           
             viz.
             Solomon
             ,
             Daniel
             ,
             John
             ,
          
           the
           Three
           Beloveds
           ,
           does
           exceedingly
           inlighten
           and
           strengthen
           my
           Prophetical
           Scheme
           ;
           For
           when
           the
           Three
           Frames
           differ
           in
           Circumstances
           ,
           and
           yet
           agree
           in
           Essentials
           ;
           There
           can
           be
           no
           greater
           Conviction
           of
           a
           Design'd
           Scheme
           of
           Prophecy
           ,
           nor
           happier
           Conduct
           into
           it
           ,
           than
           their
           compare
           one
           with
           another
           :
           And
           such
           a
           three-fold
           Cord
           is
           not
           easily
           broken
           .
           And
           in
           the
           Mouth
           of
           not
           Two
           but
           Three
           Witnesses
           ,
           every
           word
           is
           Established
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           chosen
           to
           Present
           this
           Song
           in
           Verse
           ,
           in
           Conformity
           to
           the
           Divine
           Poesy
           ,
           not
           pretending
           to
           Excel
           herein
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           come
           
           within
           any
           distance
           of
           the
           Original
           ;
           but
           to
           come
           something
           nearer
           the
           High
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           Lofty
           Air
           of
           this
           Song
           ,
           than
           plain
           Exposition
           in
           Prose
           could
           do
           ;
           I
           am
           also
           in
           Hope
           ,
           that
           the
           Diversion
           and
           Acceptableness
           of
           Words
           in
           number
           and
           measure
           ,
           may
           Invite
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Matter
           so
           convey'd
           ,
           and
           that
           while
           the
           Poetry
           is
           Censur'd
           and
           Condemn'd
           ,
           yet
           the
           Sense
           may
           slide
           in
           ,
           and
           lay
           hold
           of
           the
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           And
           lest
           any
           Difficulty
           in
           such
           a
           stinted
           Form
           of
           Words
           should
           occur
           ,
           I
           have
           by
           brief
           Notes
           Explaining
           Words
           and
           sense
           ,
           endeavoured
           to
           Illustrate
           such
           Difficulties
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           as
           I
           desire
           ,
           This
           Poem
           should
           look
           backward
           to
           the
           Line
           of
           Time
           I
           have
           already
           ,
           or
           shall
           with
           this
           offer
           to
           any
           Hand
           ,
           so
           I
           desire
           It
           should
           look
           forward
           to
           a
           second
           Part
           ,
           now
           in
           the
           Press
           ,
           and
           wherein
           I
           Beg
           the
           assistance
           of
           all
           who
           shall
           be
           induc'd
           to
           favour
           the
           Undertaking
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           That
           all
           Things
           may
           be
           made
           most
           plain
           ,
           I
           have
           plac'd
           this
           Table
           ,
           as
           in
           Entrance
           to
           the
           Exposition
           of
           this
           Song
           ;
           That
           every
           one
           may
           run
           and
           Read
           those
           great
           Heads
           of
           Prophecy
           in
           their
           order
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Series
           of
           Time
           ,
           wherein
           they
           are
           set
           ;
           the
           Events
           themselves
           none
           can
           deny
           to
           be
           the
           greatest
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           found
           in
           Scripture-History
           ,
           or
           suppos'd
           in
           Scripture-prophecy
           ,
           nor
           call
           in
           question
           their
           successive
           Order
           in
           Time
           ;
           So
           that
           every
           one
           may
           compare
           the
           Images
           ,
           which
           are
           undoubtedly
           Divine
           ,
           and
           then
           set
           them
           close
           to
           the
           Exposition
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           the
           
             Line
             of
             Time
          
           endeavour'd
           to
           be
           prov'd
           Divine
           also
           ,
           by
           immediate
           Scripture
           Consequence
           ;
           and
           when
           their
           place
           in
           Time
           cannot
           be
           contested
           what
           can
           be
           doubted
           ;
        
         
           There
           is
           but
           one
           grand
           Event
           ,
           which
           I
           can
           think
           of
           ,
           which
           can
           in
           this
           Song
           be
           suppos'd
           to
           be
           omitted
           ;
           And
           that
           is
           the
           Desolation
           of
           the
           Jews
           by
           the
           Romans
           :
           But
           that
           ,
           asunfit
           for
           a
           
             Song
             of
             Loves
          
           is
           glided
           over
           ,
           and
           rather
           suppos'd
           by
           the
           
             Gentile
             Church
          
           ,
           entring
           into
           the
           whole
           play
           of
           the
           Song
           then
           describ'd
           ,
           even
           as
           Gods
           Casting
           the
           
             Ten
             Tribes
          
           out
           of
           
             his
             sight
          
           ,
           is
           silently
           made
           known
           by
           the
           Songs
           Reference
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Judah
           only
           :
           And
           observe
           ,
           those
           
             Jewish
             Desolations
          
           are
           shaded
           over
           in
           the
           
             Red
             Horse
          
           of
           War
           in
           the
           Apocalypse
           ,
           and
           given
           in
           Daniel
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Appendage
           to
           the
           Cutting
           off
           the
           Messiah
           .
           But
           most
           fully
           given
           Ezek.
           c.
           16.
           c.
           23.
           
        
         
           To
           Conclude
           ,
           as
           I
           humbly
           Beg
           the
           Prayers
           of
           All
           ,
           who
           have
           Favour
           for
           Endeavours
           in
           the
           Clearing
           of
           Prophecy
           ;
           So
           I
           most
           Humbly
           and
           Ardently
           Pray
           for
           Blessing
           from
           Above
           ,
           upon
           what
           is
           here
           Presented
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           Read
           and
           Understand
           this
           Prophecy
           ,
           
             and
             may
             wait
             and
             come
             to
             the
             End
             of
             the
          
           1335
           
             Days
             ,
             For
             the
             Time
             is
             at
             Hand
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           TABLE
           OF
           THE
           GRAND
           EVENTS
           Relating
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           States
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           from
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           David
           begun
           ,
           to
           his
           own
           Glorious
           Appearance
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           ;
           given
           in
           this
           Song
           .
        
         
           
             AFTER
             the
             general
             Argument
             ,
             Solomons
             Preface
             ,
             and
             the
             Expositors
             Preface
             ,
             
               p.
               1.
               p.
               2.
            
             
          
           
             
               
                 Years
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               2949
            
             Davids
             Reign
             began
             ,
             and
             with
             Solomons
             Reign
             made
             eighty
             years
             ,
             
               p.
               3.
               p.
               4
               ,
               5.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Years
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               3029
            
             Jeroboams
             Reign
             ,
             and
             the
             parting
             of
             the
             Kingdoms
             ,
             
               p.
               6
               ,
               7.
            
             
          
           
             Rehoboams
             Reign
             ,
             p.
             8.
             
          
           
             Asaes
             and
             Jehosaphats
             Reign
             ,
             p.
             9.
             
          
           
             The
             Reign
             of
             
               Ahaziah
               ,
               Joash
               ,
               Amaziah
            
             ,
             omitted
             in
             the
             Genealogy
             of
             Christ
             ,
             compar'd
             to
             a
             bundle
             of
             Myrrh
             in
             the
             Night
             
               p.
               10.
            
             
          
           
             
               Abiiam
               ,
               Joram
               ,
               Ahaz
               ,
               Manasseh
               ,
            
             before
             Repentance
             ,
             Amon
             ,
             those
             worst
             Kings
             bundled
             with
             Uzziah
             ,
             and
             Jotham
             ,
             and
             Manasseh
             after
             Repentance
             ,
             as
             Camphire
             or
             Cypress
             giving
             some
             sweetness
             
               p.
               11.
            
             
          
           
             Hezekiahs
             ,
             and
             Josiahs
             Reign
             p.
             11.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Reigns
               of
            
             Jehoahaz
             ,
             Jehoiakim
             ,
             Jeconiah
             ,
             Zedekiah
             ,
             p.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Years
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               3389
            
             The
             Captivity
             of
             the
             seventy
             years
             ,
             beginning
             in
             Jehoiakims
             sixth
             and
             seventh
             years
             ,
             
               p.
               13
               ,
               14.
            
             
          
           
             
             The
             return
             of
             the
             Captivity
             ,
             
               p.
               15
               ,
               16
               ,
               17.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Years
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               3459
            
             The
             setled
             State
             of
             the
             Church
             under
             Ezra
             and
             
               Nehemiah
               ,
               p.
               17
               ,
               18.
               
            
          
           
             *
             The
             division
             of
             Time
             by
             the
             Mountains
             of
             Bether
             ,
             before
             and
             after
             the
             Captivity
             ,
             
               p.
               19
               ,
               20.
            
             
          
           
             
               Antiochus
               Epiphanes
            
             making
             the
             Sanctuary
             desolate
             ;
             according
             to
             Daniels
             Prophesie
             ,
             and
             the
             History
             of
             the
             
               Maccabees
               ,
               p.
               21.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Recovery
             of
             the
             Temple-Worship
             ,
             and
             Christ
             in
             it
             ,
             till
             the
             Incarnation
             ,
             
               p.
               22.
            
             
          
           
             
               
                 Years
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               3987
            
             The
             Incarnation
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               p.
               24.
            
             
          
           
             
               
                 Years
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               4020
            
             The
             Death
             and
             Resurrection
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               p.
               25.
            
             
          
           
             
               
                 Year
                 of
                 Christ
              
               33.
               34.
               
            
             A
             Description
             of
             the
             Apostolick
             Church
             ,
             
               p.
               26
               ,
               27.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Ascension
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               p.
               28
               ,
               29.
            
             
          
           
             
             The
             sending
             down
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             
               p.
               29
               ,
               30.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Gentiles
             call'd
             ,
             and
             becomming
             a
             Sister
             Church
             ,
             
               p.
               31.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Gentile
             Church
             becoming
             as
             the
             only
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Jews
             under
             silence
             :
             with
             the
             Scripture
             Admonitions
             in
             that
             case
             ,
             
               p.
               32.
            
             
          
           
             
             The
             sealed
             Time
             entring
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             is
             stay'd
             ,
             and
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Churches
             under
             the
             Apocalyptick
             Symbols
             of
             Ephesus
             ;
             and
             of
             Smyrna
             ,
             under
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             Christian
             Emperours
             ,
             
               p.
               33
               ,
               34
               ,
               35
               ,
               36.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Of
                 the
                 World
              
               4424
            
             
               
                 Year
                 of
                 Christ
              
               437
            
             
             The
             Apostacy
             of
             the
             Christian
             Church
             ,
             under
             the
             Church
             of
             Pergamus
             ,
             symboliz'd
             in
             the
             
               Revelation
               ,
               p.
               37
               ,
               38
               ,
               39
               ,
               40.
               
            
          
           
             The
             distribution
             of
             the
             1260
             Days
             of
             the
             Witnesses
             Sackcloth
             ,
             the
             Woman
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
             under
             the
             Gentiles
             42
             months
             ,
             and
             the
             Beasts
             42
             months
             knitting
             one
             into
             another
             ,
             and
             becoming
             equal
             with
             the
             1260
             dayes
             ,
             
               p.
               41
               ,
               42.
            
             
          
           
             
               
                 Year
                 of
                 Christ
              
               about
               1400.
               
            
             The
             Description
             of
             the
             Churches
             true
             Beloved
             ,
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Thyatira
             ,
             in
             opposition
             to
             Antichrist
             ,
             
               p.
               43
               ,
               44
               ,
               45
               ,
               46.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Year
                 of
                 Christ
              
               1527
               ,
               and
               forward
               .
            
             The
             Churches
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             
               Thyatyra
               ;
               Sardis
            
             ,
             and
             Philadelphia
             ,
             searching
             for
             the
             Beloved
             ,
             and
             call'd
             Protestants
             ,
             
               p.
               47
               ,
               48.
            
             
          
           
             
               
                 World
                 ,
              
               5684
            
             
               
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               1597
            
             The
             State
             of
             the
             Philadelphian
             Churches
             Interval
             ,
             or
             the
             last
             75
             years
             of
             the
             
               2300
               ,
               p.
               49
               ,
               50
               ,
               51.
               
            
          
           
             The
             calling
             of
             the
             Jews
             of
             the
             two
             Tribes
             ,
             
               p.
               56.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Spouse
             praises
             the
             Jewish
             Body
             coming
             into
             Vnion
             with
             it
             ,
             
               p.
               58
               ,
               59
               ,
               [
               60
               ,
               61
               ,
               62.
               
            
          
           
             The
             Jews
             return
             thus
             distinctly
             plac'd
             ,
             the
             Song
             returns
             to
             the
             one
             Spouse
             so
             grac'd
             ,
             who
             now
             speaks
             ,
             
               p.
               63
               ,
               64.
            
             
          
           
             The
             earnest
             desire
             of
             the
             Church
             for
             the
             Personal
             Appearance
             ,
             and
             Reign
             of
             Christ
             in
             Humane
             Nature
             ,
             
               p.
               64
               ,
               65.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Appearance
             of
             the
             Ten
             Tribes
             as
             on
             the
             sudden
             ,
             
               p.
               65
               ,
               66.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Spouse
             concerning
             those
             Ten
             Tribes
             newly
             return'd
             ,
             and
             the
             Answer
             of
             the
             Ten
             Tribes
             ,
             
               p.
               67
               ,
               68.
            
             
          
           
             
               
                 Year
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               5759
            
             
               
                 Year
                 of
                 Christ
              
               1772
            
             
             A
             Description
             of
             the
             supreme
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             under
             the
             Parable
             of
             Solomons
             Royal
             Vineyard
             ;
             with
             a
             Conclusion
             comprizing
             Christs
             Incitation
             of
             his
             Church
             to
             desire
             his
             Appearance
             ,
             and
             the
             Churches
             Prayers
             for
             it
             ;
             like
             the
             end
             of
             the
             
               Revelation
               ,
               p.
               69
               ,
               70.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Cant.
             8.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             Revel
             .
             22
             ,
             17
             ,
             20.
             compar'd
             .
          
           
             
               
               Cause
               me
               to
               hear
               the
               Companions
               Hearkning
               to
               thy
               Voice
               .
            
             
               
               Make
               haste
               ,
               my
               Beloved
               ,
               and
               be
               thou
               like
               a
               young
               Roe
               on
               the
               Mountain
               of
               Spices
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Spirit
               and
               the
               Bride
               say
               ,
               Come
               .
               Let
               him
               that
               heareth
               or
               hearkneth
               to
               this
               Voice
               ,
               say
               ,
               Come
               .
               ALL
               SAID
               ,
               Come
               Lord
               Jesus
               come
               quickly
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Argument
           .
        
         
           AN
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Divinely
           Prophetick
           
             Song
             of
             Songs
             ,
             which
             is
             Solomons
             :
          
           The
           Epoch
           or
           Beginning
           of
           which
           is
           to
           be
           Fixed
           at
           David's
           Unction
           ,
           
             
               Year
               of
               the
               World
            
             about
             2950.
             
          
           or
           Annointing
           into
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Judah
           and
           Israel
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Grand
           Typical
           Messiah
           :
           The
           Period
           of
           this
           Song
           is
           in
           
             The
             Glorious
             Kingdom
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           the
           True
           Solomon
           ,
           King
           of
           Peace
           ,
           King
           of
           Glory
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           David
           ,
           the
           Only
           True
           Messiah
           :
           In
           a
           Prayer
           for
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           This
           Song
           of
           
             Solomon
             ,
             Jedidiah
          
           ,
           the
           Beloved
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           Ends
           ;
           Thus
           —
        
         
           Make
           haste
           ,
           my
           Beloved
           ;
           And
           be
           Thou
           as
           a
           Roe
           ,
           or
           a
           young
           Hart
           on
           the
           Mountain
           of
           Spices
           ,
        
         
           chap.
           8.
           ult
           .
        
         
           Even
           as
           the
           Beloved
           Daniel
           Ends
           in
           the
           
             Blessedness
             of
             that
             End
             of
             Dayes
             ,
          
           
             Dan.
             12.
             ult
             .
          
        
         
           And
           the
           Beloved
           Disciple
           John
           in
           that
           Prayer
           ,
           Even
           so
           come
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           shuts
           up
           his
           Revelation
           .
        
         
           The
           Exposition
           is
           compos'd
           into
           Verse
           ,
           in
           Imitation
           of
           the
           Divinely
           Inspired
           Poesie
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           Dictated
           it
           to
           Solomon
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Persons
             speaking
             are
             ,
          
           
             The
             Spouse
             of
             the
             King
             ,
          
           
             The
             True
             Church
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             himself
             ,
          
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             God-Man
             .
          
           
             The
             Chorus
             ,
             or
             Quire
             ,
          
           
             The
             Saints
             of
             every
             Age.
             
          
        
         
           The
           Sacred
           Text
           ,
           with
           the
           Times
           of
           each
           Stanza
           ,
           or
           Canticle
           of
           this
           Song
           ,
           Adjusted
           to
           the
           Expositor's
           
             Line
             of
             Time
          
           ,
           and
           Illustrating
           it
           ,
           is
           given
           ,
           with
           short
           Marginal
           Notes
           for
           the
           Explication
           of
           any
           Difficulties
           in
           Words
           ,
           or
           Sense
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Solomon
           's
           Preface
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Chap.
              
               1
            
             
               
                 ver
                 .
              
               1
            
             The
             Song
             of
             Songs
             which
             is
             Solomons
             .
          
           
             THis
             Divine
             Song
             of
             Songs
          
           
             To
             Solomon
             belongs
             ;
          
           
             The
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             Type
             to
             Solomon
             ,
          
           
             The
             Life
             to
             Christ
             alone
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Preface
             of
             the
             Expositor
             .
          
           
             MAy
             Notes explaining the Senſe. b
             th'
             Holy
             Breath
             now
             fill
             my
             humble
             Sails
             ,
          
           
             That
             swell'd
             King
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             Schelom's
             Thoughts
             with
             first
             born
             Gales
             ;
          
           
             While
             Sp'rite
             Divine
             did
             th'
             Royal
             Phant'sy
             steer
             ,
          
           
             He
             sung
             the
             Song
             ,
             the
             World
             of
             Songs
             can't
             Peer
             ;
          
           
             A
             Song
             ,
             that
             Sacred
             Senses
             Enterweaves
          
           
             With
             Prophecies
             so
             high
             ,
             that
             Notes explaining the Senſe. c
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             Sybils
             leaves
          
           
             So
             fam'd
             ,
             to
             Ballads
             dwindle
             in
             Compare
             ,
          
           
             Or
             silenc'd
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             Oracles
             ;
             This
             does
             declare
          
           
             That
             Princely
             Stem
             ,
             whom
             David's
             Kingly
             Root
          
           
             From
             Low
             Beginnings
             did
             in
             Schelom
             shoot
          
           
             'Bove
             Earthly
             Kings
             ,
             and
             still
             in
             David's
             Son
             ,
          
           
             And
             Lord
             ,
             much
             higher
             lifts
             true
             Solomon
          
           
             
             Till
             Heaven
             opens
             ,
             and
             on
             Skies
             he
             rides
          
           
             Triumphant
             ,
             and
             all
             Power
             Endless
             guides
             :
          
           
             Fix
             then
             the
             Foot
             of
             Schelom's
             Inspir'd
             Layes
          
           
             In
             Regnant
             David's
             first
             Annointed
             Dayes
             ;
          
           
             And
             there
             of
             Right
             ;
             For
             there
             the
             Olive
             thriv'd
          
           
             Into
             a
             Scepter
             ,
             and
             its
             Oyl
             deriv'd
             :
          
           
           
             From
             Notes explaining the Senſe. d
             hence
             those
             Holy
             Concerts
             are
             display'd
          
           
             Which
             'twixt
             True
             Schelom
             and
             his
             Church
             are
             laid
             ,
          
           
             Wherein
             its
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             Hieroglyphicks
             are
             carv'd
             out
          
           
             Through
             every
             Stage
             of
             Time
             ,
             and
             which
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             Redoubt
          
           
             Its
             State
             ;
             not
             such
             oft-times
             as
             Poets
             paint
          
           
             Their
             Beauties
             in
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             vulgar
             Quaint
          
           
             Of
             Phancy
             ,
             but
             in
             Images
             ,
             low
             ,
             plain
             ,
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. e
             Divinely
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             sensy
             ,
             solid
             ,
             free
             from
             vain
             ,
          
           
             And
             yet
             so
             High
             ,
             no
             mortal
             Quill
             can
             touch
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             Mysteries
             in
             humble
             Phrase
             so
             couch
             :
          
        
         
           
             This
             Song
             is
             enterchang'd
             'twixt
             Notes explaining the Senſe. f
             th'
             Spouse
             ,
             and
             King
             ,
          
           
             Who
             turn
             it
             round
             ,
             as
             't
             were
             in
             Holy
             Ring
             ;
          
           
             The
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             Choir
             of
             Saints
             informes
             ,
             censures
             ,
             approves
             ,
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             Condoles
             ,
             Notes explaining Words. 6
             conjoyes
             ,
             as
             each
             occasion
             moves
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               David
               's
               Reign
               of
               forty
               Years
               .
            
             
               LET
               thirsty
               me
               now
               drink
               the
               Christal
               Breath
               ,
            
             
               That
               from
               his
               Word
               ,
               like
               Kisses
               followeth
               ,
               
            
             
               While
               Israels
               sweetest
               Singer
               with
               Harp
               skims
            
             
               The
               tuned
               melting
               Air
               ;
               The
               Notes explaining Words. 7
               Nectar
               swims
            
             
               Around
               my
               Lips
               ,
               with
               Raptures
               all
               Divine
               ,
            
             
               More
               Rich
               ,
               more
               Notes explaining Words. 8
               Vivid
               than
               the
               flavour'd
               Wine
               ;
               
            
             
               While
               Truth
               in
               Streams
               it self
               thus
               Disembogues
               ,
            
             
               As
               chastest
               Kisses
               ,
               Loves
               sweet
               Notes explaining Words. 9
               Dialogues
               ,
            
             
               I
               own
               them
               ;
               and
               from
               Him
               ,
               whom
               my
               Soul
               loves
               ,
            
             
               Who
               all
               His
               Favours
               into
               Life
               improves
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               
               Oh
               thou
               the
               True
               Annoint'd
               ,
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               Messiah
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               hight
               ,
            
             
               Thy
               God-like
               Notes explaining the Senſe. h
               Oyntments
               give
               thy
               Name
               the
               Right
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               Thy
               fragrant
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               Atomes
               draw
               the
               Notes explaining the Senſe. i
               Virgin
               Souls
               ,
            
             
               Seiz'd
               with
               thy
               Holy
               Flames
               ,
               they
               meet
               in
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Sholes
            
             
               Within
               thy
               pure
               Embrace
               ,
               piercing
               the
               Type
            
             
               Of
               thy
               Grand
               Sire
               ,
               and
               by
               that
               Conduit
               Pipe
            
             
               
               Arrive
               to
               thee
               ,
               Great
               Saviour
               ,
               whose
               large
               Wing
            
             
               Shaded
               thy
               Father
               ,
               who
               of
               Thee
               did
               sing
            
             
               With
               highest
               Pleasure
               ,
               and
               with
               strongest
               Trust
            
             
               thou
               'dst
               raise
               His
               Scepter
               with
               himself
               from
               Dust
               .
            
          
           
             
               Solomon's
               Reign
               ,
               36
               years
               ,
               from
               the
               Temple
               begun
               ;
               40
               in
               the
               whole
               .
            
             
               
               But
               though
               thy
               fragrant
               Oyntments
               Virgins
               win
            
             
               To
               thee
               ,
               the
               Notes explaining Words. 6
               bloody
               Fields
               ,
               and
               Camps
               within
            
             
               Yet
               more
               them
               move
               ,
               The
               Rooms
               of
               Love
               ,
               and
               State
            
             
               Notes explaining Words. 7
               Chambers
               in
               Schelom's
               Temple
               Emblemate
            
             
               Where
               greater
               Freedoms
               of
               Thy
               Love
               ,
               Thy
               Grace
               ,
            
             
               May
               former
               Notes explaining Words. 8
               Scenes
               of
               Misery
               efface
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               The
               Goblets
               crowned
               with
               the
               lusty
               Wine
            
             
               Did
               not
               at
               th'
               Notes explaining Words. 9
               Dedication
               so
               Refine
            
             
               Our
               drooping
               Spirits
               ,
               as
               Thy
               nobler
               Love
               ,
            
             
               The
               Characters
               of
               which
               what
               can
               remove
               ?
            
             
             
               Not
               Notes explaining Words. 10
               Schelom's
               After-fall
               ,
               no
               tempting
               Feasts
               
            
             
               On
               Idol
               Sacrifices
               ;
               Our
               warm
               Notes explaining Words. 11
               Quests
            
             
               Still
               Thee
               alone
               pursue
               ;
               no
               foolish
               Fire
            
             
               Of
               
                 Ast'roth
                 ,
                 Milchom
                 ,
                 Chemosh
              
               ,
               us
               inspire
               ;
            
             
               The
               Upright
               love
               Thee
               ,
               and
               recall
               Thy
               Love
               ,
            
             
               However
               Schelom
               with
               his
               Pleasures
               move
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               But
               even
               He
               Notes explaining the Senſe. m
               repenting
               to
               this
               Point
            
             
               Thy Self
               return'd
               ,
               Notes explaining Words. 12
               Ecclesiast
               Anoinct
            
             
               And
               so
               Atton'd
               ,
               this
               Song
               of
               Songs
               He
               sings
               ,
            
             
               As
               Royal
               Prophet
               mount'd
               on
               Heavenly
               Wings
               ,
            
             
               Leading
               thy
               Spouse
               through
               all
               its
               Shades
               and
               Vales
               ,
            
             
               Till
               in
               thy
               lasting
               Arms
               He
               it
               Empales
            
             
               On
               Mount
               of
               Spices
               ,
               where
               this
               Song
               is
               drown'd
               ,
            
             
               Rather
               with
               lasting
               Notes explaining Words. 13
               Hallelujahs
               Crown'd
               :
            
             
               Thus
               happy
               were
               the
               Notes explaining Words. 14
               Davidean
               Days
               ,
            
             
               Thus
               happy
               Schelom's
               ,
               till
               His
               Fall
               deep
               lays
            
             
               The
               Ground
               of
               future
               Woe
               Notes explaining Words. 15
               the
               lasting
               Schisme
            
             
               Of
               Tribes
               united
               in
               the
               Holy
               Notes explaining Words. 16
               Chrisme
               .
            
             
               The
               Church
               is
               still
               but
               One
               ,
               for
               Truth
               ,
               for
               God
            
             
               Are
               only
               one
               ,
               Churches
               under
               one
               Rod
            
             
               Are
               therefore
               gather'd
               ;
               One
               ,
               However
               styl'd
            
             
               By
               th'
               differing
               Names
               of
               People
               ,
               where
               they
               're
               Fil'd
               ;
            
             
               Thus
               does
               the
               Church
               in
               Notes explaining Words. 17
               Jeroboams
               share
            
             
               Of
               th'
               Ten
               Trib'd
               Kingdom
               ,
               celebrate
               its
               Care
            
             
               To
               be
               reputed
               ;
               Those
               whose
               Lips
               ,
               whose
               Knees
            
             
               Ne'r
               kiss'd
               ,
               ne'r
               bow'd
               to
               Calvish
               Deities
               :
            
             
               Thus
               does
               the
               Spouse
               in
               those
               unspotted
               Souls
            
             
               With
               Reason
               mourn
               ;
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. n
               Jeroboam
               's
               Reign
               .
            
             
               While
               I
               in
               sable
               Notes explaining Words. 18
               Stoles
            
             
             
               
               Look
               black
               :
               Through
               coursest
               shades
               my
               Beauty
               shines
               ,
            
             
               My
               graceful
               Meine
               the
               thickest
               Clouds
               Refines
               ;
            
             
               
               While
               Tyranny
               secludes
               me
               from
               my
               Love
               ,
            
             
               Shrin'd
               in
               his
               Temple
               ;
               Grant
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. o
               I
               seem
               to
               move
            
             
               
               Like
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               Kedars
               Tents
               ,
               yet
               whil'st
               my
               Worship
               's
               Pure
               ,
            
             
               
               Still
               Scheloms
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               Curtains
               as
               my
               Guard
               ensure
            
             
               My
               Chast
               Embraces
               ;
               Let
               no
               scornful
               Eye
            
             
               Dwell
               on
               my
               tawn'd
               discolour'd
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               Physnomy
               .
            
             
               To
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Salem's
               Daughters
               do
               I
               now
               appeal
               ,
            
             
               That
               they
               all
               rigid
               Censures
               would
               repeal
               ,
            
             
               '
               Cause
               near
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               Baal-Sun
               ,
               I
               'me
               plac'd
               ;
               Too
               close
               his
               Beams
            
             
               
               Have
               plaid
               upon
               me
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. p
               in
               his
               scorching
               Gleams
            
             
               Th'
               angry
               Tribes
               have
               set
               me
               ,
               t'
               enforce
               my
               Care
            
             
               Of
               Vineyards
               ,
               Churches
               wild
               ,
               and
               strange
               ,
               I
               dare
            
             
               Not
               own
               ;
               But
               Guardian
               of
               my
               onely
               Own
            
             
               Idolatry
               encircul'd
               with
               a
               Notes explaining Words. 6
               Crown
            
             
               Forbids
               me
               ,
               Oh
               may
               this
               deep'●st
               Claim
            
             
               
               To
               latest
               Ages
               sound
               ,
               and
               Purge
               my
               Name
               .
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. q
               Tell
               me
               ,
               my
               Love
               ,
               Thou
               deep
               Love
               of
               my
               Soul
               ,
            
             
               
               From
               thy
               own
               Lips
               I
               'de
               hear
               't
               ;
               No
               feign'd
               Notes explaining Words. 7
               Escroul
            
             
               Shall
               me
               seduce
               ,
               when
               superstitious
               Rage
            
             
               Pursues
               like
               Noon-tide
               Beams
               ,
               and
               would
               engage
            
             
               All
               to
               it self
               ;
               My
               Love
               ,
               where
               is
               it
               then
            
             
               
               thou
               d'st
               have
               thy
               Flock
               to
               Feed
               ,
               and
               Rest
               ?
               For
               when
            
             
               I
               would
               not
               lewdly
               stray
               ,
               and
               Prostitute
            
             
               What
               's
               Sacred
               to
               thy self
               at
               the
               false
               Suit
            
             
               Of
               those
               would
               be
               thy
               Rivals
               ,
               I
               'm
               in
               fear
            
             
               How
               to
               secure
               my
               Faith
               and
               Love
               ,
               and
               where
            
             
             
               I
               ought
               to
               wait
               thy
               Presence
               ;
               Tell
               me
               now
               ,
            
             
               What
               I
               ,
               my
               Love
               ,
               from
               Thee
               alone
               would
               know
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King.
             
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. r
               
                 Notes explaining the Senſe. r
                 The
                 Answer
                 of
                 Direction
                 is
                 ,
                 To
                 do
                 all
                 they
                 can
                 to
                 keep
                 close
                 to
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Temple
                 at
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
                 being
                 so
                 fix'd
                 by
                 God
                 as
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 onely
                 place
                 of
                 true
                 Publick
                 Worship
                 :
                 and
                 it
                 shews
                 ,
                 That
                 where
                 Worship
                 can
                 be
                 true
                 and
                 pure
                 ,
                 the
                 most
                 Publick
                 and
                 United
                 is
                 best
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 signified
                 by
                 the
                 
                   Foot-steps
                   of
                   the
                   Flock
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   shepherds
                   Tents
                
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Priests
                 Residences
                 in
                 the
                 Temple
                 at
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
                 in
                 Attendance
                 upon
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 bring
                 up
                 their
                 Children
                 .
              
               Oh
               fairest
               Beauty
               of
               the
               Female
               Race
               ,
            
             
               Thy
               Chastness
               ,
               not
               thy
               Ignorance
               I
               Grace
               ,
               
               
                 [
                 If
                 thou
                 know
                 not
                 ,
                 O
                 thou
                 fairest
                 among
                 women
                 .
                 ]
              
            
             
               For
               since
               thy
               Faith
               thy
               Love
               led
               by
               my
               word
            
             
               Is
               true
               to
               me
               ,
               thy
               Saviour
               ,
               Husband
               ,
               Lord
               ,
            
             
               If
               thou
               know'st
               not
               what
               eas'ly
               may
               be
               known
               ;
            
             
               As
               where
               my
               Word
               is
               ,
               there
               's
               my
               Flock
               alone
               ,
            
             
               So
               where
               thou
               find'st
               my
               Flock
               to
               numbers
               swell
               ,
            
             
               And
               where
               my
               Shepherds
               in
               their
               fix'd
               Tents
               dwell
               
               
                 [
                 Go
                 thy
                 way
                 forth
                 by
                 the
                 footsteps
                 of
                 the
                 flock
                 ,
                 and
                 feed
                 thy
                 sheep
                 besides
                 the
                 shepherds
                 tents
                 ]
              
            
             
               There
               do
               I
               choose
               my
               Rest
               ;
               with
               two
               ,
               or
               three
               ,
            
             
               (
               Where
               with
               my
               Word
               more
               cannot
               )
               yet
               I
               'll
               Be
               :
            
             
               Thou
               knowest
               Salem
               hath
               my
               Temple
               now
            
             
               Its
               Chambers
               ,
               as
               with
               Tents
               ,
               my
               Priests
               endow
               :
            
             
               My
               Flock
               is
               folded
               there
               ,
               whose
               frequent
               Print
            
             
               Guides
               thee
               ,
               the
               Shepherds
               Tents
               thy
               motions
               stint
               ,
            
             
               Where
               ,
               as
               by
               Natures
               instinct
               thy
               soft
               Kids
            
             
               May
               learn
               to
               Feed
               ,
               as
               Holy
               Order
               bids
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. s
               
                 Notes explaining the Senſe. s
                 The
                 ten
                 Tribes
                 have
                 only
                 this
                 short
                 Description
                 of
                 their
                 state
                 ,
                 being
                 by
                 degrees
                 loft
                 from
                 the
                 true
                 Church
                 ,
                 till
                 they
                 are
                 Restored
                 ,
                 as
                 those
                 ten
                 Tribes
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 approach
                 of
                 Christs
                 glorious
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 wherein
                 they
                 are
                 described
                 ,
                 chap.
                 8.
                 5.
                 and
                 Ezek.
                 37.
                 
              
               This
               is
               the
               Image
               of
               the
               Ten-Trib'd
               state
               ,
            
             
               Till
               it
               's
               so
               long
               Assyrian
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 1
                 It
                 s
                 banishment
                 from
                 its
                 own
                 Land
                 ,
                 ever
                 since
                 the
                 Assyrian
                 Captivity
                 ,
                 2
                 Kings
                 17.
                 
              
               exulate
               ,
            
             
               But
               as
               to
               Judah's
               Scepter-bearing
               Tribe
               ,
            
             
               And
               to
               the
               Church
               in
               that
               ,
               thus
               does
               describe
            
             
             
               This
               Holy
               Song
               :
               What
               th'
               Sovereign
               Powers
               are
               ,
            
             
               As
               such
               ,
               it
               does
               bespeak
               the
               Church
               ;
               with
               Care
            
             
               It
               's
               Beauty's
               yet
               secur'd
               ;
               And
               the
               Kings
               Love
            
             
               It
               still
               is
               duely
               styl'd
               ;
               Nothing
               does
               move
            
             
               That
               Character
               ;
               A
               Priestly
               Kingdom
               it
            
             
               Is
               Notes explaining the Senſe. t
               
                 Notes explaining the Senſe. t
                 This
                 Song
                 therefore
                 wholly
                 exercis'd
                 upon
                 the
                 two
                 Tribes
                 and
                 Levites
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 among
                 which
                 the
                 Spouse
                 and
                 Church
                 of
                 Christ
                 is
                 described
                 according
                 to
                 each
                 King
                 of
                 Davids
                 House
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Religious
                 or
                 Corrupt
                 Reign
                 .
                 But
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 Bad
                 ,
                 their
                 Corruptions
                 are
                 as
                 much
                 hid
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 Grace
                 of
                 this
                 Song
                 of
                 Love.
                 
              
               made
               by
               Christ
               ,
               so
               must
               its
               Beauty
               sit
            
             
               To
               such
               Portraictures
               ,
               as
               its
               Princes
               Reigns
            
             
               Deserve
               ;
               while
               richer
               Blood
               yet
               fills
               its
               Veins
               ,
            
             
               Then
               by
               its
               Counterfeits
               is
               seen
               ;
               when
               ill
               ,
            
             
               To
               give
               them
               yet
               with
               Grace
               approves
               the
               skill
               ;
            
             
               To
               these
               plain
               shades
               the
               King
               too
               's
               pleas'd
               to
               stoop
            
             
               Himself
               ,
               that
               under
               them
               his
               Spouse
               may'nt
               droop
               :
            
             
               Distinct
               the
               Kings
               are
               set
               ,
               who
               're
               th'
               Spouses
               joy
               ;
            
             
               Whose
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 1
                 As
                 currant
                 Coin
                 ,
                 so
                 were
                 the
                 pure
                 Reigns
                 .
              
               sterling
               Reigns
               are
               all
               of
               pure
               alloy
               ;
            
             
               These
               in
               their
               Order
               ,
               but
               those
               rank'd
               between
            
             
               Who
               were
               the
               Bad
               ,
               that
               th'
               Good
               may
               be
               their
               screen
               ,
            
             
               Wrapt
               up
               in
               short
               to
               heal
               the
               Churches
               wrong
               ,
            
             
               This
               Be
               the
               Key
               to
               th'
               Ciphers
               of
               this
               Song
               :
            
             
               But
               Notes explaining the Senſe. u
               
                 Notes explaining the Senſe. u
                 The
                 Spouse
                 in
                 Rehoboams
                 time
                 is
                 uncouthly
                 to
                 the
                 Grace
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 Song
                 compar'd
                 to
                 a
                 
                   company
                   of
                   horses
                   in
                   Pharaohs
                   chariot
                   ,
                
                 and
                 yet
                 with
                 great
                 Grace
                 to
                 
              
               Rehoboam's
               Reign
               ,
               as
               a
               new
               source
            
             
               Of
               Time
               to
               fix
               ,
               and
               guide
               the
               certain
               course
            
             
               Must
               have
               its
               single
               shade
               ,
               and
               though
               not
               fine
            
             
               (
               Bless'd
               Spouse
               )
               to
               sort
               the
               Beauty
               ,
               that
               is
               Thine
            
             
               Yet
               by
               its
               service
               ,
               it
               must
               Recompence
            
             
               Its
               Uncouth
               disagreement
               to
               Loves
               sense
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King.
             
          
           
             
               Rehoboam's
               Reign
               .
            
             
               
               
                 [
                 I
                 have
                 compar'd
                 thee
                 ,
                 O
                 my
                 Love
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 company
                 of
                 horses
                 in
                 Pharaoh's
                 chariots
                 ]
              
               Oh
               how
               am
               I
               ,
               my
               Love
               ,
               surpriz'd
               to
               see
            
             
               Thy
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 2
                 The
                 two
                 Tribes
                 of
                 Judah
                 and
                 Benjamin
                 united
                 under
                 Davids
                 Family
                 .
              
               Two-trib'd
               Judah's
               low
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 3
                 Shishaks
                 Servants
                 ,
                 2
                 Chro.
                 12.
                 8.
                 
              
               servility
               ,
            
             
               As
               if
               in
               Triumph
               Pharaoh-Shishak's
               state
            
             
               Were
               Chariotted
               by
               thy
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 4
                 A
                 Power
                 of
                 any
                 two
                 united
                 .
              
               Duumvirate
            
             
             
               Of
               Tribes
               ,
               as
               lofty
               Steeds
               are
               curb'd
               and
               bowd
            
             
               To
               serve
               such
               proud
               Grandezza
               ;
               this
               black
               Cloud
            
             
               Encloses
               thee
               ,
               my
               Spouse
               ,
               and
               dwells
               upon
            
             
               Thy
               Glory
               under
               Schelom's
               Less-wise
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 1
                 Rohoboam
                 .
              
               Son.
               
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               
                 Notes explaining the Senſe. a
                 The
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 Reigns
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Symbols
                 here
                 are
                 so
                 plain
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Compare
                 of
                 their
                 History
                 and
                 the
                 Expressions
                 of
                 the
                 Song
                 ,
                 are
                 as
                 an
                 Exposition
                 upon
                 them
                 .
              
               Asa's
               Reign
               .
            
             
               But
               I
               ,
               my
               Love
               ,
               am
               Ravish'd
               with
               the
               change
            
             
               That
               Asa's
               brighter
               Days
               bring
               on
               ;
               The
               Range
               
               
                 [
                 Thy
                 Cheeks
                 are
                 comely
                 with
                 Rowes
                 of
                 Jewels
                 ,
                 Thy
                 Neck
                 with
                 Chains
                 of
                 Gold.
                 ]
              
            
             
               Of
               Grace
               ,
               and
               Beauty
               on
               thy
               Cheeks
               ,
               like
               rows
            
             
               Of
               Jewels
               ,
               from
               whence
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 2
                 Jewels
                 bearing
                 the
                 likeness
                 of
                 Turtles
                 .
                 2
                 Chron.
                 15.
                 
              
               chastest
               Lustre
               grows
               :
            
             
               The
               Wreaths
               of
               th'
               Holy
               League
               ,
               like
               Golden
               chains
            
             
               Twine
               round
               thy
               Neck
               ,
               guarding
               thy
               Azure
               Veins
               :
            
             
               His
               Reformation
               purged
               off
               the
               Soil
            
             
               That
               had
               so
               deep
               Attaint'd
               the
               Sacred
               Oyl
               ;
            
             
               Divine
               Favours
               shall
               soon
               Remark
               Thy
               Zeal
            
             
               Of
               Purity
               ;
               Victory
               and
               Publick
               Weal
            
             
               Shall
               be
               like
               Golden
               Borders
               ,
               whose
               grave
               scite
               
               
                 [
                 We
                 will
                 make
                 Thee
                 Borders
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 with
                 Studs
                 of
                 Silver
                 ]
              
            
             
               Enliv'd
               with
               Silver
               Stars
               shall
               sparkle
               Light
               ;
            
             
               The
               Medal
               of
               thy
               Well-mix'd
               Reformation
            
             
               Is
               Peace
               ,
               and
               Glory's
               Concert
               through
               thy
               Nation
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 3
                 2
                 Chron.
                 17.
                 c.
                 19.
                 &c.
                 
              
               Jehoshaphat's
               Reign
               .
            
             
               To
               Thee
               ,
               my
               Princely
               Love
               ,
               I
               thus
               rej'yne
               ,
            
             
               Bless'd
               be
               thy
               Favour
               ,
               bless'd
               thy
               Grace
               Divine
               ;
            
             
               For
               while
               thy
               Table
               condescends
               so
               low
               ,
            
             
               My
               Spicknard
               feels
               the
               Vertue
               ,
               and
               doth
               flow
               
               
                 [
                 While
                 the
                 King
                 sitteth
                 at
                 his
                 Table
                 My
                 Spikenard
                 sendeth
                 forth
                 the
                 smell
                 thereof
                 .
                 ]
              
            
             
               In
               Streams
               so
               free
               ,
               that
               Judah's
               utmost
               Bounds
            
             
               Find
               the
               Attractive
               ,
               Eccho
               back
               the
               sounds
            
             
               Of
               Truth
               ;
               while
               the
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 4
                 A
                 costly
                 Oyntment
                 ,
                 sending
                 out
                 its
                 smell
                 ,
                 resembling
                 pure
                 Religion
                 .
              
               Spikenard's
               Effluxes
               fly
               ,
            
             
               And
               make
               returns
               to
               Thee
               by
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 5
                 The
                 desire
                 of
                 things
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 kind
                 .
              
               Sympathy
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               This
               is
               the
               state
               of
               Things
               ,
               while
               Asa's
               Son
            
             
               The
               Good
               Jehoshaphat
               ,
               ascends
               the
               Throne
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               But
               now
               ,
               my
               highest
               Love
               ,
               a
               blacker
               frame
            
             
               Of
               things
               I
               sing
               ,
               under
               thy
               Royal
               Name
               ;
            
             
               While
               wicked
               Ahab's
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 1
                 Ahazia
                 ,
                 Joash
                 ,
                 Amazia
                 .
              
               Line
               create
               a
               Night
            
             
               Of
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 2
                 Their
                 Reign
                 omitted
                 in
                 the
                 Genealogy
                 of
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 Matt
                 1.
                 8.
                 
              
               Inter-reign
               in
               Sacred
               Rolls
               :
               Delight
            
             
               In
               thy
               Pure
               self
               ,
               becomes
               my
               onely
               stay
               ,
            
             
               Without
               the
               Kingly
               Types
               to
               underlay
            
             
               My
               Thoughts
               ;
               Lodg'd
               'twixt
               my
               Breasts
               ,
               like
               rich
               Perfume
               ▪
            
             
               
               
                 [
                 A
                 Bundle
                 of
                 Myrrh
                 is
                 my
                 well-beloved
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 He
                 shall
                 lye
                 all
                 Night
                 betwixt
                 my
                 breasts
                 ]
              
               Of
               Myrrh
               shall
               lye
               thy
               Oyl
               ,
               till
               Thou
               resume
            
             
               My
               Kings
               into
               thy
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 3
                 Omitted
                 —
                 As
                 if
                 there
                 had
                 been
                 no
                 Kings
                 betwixt
                 Jehoram
                 and
                 Vzziah
                 .
              
               Genealogy
               ;
            
             
               Of
               Myrrh
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 4
                 Thy
                 Discipline
                 and
                 Correction
                 .
              
               of
               thy
               Pedagogy
            
             
               Fit
               Emblem
               ;
               whose
               wise
               Rod
               chastises
               Sin
            
             
               With
               Mercy
               ;
               thus
               Myrrhs
               sweetest
               Odours
               win
            
             
               The
               intic'd
               Smell
               ,
               while
               bitter
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 5
                 Relishes
                 .
              
               Gustoes
               chide
            
             
               The
               too
               bold
               Taste
               ,
               and
               Appetite
               deride
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               
                 The
                 Spouse
                 goes
                 on
                 .
              
               As
               I
               my
               Love
               have
               modestly
               convey'd
               ,
            
             
               In
               least
               offensive
               terms
               ,
               what
               would
               upbreid
            
             
               
               
                 [
                 My
                 Love
                 is
                 to
                 me
                 as
                 a
                 bundle
                 of
                 Camphire
                 
                   [
                   Cypress
                
                 ]
                 in
                 the
                 Vineyards
                 of
                 Hen-gedi
                 ]
              
               Our
               Pleasure
               in
               those
               three
               Attainted
               Kings
               ;
            
             
               With
               Awes
               so
               of
               my
               Love
               ,
               my
               Sorrow
               sings
            
             
               Their
               Reigns
               ,
               Notes explaining Words. 6
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 6
                 
                   Abijam
                   ,
                   Joram
                   ,
                   Abaz
                   ,
                   Manasseh
                   ,
                
                 (
                 before
                 repentance
                 )
                 Amon
                 ,
                 their
                 worst
                 Reigns
                 .
              
               Whose
               Character
               is
               much
               too
               foul
            
             
               For
               Holy
               Love
               in
               Chrystal
               Airs
               t'
               Enroul
               ,
            
             
               Except
               Attoned
               in
               their
               worst
               Ferment
            
             
               By
               those
               of
               Notes explaining Words. 7
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 7
                 
                   Vzziah
                   ,
                   Jotham
                   ,
                   Amaziah
                
                 ,
                 their
                 better
                 Reigns
                 .
              
               some
               ,
               though
               not
               the
               richest
               scent
               ,
            
             
               Whose
               Notes explaining Words. *
               
                 Notes explaining Words. *
                 A
                 Shrub
                 ,
                 of
                 some
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 of
                 so
                 precious
                 Scent
                 ,
                 growing
                 in
                 Judaea
                 .
              
               Cypress
               is
               the
               Nobler
               cause
               it
               grows
               ,
            
             
               And
               with
               Notes explaining Words. †
               
                 Notes explaining Words. †
                 A
                 place
                 of
                 choicest
                 Vineyards
                 .
              
               Hen-Gedies
               Vines
               its
               Odor
               flowes
               ;
            
             
               For
               the
               rich
               Soil
               of
               th'
               Holy
               Land
               doth
               raise
            
             
               The
               Vertue
               of
               its
               Shrubs
               ,
               if
               any
               Praise
            
             
               Of
               true
               Religion
               shall
               in
               them
               be
               found
               ,
            
             
               Though
               not
               with
               David's
               Purity
               they
               'r
               Crown'd
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             King.
             
          
           
             
               Hezekiah's
               Reign
               .
            
             
               But
               now
               the
               Scene
               is
               chang'd
               ,
               my
               Love
               's
               all
               Fair
               ,
            
             
               And
               onely
               Fair
               ,
               no
               Clouds
               near
               to
               Impair
               
               
                 ]
                 Behold
                 thou
                 art
                 fair
                 ,
                 my
                 Love
                 ,
                 Behold
                 thou
                 art
                 fair
                 ,
                 Thou
                 hast
                 Doves
                 Eyes
                 ]
              
            
             
               Thy
               Beauty
               ;
               But
               thy
               Eyes
               are
               Chaste
               and
               Clear
            
             
               As
               Doves
               ;
               No
               Idols
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 1
                 Antick
                 look
                 .
              
               Grimace
               dares
               appear
               ;
            
          
           
             
               Thus
               Hezekiah's
               well
               Reformed
               State
            
             
               Thy
               Beauties
               Fame
               to
               Ages
               doth
               dilate
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               Josiah's
               Reign
               .
            
             
               My
               best
               Belov'd
               ,
               the
               Praise
               of
               all
               is
               Thine
               ,
            
             
               Thine
               is
               the
               Glory
               ,
               while
               the
               Comfort
               's
               mine
               ;
               
               
                 [
                 Behold
                 thou
                 art
                 fair
                 ,
                 my
                 Beloved
                 ,
                 Also
                 our
                 Bed
                 is
                 Green
                 ]
              
            
             
               All
               Beauty
               I
               can
               own
               is
               Thine
               reflex'd
               ,
            
             
               As
               the
               Worlds
               Light
               is
               Heavens
               Ray's
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 2
                 As
                 an
                 Arch
                 of
                 Light.
                 
              
               convex'd
               ;
            
             
               Thou
               dart'st
               those
               purest
               Splendors
               from
               thy
               Face
               ,
            
             
               Josiah's
               Holy
               Reign
               is
               from
               thy
               Grace
               ;
            
             
               Whose
               Early
               years
               ,
               as
               Greens
               of
               th'
               Verdant
               Spring
            
             
               Give
               flourish
               to
               our
               Bed
               ,
               and
               Pleasures
               bring
               ,
            
             
               Fresh
               as
               the
               Blossoms
               of
               his
               blooming
               Youth
               ,
            
             
               In
               purest
               Worship
               ,
               and
               Research
               of
               Truth
               ,
            
             
               Which
               still
               his
               growing
               Years
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               
                 Notes explaining Words. 3
                 Strengthen
                 .
              
               consolidate
               
               
                 [
                 The
                 Beams
                 of
                 our
                 House
                 are
                 Cedars
                 ,
                 our
                 Rafters
                 of
                 Firr
                 ]
              
            
             
               Firm
               as
               the
               Cedar
               Beams
               ,
               those
               Trees
               of
               State
               ,
            
             
               And
               the
               Firr
               Rafters
               ,
               which
               the
               Temples
               Pile
            
             
               By
               his
               Repairing
               hand
               secur'd
               in
               File
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           II.
           
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               THus
               far
               the
               Churches
               Sceptred
               Time
               is
               brought
               ,
            
             
               Guarded
               by
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Princes
               ,
               and
               its
               Battels
               fought
            
             
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               By
               Absolute
               Supremes
               ;
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               The
               feeble
               Tree
               ,
            
             
               As
               now
               Effete
               for
               Scepters
               Notes explaining Words. 6
               yields
               in
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               Fee
            
             
             
               The
               Crown
               to
               
                 Egypts
                 ,
                 Babels
              
               Princes
               ;
               For
               to
               stem
            
             
               The
               Tide
               her
               own
               sustain
               not
               ;
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               Th'
               Diadem
            
             
               At
               length
               from
               off
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               the
               Palsey'd
               Head
               was
               spurn'd
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               By
               Heavens
               just
               Decree
               ,
               thrice
               overturn'd
               ;
            
             
               Decreed
               so
               to
               remain
               ;
               Till
               He
               shall
               come
            
             
               Whose
               Right
               's
               recorded
               in
               the
               Sacred
               Tome
               ;
            
             
               And
               to
               that
               Rightful
               Prince
               the
               mournful
               Spouse
               ,
            
             
               Defenceless
               seeming
               ,
               thus
               her
               Plaints
               doth
               rouse
               ;
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Reigns
               of
               Jehoahaz
               ,
               Jehoiakim
               ,
               Jeconiah
               ,
               Zedekiah
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               the
               Notes explaining the Senſe. b
               Rose
               in
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               Scharon's
               open
               Field
            
             
               
               Expos'd
               to
               Danger
               ,
               cover'd
               with
               no
               Shield
               ,
            
             
               Lick'd
               off
               by
               th'
               Beast
               ,
               whose
               undiscerning
               Nose
            
             
               No
               odds
               makes
               'twixt
               the
               Thistle
               and
               the
               Rose
               ,
            
             
               Except
               more
               eas'ly
               crop'd
               ;
               And
               yet
               its
               Beard
            
             
               Of
               prickles
               warns
               th'
               unwary
               Heard
               .
            
             
               But
               more
               defenceless
               I
               ,
               the
               Lilly
               like
            
             
               The
               Vales
               along
               ,
               no
               Weapon
               have
               to
               strike
            
             
               The
               untaught
               Foot
               ,
               trampling
               without
               offence
            
             
               My
               Beauty
               ,
               and
               unarmed
               Innocence
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King.
             
          
           
             
               My
               Love
               ,
               thou
               slipp'st
               the
               wisdom
               of
               my
               Care
               ,
            
             
               For
               while
               thy
               Native
               Guards
               thus
               leave
               thee
               bare
               ,
            
             
               
               The
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Brutal
               Nations
               have
               not
               yet
               the
               scope
            
             
               To
               range
               upon
               Thee
               Notes explaining the Senſe. c
               ;
               For
               they
               Enterlope
            
             
             
               One
               on
               another
               ,
               wreathed
               by
               my
               hand
               ,
            
             
               Like
               Thorns
               around
               the
               Lillie
               ,
               till
               they
               stand
            
             
               As
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               Palizado'd
               on
               each
               side
               so
               strong
               ,
               
            
             
               That
               what
               may
               seem
               to
               press
               ,
               shields
               thee
               from
               wrong
               .
            
             
               The
               Daughters
               of
               the
               Nations
               pay
               defence
               ,
            
             
               Though
               unawares
               ,
               to
               my
               Loves
               Excellence
               ;
            
             
               Surpassing
               them
               as
               Lillies
               do
               the
               Thorn
               ,
            
             
               Which
               take
               Defence
               but
               their
               Defence
               adorn
               :
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               My
               Dearest
               Love
               ,
               by
               thee
               instruct'd
               I
               own
            
             
               Thy
               Goodness
               ,
               Wisedom
               ,
               Power
               ,
               all
               are
               shown
            
             
               In
               this
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               Oeconomy
               of
               Guard
               ;
               And
               I
               repay
            
             
               Thy
               Love
               with
               Love
               of
               parallel
               Essay
               
            
             
               For
               as
               the
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               Tree
               whose
               Fruit
               ,
               and
               not
               whose
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               State
            
             
               Exalts
               its
               Name
               in
               the
               Trees
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Democrate
            
             
               So
               now
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               thy
               Cedar-Rule
               torn
               up
               by
               Notes explaining Words. 6
               storm
            
             
               Is
               lower'd
               to
               a
               Notes explaining Words. 7
               Presidential
               Form
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               with
               most
               Thankful
               sense
               ,
               I
               praise
               the
               Grace
            
             
               Of
               Rule
               ,
               but
               just
               remov'd
               from
               Notes explaining Words. 8
               Populace
               ;
               
            
             
               For
               this
               dwarf
               Government
               still
               leads
               to
               Thee
            
             
               Great
               King
               of
               Kings
               made
               by
               Notes explaining Words. 9
               August'st
               Decree
            
             
               How
               pleasant
               therefore
               is
               its
               shade
               ,
               how
               sweet
               its
               Fruit
               ?
            
             
               Both
               swelling
               with
               Delights
               that
               draw
               pursuit
               !
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               This
               is
               the
               Prospect
               while
               the
               Scepter
               Val'd
            
             
               Till
               Judah's
               Legislator
               even
               fail'd
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Captivity
               .
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               let
               me
               publish
               through
               Gaths
               Streets
               his
               Praise
               ,
            
             
               Through
               Notes explaining Words. 10
               Askelon
               ,
               and
               Babel
               ,
               may
               these
               Laies
            
             
               Sound
               to
               his
               Glory
               ;
               That
               while
               Notes explaining Words. 11
               Chebar's
               Streams
            
             
               Me
               a
               Thrall'd
               Captive
               knew
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. b
               (
               I
               Sing
               no
               Dreams
               )
            
             
             
               What
               seem'd
               a
               Dungeon
               was
               a
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               Vault
               of
               Wine
               ,
            
             
               His
               Grace
               with
               me
               deign'd
               so
               much
               to
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               recline
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               The
               Streaming
               Ensigns
               of
               High
               Babels
               Pride
            
             
               Were
               Banners
               of
               his
               Love
               to
               me
               ;
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               Twice
               dy'd
               ,
            
             
               Which
               flow'd
               me
               round
               ;
               But
               finding
               some
               Retreat
            
             
               Of
               his
               Lov'd
               shade
               ,
               the
               Sun-beams
               me
               su●beat
               ;
            
             
               That
               swooning
               ,
               sinking
               ,
               with
               a
               Dying
               Breath
            
             
               
               I
               beg
               the
               Spirits
               ,
               that
               recall
               from
               Death
               ;
            
             
               In
               lib'ral
               Flagons
               ;
               Haste
               the
               Golden
               Fruit
               ,
            
             
               
               The
               Apples
               of
               that
               Tree
               ,
               that
               may
               recruit
            
             
               My
               Life
               near
               flown
               ;
               For
               in
               Love's
               Agony
            
             
               
               If
               in
               the
               Moment
               not
               Reliev'd
               ,
               I
               Dye
               .
            
          
           
             
               As
               him
               I
               importun'd
               ,
               I
               found
               him
               come
               ,
            
             
               Whom
               my
               Soul
               Loves
               ;
               I
               found
               him
               coming
               Home
               ;
            
             
               
               His
               left
               Hand
               bore
               my
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Apoplectic
               Head
               ,
            
             
               His
               right
               Embracing
               me
               Love's
               Circle
               led
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               by
               the
               Lawless
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               Heroes
               of
               the
               Field
               ,
            
             
               That
               now
               ,
               (
               how
               sad
               is
               it
               ?
               )
               our
               Scepter
               weild
               ,
            
             
               
               And
               did
               not
               This
               his
               Goodness
               interpose
            
             
               Would
               soon
               with
               Rampant
               Paws
               us
               interclose
               ;
            
             
               I
               Salem's
               Daughters
               with
               deep
               Vows
               contest
            
             
               By
               no
               Offence
               to
               startle
               my
               Loves
               Rest
               ;
            
             
               And
               while
               he
               pleases
               let
               this
               be
               our
               Cell
               ,
            
             
               So
               long
               Love's
               Notes explaining Words. 6
               Hermitage
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               Hell.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               Thus
               to
               those
               Captive
               Years
               twice
               thirty
               five
            
             
               In
               Womb
               of
               Grace
               ,
               the
               Spouse
               was
               kept
               alive
               ;
            
             
               But
               now
               its
               liberty
               from
               Notes explaining Words. 7
               Cyrus
               ,
               Type
            
             
               Of
               Great
               Messiah
               ,
               play'd
               in
               various
               stripe
            
             
               Is
               checker'd
               white
               and
               black
               ,
               till
               he
               shall
               Chace
            
             
               By
               his
               own
               Rays
               the
               shades
               that
               veil'd
               his
               Face
               .
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               Notes explaining the Senſe. b
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Spouse
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             
               The
               return
               of
               the
               Captivity
               .
            
             
               But
               hark
               ,
               the
               Alarm
               of
               my
               Beloved's
               Voice
               ,
            
             
               How
               quick
               it
               strikes
               ?
               The
               very
               Skies
               Rejoyce
               ;
            
             
               He
               held
               me
               while
               the
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               gentle
               Vapours
               seal'd
               
            
             
               Me
               up
               in
               softest
               slumbers
               now
               Repeal'd
               ;
            
             
               He
               shrill
               Commands
               to
               quit
               my
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               Cell
               ,
               and
               meet
            
             
               Him
               on
               the
               Airy
               Mountains
               ,
               where
               his
               Feet
               
            
             
               Rebound
               more
               nimbly
               ,
               than
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               the
               Roes
               ,
               or
               Harts
            
             
               When
               the
               dull
               Earth
               flies
               from
               their
               youthful
               starts
               ;
            
             
               I
               know
               ,
               this
               doth
               my
               Fredom
               indicate
               ,
            
             
               From
               Babels
               Chains
               ;
               For
               as
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               his
               higher
               State
               
            
             
               Submits
               ,
               to
               what
               he
               Destines
               mine
               ;
               So
               mine
            
             
               With
               that
               he
               samples
               for
               me
               may
               well
               twine
               .
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               But
               yet
               my
               Liberty's
               not
               all
               at
               once
            
             
               For
               as
               those
               Harts
               and
               Roes
               themselves
               do
               sconce
            
             
               In
               coverts
               of
               the
               Walls
               ,
               and
               stand
               at
               bay
               ,
            
             
               Through
               Windows
               peeping
               quick
               ,
               and
               so
               away
               ;
            
             
               So
               do
               my
               Love
               's
               kind
               Visits
               ,
               short
               ,
               but
               brisk
               ,
            
             
               Half
               open
               first
               ,
               bode
               me
               a
               freer
               Risque
               ,
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               And
               thus
               does
               Sacred
               History
               depaint
            
             
               The
               Persian
               Edicts
               lively
               first
               ,
               then
               faint
               ,
            
             
               Lost
               and
               reviv'd
               ;
               Till
               Notes explaining the Senſe. b
               Esthers
               Royal
               Son
            
             
               night
               Artaxerxes
               for
               our
               Solomon
            
             
               Spoke
               once
               for
               all
               in
               his
               so
               Full
               decree
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. c
               Then
               't
               was
               Heav'ns
               word
               spoke
               out
               for
               Liberty
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Spouse
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               For
               then
               my
               Love
               in
               Accents
               high
               and
               clear
            
             
               Both
               spake
               ,
               and
               said
               aloud
               ;
               My
               Fair
               ,
               my
               Dear
               ;
            
             
               
               Rise
               thee
               my
               Love
               ;
               Let
               no
               benum'd
               delay
            
             
               One
               minute
               stay
               thee
               ;
               Come
               ,
               yea
               ,
               come
               away
               ;
            
             
               
               For
               now're
               the
               sullen
               Glooms
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               of
               Winter
               gone
               ,
            
             
               Its
               Clouds
               ,
               its
               stormy
               Rains
               ,
               see
               there
               are
               none
               ;
            
             
               
               The
               Earth
               ,
               its
               Carpets
               rich
               Embroy'ds
               with
               Green
               ,
            
             
               With
               Flowers
               ,
               as
               Pearls
               enammell'd
               all
               between
               ;
            
             
               The
               chanting
               Birds
               ,
               Natures
               sweet
               Harmony
            
             
               Proclaim
               the
               Spring
               with
               their
               soft
               Heraldry
               ;
            
             
               
               The
               Turtles
               modest
               moan
               now
               charms
               our
               Ears
            
             
               With
               sounds
               of
               chastest
               Peace
               ,
               and
               calms
               our
               Fears
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               The
               World
               of
               Trees
               warn'd
               by
               the
               budding
               Figs
               ;
            
             
               Equips
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               the
               Summer
               ,
               its
               Top
               gallant
               Rigs
               ;
            
             
               The
               twisting
               Vine
               swells
               out
               its
               cluster'd
               Grapes
            
             
               Perfum'd
               ,
               adorn'd
               ,
               with
               all
               their
               pretty
               Shapes
               :
            
             
               
               All
               these
               ,
               my
               Love
               ,
               declare
               thy
               Spring-like
               state
               ,
            
             
               Usher
               thy
               Summer
               ,
               and
               thy
               Joys
               dilate
               ;
            
             
               Haste
               then
               ,
               my
               Love
               ,
               haste
               with
               thy
               Captive
               Train
               ,
            
             
               Oh
               ,
               why
               so
               slow
               ?
               From
               Babel
               haste
               amain
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King
             by
             himself
             .
          
           
             
               
               It
               s
               I
               indeed
               ,
               my
               Love
               ,
               it
               s
               I
               that
               Call
            
             
               
               To
               thee
               ,
               my
               Dove
               ,
               whom
               the
               Rocks
               Clefts
               ,
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               enthrall
               ,
            
             
               Whom
               corners
               now
               infold
               ,
               and
               secret
               stairs
            
             
               Wind
               thee
               into
               this
               maze
               ,
               which
               thee
               insnares
               ;
            
             
               
               Oh
               let
               the
               melting
               Airs
               of
               thy
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               sweet
               Voice
            
             
               Flow
               in
               my
               Ears
               ,
               no
               other
               hath
               my
               Choice
               ;
               Notes explaining the Senſe. l
            
             
             
               
               Address
               me
               with
               thy
               Taking
               Physnomy
               ,
            
             
               None
               else
               Reports
               those
               Graces
               from
               my
               Eye
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               now
               our
               Vines
               begin
               to
               germinate
               ,
            
             
               The
               Fox-like
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               envy
               does
               our
               Fruit
               regrate
            
             
               And
               fain
               would
               Ravage
               it
               ;
               But
               let
               us
               set
               ,
               
            
             
               And
               wrap
               that
               subtile
               Kindred
               in
               our
               Net.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               How
               the
               All-seeing
               Spirit
               (
               that
               Divines
            
             
               Things
               Future
               ,
               as
               the
               Past
               )
               draws
               here
               the
               lines
               ,
            
             
               As
               they
               're
               drawn
               after
               by
               the
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               ready
               Scribe
               ;
            
             
               And
               the
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               Tirshatha
               of
               the
               Royal
               Tribe
               ,
            
             
               Thus
               once
               ,
               and
               twice
               ,
               and
               once
               again
               the
               Voice
            
             
               The
               Captives
               Call'd
               ,
               e'er
               the
               
                 Ha'vre
                 de
                 Poiz
              
            
             
               Of
               Just
               Obedience
               gain'd
               ;
               They
               lay
               entwin'd
               ▪
            
             
               I'
               th'
               closer
               Fetters
               of
               a
               servile
               Mind
               ,
            
             
               Till
               this
               unweary'd
               Love
               thus
               sets
               them
               free
            
             
               From
               double
               Chains
               of
               their
               Captivity
               ;
            
             
               Then
               did
               the
               Temple
               ,
               Walls
               ,
               and
               City
               Rise
               ;
            
             
               But
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Fox-like
               Foes
               ,
               as
               Builders
               in
               Disguise
               ,
            
             
               (
               So
               here
               the
               Royal
               Prophet
               Sings
               )
               durst
               Enterlope
               ,
            
             
               Till
               by
               great
               Schelom's
               Care
               their
               envious
               hope
            
             
               Was
               vain
               ,
               That
               pair
               of
               Worthies
               then
               Restor'd
            
             
               The
               Temples
               Order
               ,
               and
               the
               Pillars
               shor'd
            
             
               Of
               Salem's
               Policy
               ;
               During
               their
               daies
            
             
               The
               Gladded
               Spouse
               ,
               thus
               Issues
               into
               Praise
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               The
               settled
               state
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               under
               Ezra
               and
               Nehemiah
               .
            
             
               The
               Circle
               is
               now
               Perfect
               ,
               my
               Love
               mine
               ,
            
             
               By
               Faith
               I
               claim
               ;
               and
               strait
               return
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               the
               Line
               
            
             
               Into
               it self
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               His
               ;
               and
               While
            
             
               My
               State
               ,
               though
               low
               ,
               no
               Falseness
               does
               defile
               ,
            
             
             
               
               As
               in
               a
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               Field
               of
               Lillies
               white
               and
               pure
               ,
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               He
               takes
               Repast
               ;
               and
               does
               himself
               ensure
            
             
               
               To
               me
               ;
               Notes explaining the Senſe. b
               Till
               all
               Dark
               Veiles
               and
               Shades
               shall
               fly
               ,
            
             
               And
               vanish
               off
               from
               the
               Inlightn'd
               Sky
               ,
            
             
               And
               himself
               visible
               shall
               lead
               the
               Day
               ,
            
             
               
               (
               Though
               I
               Fore-see
               my
               Love
               sometimes
               away
            
             
               Provok'd
               by
               new
               Offence
               ,
               )
               yet
               turn
               my
               Love
               ,
            
             
               Let
               not
               Thy
               absence
               a
               Desertion
               prove
               ,
            
             
               
               Be
               Thou
               like
               to
               the
               youthful
               Hart
               and
               Roe
               ,
            
             
               That
               cuts
               its
               hasty
               Motions
               to
               and
               fro
               :
            
             
               So
               Traverse
               thou
               the
               Mountains
               that
               define
            
             
               Each
               side
               of
               Time
               ,
               as
               th'
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               Equinoctial-Line
            
             
               Cuts
               into
               equal
               parts
               the
               Globe
               ,
               so
               steer
            
             
               Thy
               hasty
               steps
               around
               Times
               lower
               Sphere
               ,
            
             
               Those
               latter
               Gentile
               Times
               ,
               that
               just
               commence
            
             
               When
               Cyrus
               bears
               Messiah's
               Reference
               :
            
             
               On
               this
               same
               mount
               of
               Time
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. c
               like
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               Bethers
               Hill
            
             
               Lets
               passing
               and
               repassing
               ,
               see
               thee
               still
               ;
            
             
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Till
               Thou
               bright
               Morning
               Star
               without
               a
               Cloud
            
             
               Shall
               spread
               the
               Beams
               so
               bright
               ,
               no
               shade
               can
               shroud
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               Here
               part
               the
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               Hemispheres
               of
               Times
               whole
               Globe
               ,
            
             
               Encompass'd
               with
               the
               Endless
               flowing
               Robe
            
             
               Of
               vast
               Eternity
               ;
               From
               Times
               first
               Spring
            
             
               Out
               of
               that
               Womb
               ,
               till
               Cyrus
               (
               greatest
               King
            
             
             
               Of
               all
               the
               Gentile
               Race
               ,
               whom
               sacred
               Fame
               
            
             
               Records
               ,
               alone
               Crown'd
               with
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               Messiah's
               Name
               )
            
             
               Flow
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               Years
               in
               thousands
               three
               ,
               hundreds
               twice
               two
               ;
            
             
               And
               unites
               fifty
               nine
               in
               plainest
               View
               ,
            
             
               Of
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               numbred
               Numbers
               ,
               if
               we
               will
               allow
            
             
               (
               As
               doth
               the
               Sacred
               Calendar
               a-vow
               )
            
             
               Ezekiel's
               Notes explaining the Senſe. b
               Fourty
               to
               draw
               out
               the
               length
               
            
             
               Of
               his
               three
               hundred
               ninety
               from
               the
               strength
            
             
               Of
               twelve
               Tribes
               parted
               into
               Two
               and
               Ten.
            
             
               Thus
               Reason
               doth
               inforce
               the
               Time
               to
               Ken
               ,
            
             
               Till
               Salem's
               Temple
               in
               new
               Measures
               seen
            
             
               Drawn
               by
               *
               Ezechiel's
               Man
               of
               Brass
               had
               been
               ;
               
            
             
               And
               further
               forty
               Years
               themselves
               had
               worn
            
             
               When
               Judah's
               Sin
               was
               now
               no
               longer
               born
               ;
            
             
               For
               Cyrus
               Type
               of
               Great
               Messiah's
               Grace
            
             
               Did
               now
               just
               introduce
               Times
               last
               half
               space
               ;
            
          
           
             
               From
               Cyrus
               draw
               Times
               second
               half
               ,
               't
               will
               flow
            
             
               In
               thousands
               two
               ,
               and
               hundreds
               three
               a-row
               ,
            
             
               Measur'd
               by
               Notes explaining the Senſe. c
               Daniel's
               Eves
               and
               Morns
               ,
               that
               shoot
            
             
               Days
               into
               Years
               ,
               as
               Prophets
               may
               compute
               ,
            
             
               And
               so
               the
               thousand
               Years
               of
               Notes explaining the Senſe. d
               Sabbatism
            
             
               They
               reach
               ,
               when
               one
               bless'd
               State
               shall
               know
               no
               Schism
               .
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. d
               Thus
               Eves
               and
               Morns
               at
               first
               made
               Days
               t●●ice
               three
            
             
               Of
               the
               All-potent
               Work
               ,
               and
               then
               left
               free
            
             
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               The
               Seventh
               for
               a
               Sabbaths
               sacred
               Rest
               ;
            
             
               Thus
               ran
               times
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               East
               and
               thus
               shall
               run
               its
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               West
               ,
            
             
               For
               the
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               six
               thousandth
               almost
               spent
               in
               Toyl
            
             
               To
               th'
               Sevenths
               Rest
               the
               whole
               is
               but
               a
               Foyl
               ;
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. b
               If
               we
               half-witted
               then
               create
               a
               Doubt
               ,
            
             
               How
               the
               Sixth
               Millenary
               turns
               about
               ,
            
             
               When
               Merge
               yet
               hundreds
               two
               and
               forty
               one
               ;
            
             
               If
               us
               no
               other
               Answer
               can
               attone
               ,
            
             
               Doth
               not
               our
               Lord
               in
               Prophecy
               cut
               short
            
             
               
               The
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               curtaill'd
               Fag
               of
               Time
               ?
               lest
               the
               Effort
            
             
               Of
               Evils
               then
               so
               strong
               should
               reach
               t'
               Affect
            
             
               With
               over-flowing
               Vials
               his
               Elect
               ;
            
             
               Then
               what
               's
               the
               space
               of
               Time
               ,
               how
               ever
               short
               ,
            
             
               
               We
               must
               beyond
               the
               thousand
               Years
               Transport
               ,
            
             
               Lyes
               secret
               from
               created
               Minds
               ,
               but
               still
            
             
               May
               what
               was
               wanting
               to
               Times
               measure
               fill
               .
            
          
           
             
               Now
               of
               these
               Eves
               and
               Morns
               ,
               th'
               first
               sev'nty
               five
               ,
            
             
               By
               these
               repeated
               Calls
               ,
               the
               Spouse
               retrive
            
             
               From
               foreign
               Lands
               ,
               become
               too
               much
               her
               Notes explaining the Senſe. c
               own
            
             
               Which
               Daniel
               calls
               in
               brief
               ,
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               this
               Word
               Notes explaining the Senſe. d
               forth
               gone
               :
            
             
               From
               hence
               Notes explaining the Senſe. e
               the
               sev'nty
               Weeks
               Tyde
               strait
               along
               ,
            
             
               So
               lively's
               the
               perspective
               of
               this
               Song
               ;
            
             
               Wherein
               the
               Spouses
               troublous
               Times
               most
               swell
            
             
               In
               Black
               Notes explaining Words. 7
               Epiphanes
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. f
               as
               now
               She
               'll
               tell
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           III.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Antiochus
                 Epiphanes
              
               ,
               Defiling
               the
               Temple
               ,
               and
               taking
               away
               the
               Daily
               Sacrifice
               ,
               is
               now
               set
               out
               in
               this
               following
               Canticle
               .
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               HOw
               quick
               the
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               Night
               o'ertakes
               me
               ,
               yet
               in
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               Bed
            
             
               I
               thought
               to
               find
               that
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               Princely
               Loved
               Head
               :
               
            
             
               Whom
               my
               Soul
               clasps
               in
               dearest
               Tyes
               ,
               but
               He
            
             
               Was
               thence
               withdrawn
               ,
               the
               Temple
               could
               not
               be
            
             
               Our
               Bed
               in
               this
               Black
               Time
               ,
               when
               violate
               
            
             
               By
               th'
               Bestial
               Fury
               of
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Antioch's
               Hate
               ;
            
             
               Our
               ravish'd
               Bed
               could
               then
               no
               longer
               ease
               
            
             
               My
               Thoughts
               so
               full
               of
               Anguish
               ,
               nor
               appease
            
             
               My
               boyling
               Heart
               one
               minute
               ,
               I
               start
               out
            
             
               From
               its
               now-loathed
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               Shroud
               ,
               and
               search
               about
            
             
               The
               Streets
               and
               open'st
               Ways
               ,
               if
               in
               the
               Throng
               
            
             
               I
               meeting
               Him
               Remonstrate
               might
               my
               Wrong
               :
            
             
               But
               Oh
               ,
               I
               found
               Notes explaining Words. 6
               the
               Publick
               had
               betray'd
               
            
             
               Their
               Faith
               to
               th'
               Tyrant
               ,
               I
               no
               longer
               stay'd
            
             
               In
               such
               a
               Fruitless
               search
               ,
               Notes explaining Words. 7
               the
               Watchmen
               I
               apply
               ,
               
            
             
               Who
               are
               in
               Trust
               such
               Questions
               to
               unty
               ;
            
             
               The
               sacred
               Guard
               my
               Love
               fix'd
               to
               their
               Bounds
               ,
            
             
               My
               quick
               Enquiries
               visit
               all
               their
               Rounds
               ,
               
            
             
               With
               this
               one
               Question
               ;
               Have
               ye
               seen
               the
               Him
            
             
               The
               Him
               ,
               whom
               my
               Soul
               Love's
               ,
               that
               only
               Him
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               
               They
               durst
               not
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               loudly
               Speak
               ,
               but
               silent
               Guides
            
             
               Of
               Truth
               they
               gave
               me
               unto
               him
               ,
               who
               slides
            
             
               
               Into
               my
               Chast
               Embrace
               ;
               Just
               as
               I
               mov'd
            
             
               From
               that
               so
               happy
               Watch
               ;
               Him
               my
               Soul
               lov'd
            
             
               I
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               soon
               espy'd
               ,
               By
               Faith
               and
               Love
               I
               hold
               ,
            
             
               
               Arm'd
               with
               my
               Prayers
               ,
               strongest
               when
               most
               bold
               ;
            
             
               And
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               Jacob-like
               my
               Love
               I
               'de
               not
               let
               go
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               Once
               from
               me
               more
               ,
               till
               he
               had
               Bless'd
               me
               so
               ,
            
             
               
               That
               humane
               Nature
               should
               the
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Temple
               be
               ,
            
             
               Where
               I
               might
               Worship
               His
               Divinitie
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               Thus
               dwelt
               the
               Word
               in
               Flesh
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Notes explaining the Senſe. b
               House
            
             
               My
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               Mother
               bred
               Poor
               Me
               ;
               Here
               me
               t'Espouse
            
             
               In
               Promise
               first
               he
               graciously
               did
               deign
               ;
            
             
               As
               Notes explaining Words. 6
               private
               Chambers
               ,
               here
               His
               Mystic
               Reign
            
             
               In
               Notes explaining Words. 7
               Servants
               humble
               Form
               began
               ;
               In
               this
               He
               Notes explaining Words. 8
               climb'd
            
             
               A
               Glory
               yet
               not
               seen
               ,
               but
               duely
               tim'd
            
             
               For
               its
               Appearance
               :
               While
               thus
               my
               Love
               rests
            
             
               
               Contented
               not
               to
               stir
               ,
               my
               Care
               contests
            
             
               A-new
               ,
               You
               Salem's
               Daughters
               ,
               by
               the
               Hinds
            
             
               And
               Roes
               o'
               th'
               Field
               ,
               Gentiles
               whom
               nothing
               binds
               ,
            
             
               But
               my
               Love's
               Power
               ;
               Which
               if
               You
               displease
               ,
            
             
               
               These
               Roes
               and
               Hinds
               ,
               as
               Wolves
               and
               Tygers
               seize
            
             
               You
               as
               their
               Prey
               ;
               Oh
               then
               let
               no
               Notes explaining the Senſe. c
               Notes explaining Words. 9
               Offence
            
             
               Till
               my
               Love
               please
               Him
               waken
               ,
               and
               Incense
               :
            
             
             
               Let
               no
               false
               Sects
               presume
               to
               Antedate
            
             
               My
               True
               Love
               's
               coming
               ,
               and
               awake
               Debate
            
             
               'Twixt
               Him
               and
               Salem's
               Daughters
               till
               He
               come
            
             
               An
               humble
               Shepherd
               to
               his
               Flock
               ,
               and
               bring
               them
               Home
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Incarnation
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               set
               out
               by
               the
               Chorus
               of
               Saints
               .
            
             
               While
               seven
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               Decads
               of
               Prophetick
               Weeks
            
             
               Had
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               almost
               run
               their
               Course
               ,
               what
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               all
               Time
               seeks
               ,
            
             
               Some
               noble
               Product
               ,
               that
               may
               guild
               its
               Sphere
            
             
               Doth
               here
               Ennoble
               it
               ;
               One
               'gins
               to
               appear
               ,
            
             
               No
               Notes explaining the Senſe. b
               Age
               can
               second
               ;
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               Wonder
               ,
               Fear
               ,
               Desire
            
             
               Are
               each
               its
               Harbingers
               ;
               Natures
               dull
               Fire
            
             
               Can
               Notes explaining the Senſe. c
               no
               such
               Birth
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Calcine
               ;
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               Incarnation
            
             
               Empales
               this
               Mysterious
               Generation
               ,
            
             
               All
               vulgar
               Style
               's
               too
               low
               ;
               Notes explaining Words. 6
               Schelom
               Wise
               King
            
             
               Inspir'd
               Divinely
               ,
               does
               this
               Secret
               sing
            
             
               By
               us
               ,
               who
               with
               profoundest
               Reverence
            
             
               Of
               Love
               ,
               and
               Wonder
               ,
               thus
               Notes explaining Words. 7
               Caroll
               our
               Sence
               .
            
             
             
               
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               Who
               's
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               this
               that
               comes
               as
               from
               a
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               Wilderness
               ,
            
             
               Unknown
               and
               unattended
               ?
               who
               'll
               confess
            
             
               To
               Glorys
               hid'd
               ?
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               Pillars
               indeed
               arise
            
             
               
               With
               him
               ,
               but
               still
               of
               Smoke
               ,
               which
               does
               disguise
            
             
               The
               flame
               of
               Ether
               ;
               oyl'd
               yet
               with
               Perfumes
            
             
               
               Of
               Myrrh
               ,
               of
               Incense
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Frank
               ,
               of
               all
               the
               Gumms
               ,
            
             
               And
               Powders
               ,
               that
               from
               far
               the
               Merchants
               bring
               :
            
             
               Notes explaining Words. 5
               Three
               Sages
               Homag'd
               thus
               the
               Infant
               King
               :
            
             
               
               Far
               Richer
               yet
               in
               ▪
               s
               native
               Glory
               He
               ,
            
             
               The
               Treasures
               of
               his
               own
               Divinity
               .
            
             
               Thus
               rose
               the
               Miracles
               of
               his
               whole
               Life
               ,
            
             
               Where
               Cloud
               and
               Lustre
               still
               maintain'd
               a
               strife
               :
            
             
               The
               out-side
               Meanness
               ,
               and
               the
               in-side
               Glory
            
             
               Enrich
               the
               whole
               most
               mysterious
               story
               .
            
             
               
               Consider
               well
               the
               Notes explaining Words. 6
               Bed
               ,
               where
               the
               Word
               lay
               ,
            
             
               'T
               was
               Schelom's
               humane
               Nature
               ,
               which
               had
               stay
            
             
               Truely
               Divine
               ;
               Angelic
               Notes explaining Words. 7
               Guards
               attend
               ,
            
             
               Who
               can
               this
               Sacred
               Bed
               safer
               defend
               ,
            
             
               
               Then
               Schelom's
               threescore
               Valiant
               Israelites
               ;
            
             
               
               Whom
               Skill
               and
               Valour
               shield
               '
               gainst
               all
               affrights
               ,
            
             
               While
               they
               arm'd
               at
               all
               points
               defie
               the
               Dread
               ,
            
             
               Wherewith
               the
               Night
               can
               threat
               the
               Royal
               Bed.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               
               This
               Schelom
               ,
               God
               with
               us
               ,
               His
               Body
               fram'd
            
             
               So
               rich
               with
               all
               the
               Graces
               ,
               that
               are
               nam'd
               ,
            
             
               That
               Schelom's
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
               Chariot
               of
               sweet
               Lebans
               Wood
               ,
            
             
               Which
               on
               its
               Silver
               Pillars
               firmly
               stood
               ,
            
             
               Founded
               in
               Gold
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               Purple
               crown'd
            
             
               Is
               Emblem
               faint
               this
               Myst'ry
               to
               expound
               :
            
             
               But
               yet
               which
               all
               Types
               still
               excels
               in
               Grace
               ,
            
             
               While
               Schelom
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
               Salem's
               Daughters
               did
               enchase
            
             
               In
               beauteous
               Images
               throughout
               this
               State
               ,
            
             
               That
               thus
               Triumphing
               He
               might
               celebrate
            
             
               His
               love
               to
               them
               ;
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
               Great
               Schelom
               was
               inspir'd
            
             
               With
               hotter
               Flames
               ,
               which
               his
               whole
               Body
               fir'd
            
             
               In●●
               Sacrifice
               to
               Justice
               ,
               while
               He
               bore
            
             
               These
               Salems
               Daughters
               on
               his
               Heart
               ,
               and
               wore
            
             
               Their
               Names
               wrought
               into
               his
               with
               Love
               so
               high
               ,
            
             
               No
               parallel
               can
               e'er
               be
               found
               to
               Vye
               :
            
             
               And
               in
               this
               Chariot
               ,
               thus
               inflam'd
               He
               rode
            
             
               In
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
               Triumph
               over
               Hell
               ,
               it
               captive
               show'd
               ;
               
            
             
               And
               as
               the
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
               Royal
               *
               Bathsheba
               receiv'd
            
             
               The
               Crown
               from
               David's
               Mouth
               ,
               that
               Schelom
               wreath'd
               ,
            
             
               With
               which
               to
               Salem's
               Daughter
               He
               espous'd
            
             
               Himself
               ,
               and
               swelling
               Bowls
               of
               joy
               Carous'd
               .
            
             
               Thus
               Zion's
               Daughters
               ,
               Holy
               Souls
               ,
               come
               forth
            
             
               From
               meaner
               Thoughts
               to
               those
               of
               higher
               Worth
               ,
            
             
               Behold
               King
               Schelom
               risen
               from
               the
               Dead
               ,
               
            
             
               A
               Crown
               of
               Majesty
               Empales
               his
               Head
               :
            
             
               His
               Mother
               Crown'd
               Him
               ;
               For
               to
               th'
               Womans
               Seed
            
             
               By
               promise
               of
               the
               Father
               't
               was
               decree'd
               :
            
          
           
             
               And
               yet
               his
               greatest
               Joy
               is
               to
               Espouse
            
             
               His
               Church
               ,
               till
               He
               his
               Crowned
               Glory
               shows
               ;
            
             
             
               In
               Seal
               of
               which
               ,
               this
               Eulogy
               of
               praise
               ,
            
             
               That
               follows
               next
               ,
               is
               like
               a
               Crown
               of
               Raies
               ,
            
             
               Set
               on
               his
               Spouses
               Head
               by
               his
               own
               Hand
               ,
            
             
               Whose
               Act
               no
               Gate
               of
               Hell
               can
               countermand
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           IV.
           
        
         
           
             The
             King.
             
          
           
             
               A
               Description
               of
               the
               Apostolick
               Church
               in
               its
               Primitive
               Excellency
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Calling
               of
               the
               Gentiles
               .
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. a
               BEhold
               thy self
               ,
               my
               Love
               ,
               the
               Fair
               ,
               Notes explaining Words. 1
               the
               Fair
            
             
               
               Alone
               ;
               my
               Blood
               ,
               my
               Spirit
               ,
               give
               the
               Air
            
             
               Of
               thy
               great
               Beauty
               ,
               while
               thy
               Doctine
               pure
               ,
            
             
               Thy
               Worship
               Chast
               a
               holy
               Life
               assure
               :
            
             
               
               So
               that
               thy
               Eyes
               the
               Chrystal
               do
               excell
            
             
               Of
               the
               unspotted
               Doves
               ,
               and
               glistring
               swell
            
             
               
               From
               out
               thy
               Locks
               ,
               whose
               modest
               shade
               does
               Grace
            
             
               In
               mean
               Attire
               the
               Beauties
               of
               thy
               Face
               ;
            
             
               That
               while
               no
               Art
               does
               Curl
               in
               form
               thy
               Hair
               ,
            
             
               Of
               Pomp
               ,
               or
               Ceremony
               ;
               'T
               is
               like
               the
               Glare
            
             
               Of
               Notes explaining Words. 2
               Gilead's
               Goats
               ;
               The
               too
               Censorious
               Eye
            
             
               Of
               Jew
               and
               Gentile
               scorns
               thy
               Polity
               :
            
             
               But
               I
               that
               value
               by
               their
               in
               side
               Things
               ,
            
             
               Can
               see
               thy
               Graces
               through
               those
               Coverings
               :
            
             
               Thus
               clouded
               were
               the
               Glories
               of
               the
               Ark
            
             
               When
               the
               same
               Goats
               hair
               look'd
               so
               rude
               ,
               so
               dark
               .
            
             
               
               The
               fruitful
               Notes explaining Words. 3
               Mastication
               of
               my
               Word
            
             
               Is
               like
               the
               gainful
               Flock
               ,
               that
               serves
               its
               Lord
            
             
               With
               double
               Notes explaining Words. 4
               Off
               ▪
               spring
               ,
               and
               the
               lusty
               Fleece
            
             
               That
               falls
               so
               white
               ,
               so
               even
               in
               a
               Piece
               ;
            
             
             
               And
               when
               so
               even
               shorn
               ,
               when
               wash'd
               so
               white
               ,
            
             
               The
               Flock
               appears
               one
               entire
               sheet
               of
               Light.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               Now
               This
               whole
               Flock
               of
               Teeth
               ,
               so
               white
               ,
               so
               shorn
               ,
            
             
               Speaks
               Apostolick
               Pow'r
               in
               equal
               borne
               ;
            
             
               And
               does
               expose
               the
               falshood
               of
               the
               Dream
               ,
            
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. a
               That
               Peter
               in
               that
               Order
               was
               Supream
               :
            
             
               By
               all
               with
               Peace
               ,
               and
               Parile
               order
               fenc'd
            
             
               The
               Food
               of
               Life
               was
               equally
               dispenc'd
               ;
            
             
               And
               equal
               was
               the
               Fruit
               ,
               For
               barren
               none
            
             
               Was
               found
               ,
               with
               all
               so
               great
               a
               Glory
               shone
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             
               My
               expiating
               Blood
               so
               soundly
               Taught
               ,
            
             
               Within
               thy
               Lips
               like
               Scarlet
               Thread
               is
               wrought
               :
            
             
               My
               Cross
               those
               Graces
               gives
               thy
               Speech
               That
               Sense
               ,
               
            
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
               That
               shrinks
               the
               Pagan
               Wisdom's
               Eloquence
            
             
               To
               empty
               sounds
               ;
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
               Thy
               Temples
               are
               the
               seat
               
            
             
               Of
               soundest
               Judgment
               ,
               which
               prepares
               the
               Meat
               
            
             
               During
               to
               life
               ,
               like
               Food
               of
               Pomegranate
               ,
            
             
               In
               which
               Seeds
               ,
               as
               of
               Life
               ,
               accumulate
               :
            
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
               Those
               enterweaves
               of
               Holy
               Order
               like
            
             
               The
               well-curl'd
               Locks
               ,
               all
               falshood
               that
               Repique
               ,
               
            
             
               Secures
               thy
               Temples
               Graces
               ,
               and
               thy
               Neck
               ,
            
             
               Which
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
               thousand
               Shields
               ,
               and
               Bucklers
               round
               bedeck
               ,
            
             
               Rising
               as
               David's
               Tow'r
               ,
               Bears
               up
               thy
               Head.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               This
               is
               Truth
               seal'd
               with
               Miracles
               ,
               that
               shed
            
             
               It self
               into
               the
               Christian
               Church
               ,
               and
               arm'd
               
            
             
               It
               '
               gainst
               its
               Foes
               ,
               and
               its
               Believers
               charm'd
            
             
               Into
               its
               Services
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 6
               All
               as
               Men
               of
               might
            
             
               To
               do
               ,
               or
               dye
               in
               defence
               of
               its
               Right
               :
            
          
           
             
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
               But
               yet
               these
               Arms
               are
               Magazin'd
               ,
               not
               us'd
               ,
            
             
               As
               to
               their
               utmost
               Service
               ,
               but
               diffus'd
            
             
               Defence
               as
               yet
               ,
               not
               perfect
               Victory
               :
            
             
               Still
               They
               're
               design'd
               within
               this
               Armory
               ,
            
             
               And
               for
               the
               *
               Banner'd
               Armies
               They
               're
               prepar'd
            
             
               Then
               to
               each
               Use
               their
               Service
               shall
               be
               shar'd
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
               The
               milky
               streams
               of
               Thy
               two
               Breasts
               ,
               as
               Roes
            
             
               Flow
               to
               all
               Parts
               ,
               and
               plenteously
               dispose
            
             
               
               To
               Jew
               and
               Gentile
               ,
               that
               so
               vital
               Juice
               ,
            
             
               (
               Pure
               as
               the
               Lillies
               through
               that
               double
               Sluce
               ,
               )
            
             
               Of
               the
               Two
               Testaments
               ,
               where
               ,
               as
               in
               Fields
            
             
               Thou
               feedest
               ,
               and
               that
               Truth
               thy
               motion
               weilds
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Ascension
               of
               Christ
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               by
               His
               Ministry
               ,
               His
               Death
               ,
               His
               Resurrection
               ,
               His
               Fourty
               Days
               giving
               Commandments
               to
               His
               Disciples
               prepar'd
               this
               so
               Praised
               Apostolick
               Church
               .
            
             
               Now
               till
               Nights
               shades
               ,
               Shades
               of
               the
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
               Atmosphere
            
             
               Are
               flown
               ,
               and
               the
               bright
               Morning
               Star
               appear
            
             
               
               Breaking
               to
               Day
               ;
               I
               'll
               hye
               me
               to
               the
               Hill
               ,
            
             
               Where
               Myrrh
               and
               Incense
               the
               whole
               Monntain
               fill
               ,
            
             
               The
               Heavens
               shall
               contain
               me
               ,
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
               till
               as
               now
            
             
               ●
               mount
               ,
               the
               Heavens
               back
               again
               I
               bow
               ,
            
             
               In
               a
               serene
               and
               perfect
               Cloudless
               Day
               ,
            
             
               All
               shadows
               gone
               ,
               and
               darkness
               flown
               away
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               The
               King
               Himself
               ,
               this
               brightest
               Morning
               Star
            
             
               By
               his
               own
               glorious
               Presence
               brings
               from
               far
            
             
               The
               Day
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 1
               so
               long
               Exil'd
               ;
               When
               He
               all
               Crowns
            
             
               Shall
               in
               his
               Kingdom
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 2
               swallow
               ,
               when
               the
               Frowns
            
             
               Of
               his
               bright
               Face
               ,
               as
               Thunder
               shafts
               shall
               send
            
             
               The
               Dark
               Kings
               with
               their
               Night
               to
               their
               black
               End.
            
             
               So
               He
               ascends
               this
               Kingdom
               to
               receive
               ,
            
             
               And
               to
               return
               at
               time
               of
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 3
               Sacred
               Breve
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               in
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 4
               Parenthesis
               is
               interpos'd
            
             
               Amidst
               the
               Churches
               Praises
               ,
               and
               dispos'd
            
             
               On
               purpose
               so
               ,
               that
               thus
               the
               time
               made
               plain
            
             
               From
               Christs
               Ascension
               to
               's
               Return
               again
               ,
            
             
               The
               flowing
               Cantoes
               might
               with
               Time
               keep
               touch
               ,
            
             
               And
               th'
               Churches
               various
               States
               fit
               Emblems
               couch
               .
            
             
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 5
               First
               ,
               as
               its
               Spotless
               ,
               Apostolick
               state
            
             
               It self
               to
               Salvage
               Gentiles
               did
               dilate
               ;
            
             
               Of
               which
               how
               high
               the
               Sequent
               Emblems
               play
               ,
            
             
               Their
               Airs
               to
               listen
               ,
               is
               our
               next
               Essay
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             
               The
               sending
               down
               of
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               Now
               when
               my
               Love
               ,
               my
               Hand
               hath
               form'd
               thee
               true
            
             
               To
               my
               own
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 6
               Image
               ,
               and
               I
               Thee
               endue
               
            
             
               By
               th'
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 7
               Holy
               *
               Paraclete
               sent
               down
               from
               Me
               ,
            
             
               As
               my
               Triumphant
               Bounty
               ,
               Ample
               ,
               Free
            
             
             
               
               With
               Gifts
               and
               Graces
               ;
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
               Oh
               Thy
               Fairest
               hue
               ,
            
             
               Thou
               Beauties
               highest
               point
               in
               this
               Review
               ▪
            
             
               
               Dost
               spotless
               touch
               ;
               'T
               is
               now
               thy
               Beauties
               clear
            
             
               Without
               a
               Blemish
               ,
               now
               Thou
               dost
               appear
            
             
               Like
               the
               first
               Church
               in
               Paradise
               compriz'd
               ,
            
             
               Which
               by
               the
               Serpent
               Fell
               ;
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
               Thou
               art
               repriz'd
            
             
               From
               th'
               Serpents
               Hand
               ;
               To
               stand
               ,
               see
               ,
               that
               thou
               choose
            
             
               Lest
               thy
               first
               Candlestick
               its
               Place
               should
               loose
               ,
            
             
               And
               now
               my
               Song
               of
               Love
               doth
               thee
               Enroll
            
             
               
               Into
               the
               state
               of
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
               Spouse
               ;
               Thy
               Nuptial
               stole
            
             
               My
               Gospel
               Graces
               are
               :
               The
               Gentile
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
               wolds
            
             
               Come
               we
               'll
               survey
               now
               which
               the
               Devil
               holds
               ,
            
             
               As
               Dens
               of
               Lyons
               ,
               and
               the
               Leopards
               mounts
               ,
            
             
               
               Although
               my
               Kingdom
               's
               right
               by
               holy
               Counts
               ,
            
             
               From
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
               Canaans
               Mountains
               let
               us
               give
               them
               view
               ,
            
             
               Which
               lye
               within
               the
               Holy
               Lands
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 6
               purliew
               ;
            
             
               From
               Liban
               come
               ,
               my
               Spouse
               ,
               come
               thou
               with
               me
            
             
               From
               Liban
               come
               ,
               from
               Aman's
               Top
               look
               thee
               ;
            
             
               From
               Shenir's
               ,
               and
               from
               Herman's
               Brows
               with
               Eye
            
             
               Of
               Grace
               le
               ts
               look
               ,
               where
               Lyons
               ,
               Leopards
               lye
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Gentiles
               Call'd
               ,
               and
               becoming
               a
               Sister
               Church
               with
               the
               Jews
               First
               ,
               and
               after
               some
               Ages
               ,
               the
               only
               Church
               in
               view
               till
               the
               Jews
               Conversion
               .
            
             
               Upon
               this
               Gracious
               prospect
               from
               the
               Hills
            
             
               The
               Sister-Church
               the
               following
               Cantoes
               fills
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             
               How
               soon
               I
               see
               a
               Sister
               Spouse
               arise
               ,
            
             
               So
               fruitful
               is
               the
               Favour
               of
               my
               Eyes
               ;
               
            
             
               How
               soon
               the
               Gentile
               Church
               that
               Sister-Spouse
               
            
             
               One
               Body
               with
               the
               Jews
               in
               my
               Love
               grows
               :
            
             
               Thou
               art
               Adopted
               now
               one
               of
               the
               Eyes
               ,
            
             
               That
               does
               complete
               the
               Beauty
               ;
               its
               surprize
               
            
             
               My
               Heart
               transports
               ,
               as
               does
               that
               lovely
               Chain
            
             
               Which
               to
               the
               Head
               unite
               does
               thee
               retain
               
            
             
               In
               whole
               ,
               as
               by
               one
               Neck
               ,
               and
               still
               recalls
            
             
               Thy
               Name
               ,
               my
               Sister-Spouse
               ,
               which
               thee
               installs
            
             
               In
               Nuptial
               Rights
               ,
               so
               that
               thy
               Love
               enshrines
               
            
             
               Thy
               Beauty
               in
               my
               Heart
               'bove
               richest
               Wines
               ,
            
             
               Which
               Sacrifices
               grac'd
               ,
               now
               out
               of
               date
               
            
             
               In
               this
               new
               Spoused
               Jew
               ,
               and
               Gentile
               State
               ;
            
             
               The
               Odours
               of
               thy
               Oyntments
               much
               excell
            
             
               The
               Spices
               that
               in
               Typic
               Unguents
               smell
               ;
               
            
             
               For
               Gifts
               and
               Graces
               are
               my
               Spirits
               Oyl
               ,
            
             
               To
               which
               most
               Fragrant
               Matter
               's
               but
               a
               Foil
               :
            
             
               The
               combed
               Cells
               ,
               which
               sweetest
               Honies
               fill
               
            
             
               Drop
               not
               the
               Pleasures
               ,
               Spouse
               ,
               thy
               Lips
               distill
               ;
            
             
               The
               staple
               Dainties
               of
               the
               Promis'd
               Land
               ,
               
            
             
               Honey
               and
               Milk
               are
               in
               thy
               Tongues
               Command
               ,
            
             
               The
               potent
               Flavors
               of
               Thy
               Vests
               confine
            
             
               Those
               fainter
               of
               the
               Mount
               Liban
               .
               —
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together.
               
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             —
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               —
               Thus
               Divine
            
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
               Influxes
               make
               the
               barren
               Wilds
               out-do
            
             
               An
               earthly
               Canaan
               ,
               and
               its
               Types
               out-go
               :
            
             
               Its
               Doctrines
               ,
               Sufferings
               ,
               Graces
               ,
               all
               combine
               ,
            
             
               As
               sweetest
               Odours
               ,
               and
               the
               richest
               Wine
               :
            
             
               For
               now
               the
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
               Jewish
               Spouse
               in
               silent
               shade
            
             
               Vales
               off
               this
               Song
               ,
               Ensuing
               Emblems
               laid
            
             
               Are
               in
               the
               Sister-Spouse
               ;
               Till
               all
               the
               Tribes
            
             
               First
               Two
               ,
               then
               Ten
               returning
               It
               describes
               :
            
             
               So
               now
               the
               Gentile
               Church
               ,
               Great
               Israels
               Name
            
             
               Inherits
               ,
               as
               the
               onely
               Spouses
               claim
               :
            
             
               But
               Fear
               ,
               Ingrafted
               Israel
               the
               fate
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
            
             
               Of
               native
               Branches
               ,
               Dread
               t'
               usurp
               the
               State
            
             
               Of
               Church
               so
               Catholick
               ,
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
               as
               if
               the
               Root
            
             
               Thou
               Bor'st
               from
               whence
               the
               Branches
               shoot
               ,
            
             
               And
               not
               the
               Root
               Bare
               thee
               a
               Branch
               at
               will
               ,
            
             
               Standing
               by
               Faith
               ,
               but
               pruned
               off
               ,
               if
               Ill.
               
            
          
           
             
               Or
               ,
               as
               without
               the
               Nat'ral
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
               Israel
               Thou
            
             
               Couldst
               be
               the
               Perfect
               Spouse
               ,
               Proud
               Fancies
               glow
            
             
               Thus
               in
               the
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 6
               Roman
               Breast
               ;
               Conceits
               its
               own
            
             
               Are
               Canoniz'd
               for
               Wise
               ;
               But
               *
               Gents
               alone
               ,
            
             
               No
               more
               than
               Jews
               this
               Catholick
               can
               be
               ,
            
             
               Jews
               first
               split
               on
               this
               Rock
               ,
               and
               now
               Fear
               Thee
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               Besides
               't
               is
               now
               the
               Gentiles
               Times
               run
               deep
               ,
            
             
               While
               Jewish
               Church
               and
               State
               thus
               lye
               asleep
               :
            
             
             
               
               Then
               in
               the
               Gentiles
               Times
               ,
               a
               Gentile
               Pest
            
             
               Will
               likely
               Rise
               a
               Gentile
               Church
               t'
               infest
               ,
            
             
               Of
               these
               Adopted
               Jews
               some
               false
               Christs
               Preach
               ,
            
             
               And
               Antichrists
               Supplants
               True
               Christ
               impeach
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King.
             
          
           
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
               Thou
               Gentile
               Church
               ,
               Thou
               Sister
               in
               a
               Spouse
               ,
            
             
               Thy
               whole
               Time
               in
               a
               Glance
               my
               Fore-sight
               showes
               ;
               
            
             
               A
               Garden
               Barr'd
               ,
               a
               Spring
               shut
               up
               ,
               a
               Fount
            
             
               That
               's
               Seal'd
               ,
               throughout
               Thy
               Emblems
               I
               recount
               ;
               
            
             
               For
               when
               Seals
               open
               All
               ,
               my
               Kingdom
               strait
               
            
             
               Will
               open
               with
               Them
               ;
               But
               I
               patient
               wait
               ,
            
             
               Even
               till
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
               that
               Israel
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               come
            
             
               Joyning
               with
               Thee
               make
               up
               my
               Israels
               Sum
               ;
            
             
               That
               Time
               my
               Father
               set
               ,
               Successive
               seals
            
             
               Still
               therefore
               stay
               my
               Kingdoms
               just
               Appeals
               ,
            
             
               Each
               sealed
               Time
               I
               'll
               Character
               to
               Thee
               ,
            
             
               Successions
               each
               in
               Order
               thou
               shalt
               see
               :
            
             
               First
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
               Ephesus
               the
               Seat
               of
               Truth
               reveal'd
               ,
            
             
               Each
               Plant
               an
               Orchard
               of
               Pomegranates
               seal'd
               
            
             
               With
               Heavens
               Impress
               ,
               I
               depaint
               :
               —
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               —
               Then
               Truth
               did
               flow
               ,
            
             
               As
               if
               each
               Plant
               a
               Paradise
               would
               grow
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             
               Next
               Thee
               a
               Spicy
               Region
               I
               describe
               ,
            
             
               Where
               thrive
               ,
               where
               smell
               ,
               Spices
               of
               ev'ry
               Tribe
               ,
               
            
             
               Those
               of
               the
               Royalty
               ,
               those
               Popular
            
             
               All
               justly
               mix'd
               ,
               each
               in
               their
               Order
               are
               ,
            
             
               The
               Camphire
               meets
               the
               Spike
               ,
               Spike
               Saffron
               meets
               ,
            
             
               The
               Aromatic
               Reed
               with
               Odours
               greets
            
             
               The
               Fragrant
               Bark
               ;
               Sweet
               Frankincense
               indents
               ;
            
             
               With
               Myrrh
               the
               flavor'd
               Aloes
               joyns
               scents
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               Thus
               Spices
               of
               Afflictions
               bitter
               Taste
            
             
               Bruis'd
               by
               the
               pondrous
               Pestel
               ,
               while
               they
               waste
            
             
               Into
               Perfumes
               ,
               give
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
               Smyrna's
               suffring
               Days
            
             
               Which
               lasted
               till
               the
               Christian
               Empire
               sways
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
               'T
               is
               then
               ,
               as
               if
               unseal'd
               ,
               I
               do
               allow
            
             
               Thy
               Gardens
               to
               stream
               out
               ,
               Thy
               Springs
               to
               flow
               ,
            
             
               
               As
               if
               a
               Fount
               of
               Gardens
               Thou
               ,
               A
               Mount
               of
               Wells
               ,
            
             
               That
               roll
               down
               with
               sweet
               streams
               of
               Liban's
               Smells
               :
            
             
               The
               Winds
               ,
               that
               Fan
               thy
               Redolent
               Perfumes
            
             
               With
               Gales
               so
               brisk
               ,
               each
               point
               my
               Care
               Assumes
               ,
            
             
               
               First
               the
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
               stern
               North
               ,
               and
               then
               the
               softer
               South
               ;
            
             
               That
               all
               thy
               Spicy
               Atoms
               ,
               as
               from
               Mouth
            
             
               Of
               Arab's
               Gummy
               Land
               may
               blow
               ;
               I
               Joy
            
             
               In
               publick'st
               Graces
               ,
               when
               of
               pure
               Alloy
               :
            
             
               All
               Virtues
               from
               thee
               I
               let
               out
               ,
               but
               In
               —
            
             
               —
               To
               Thee
               shut
               out
               the
               subtle
               streams
               of
               Sin
               :
            
             
               Now
               cause
               That
               Man
               of
               Sin
               hath
               his
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
               sworn
               Time
            
             
               Before
               my
               Kingdom
               ;
               To
               turn
               back
               that
               slime
            
             
               Foul
               ,
               as
               the
               Serpents
               ,
               see
               thy
               Springs
               new
               barr'd
               ,
            
             
               Thy
               Fountain
               seal'd
               under
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
               Hermetic
               Guard
               ;
            
             
               Now
               Satan's
               Synagogue
               is
               creeping
               out
            
             
               Thy
               noble
               Seeds
               to
               taint
               ,
               't
               is
               now
               about
            
             
               Thy
               spring
               to
               Poyson
               ,
               and
               thy
               streams
               to
               stain
               ,
            
             
               My
               early
               Care
               starts
               up
               to
               curb
               the
               Main
            
             
               Of
               that
               bad
               Torrent
               ;
               And
               I
               'll
               now
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 6
               *
               immure
            
             
               Thy
               Garden
               ,
               Spring
               ,
               and
               Fount
               ,
               to
               keep
               them
               pure
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               Thus
               for
               some
               time
               Truths
               Flood-gates
               open
               stood
               ,
            
             
               But
               oh
               how
               soon
               Apostasie
               a
               Flood
            
             
             
               Became
               ,
               which
               quick
               does
               shift
               the
               Holy
               Scenes
               ;
            
             
               Iniquities
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
               Mysterious
               Womb
               by
               means
            
             
               Most
               unespy'd
               ,
               pregnant
               became
               ,
            
             
               And
               as
               in
               lowest
               Parts
               ,
               submiss
               and
               tame
            
             
               Work'd
               on
               yet
               ;
               For
               while
               Ephesus
               deriv'd
            
             
               Its
               Springs
               of
               Wells
               ,
               and
               Gardens
               ,
               Smyrna
               striv'd
            
             
               By
               Cruel
               Princes
               pounded
               to
               diffuse
            
             
               Its
               Myrrhine
               Odours
               ;
               And
               those
               strokes
               did
               bruise
            
             
               Its
               Spices
               with
               a
               Northern
               Fury
               ,
               till
            
             
               Controlls
               of
               Christian
               Princes
               did
               it
               still
               ,
            
             
               And
               with
               Their
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
               Southern
               Breath
               perswaded
               out
            
             
               Those
               Fragrant
               Graces
               ,
               as
               from
               Springs
               to
               spout
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               even
               in
               Suffering
               Times
               bad
               Vapours
               crept
            
             
               Into
               the
               better
               Odours
               ,
               where
               they
               slept
               ;
            
             
               Till
               best
               and
               worst
               fly
               out
               ,
               while
               South-winds
               Blow
               ,
            
             
               And
               Christian
               Fervors
               lost
               ,
               the
               worst
               o'er-flow
               ;
            
             
               Thus
               by
               degrees
               the
               Fragrant
               Spices
               dye
            
             
               Into
               a
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
               Languid
               Sensuality
               :
            
             
               For
               why'll
               best
               Odours
               try
               to
               Meliorate
            
             
               The
               Pagan
               steams
               ,
               they
               soon
               Incorporate
               ,
            
             
               And
               ,
               as
               the
               Sympathetic
               Atoms
               fly
            
             
               Back
               to
               their
               native
               Bed
               ,
               so
               these
               Scents
               hye
            
             
               To
               their
               own
               Sourse
               ,
               larded
               with
               the
               Attaint
            
             
               Of
               Superstition
               ,
               that
               would
               hence
               write
               Saint
               :
            
             
               While
               Vizord-Christians
               Pagans
               meet
               half
               way
            
             
               Truth
               Christian
               ,
               and
               chast
               Worship
               fly
               away
               ;
            
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
               So
               that
               when
               now
               the
               Spouse
               her
               Prince
               Invites
            
             
               To
               Banquet
               with
               Her
               ,
               He
               her
               offer
               slights
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               Let
               now
               with
               Pleasure
               to
               his
               Garden
               come
            
             
               
               He
               my
               Beloved
               and
               His
               Palate
               some
            
             
               Choose
               of
               my
               New-ripe
               Fruits
               ,
               which
               I
               call
               His
               ,
            
             
               Now
               let
               him
               Eat
               what
               for
               Him
               sweetned
               is
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               This
               very
               Call
               assures
               ,
               He
               was
               withdrawn
            
             
               Whose
               Love
               to
               's
               Spouse
               had
               ever
               the
               first
               dawn
               :
            
             
               Both
               Fruits
               and
               Church
               are
               new
               :
               It
               hath
               not
               known
            
             
               The
               Blessed
               Jesus
               ,
               always
               with
               his
               own
               :
            
          
           
             
               
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
               His
               Answer
               to
               this
               Call
               assures
               us
               more
            
             
               He
               was
               disgusted
               ,
               For
               He
               prais'd
               before
            
             
               
               And
               there
               He
               staid
               ,
               as
               One
               no
               farther
               pleas'd
               ;
            
             
               For
               what
               he
               lik'd
               ,
               he
               had
               already
               seiz'd
               ;
            
             
               Now
               from
               the
               Sev'nty
               Weeks
               fore-nam'd
               runn
               out
               ,
            
             
               Four
               hundred
               Years
               had
               turn'd
               their
               course
               about
               ;
            
             
               
               The
               seven
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
               Seals
               their
               *
               Cargo
               had
               discharg'd
               ;
            
             
               And
               for
               the
               following
               Trumpets
               Time
               enlarg'd
               ,
            
             
               E'er
               which
               all
               Emblems
               of
               Time
               sealed
               new
            
             
               Th'
               Apocalyps
               doth
               give
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               shew
            
             
               The
               Kingdom
               just
               look'd
               out
               ,
               and
               then
               withdrew
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           V.
           
        
         
           
             The
             King.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Apostasie
               of
               the
               Christian
               Church
               .
            
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
               WHY
               dost
               Thou
               call
               ,
               Spouse-Sister
               ,
               why
               so
               fast
            
             
               To
               do
               what
               's
               done
               ,
               and
               now
               the
               Seasons
               past
               ?
               
            
             
               My
               Garden
               I
               have
               view'd
               ,
               my
               Myrrh
               ,
               my
               Spice
            
             
               I
               have
               secur'd
               ;
               Have
               Eaten
               once
               ,
               and
               twice
               
            
             
               My
               Honey
               with
               its
               Comb
               ;
               My
               Milk
               with
               Wine
            
             
               Have
               drunk
               ;
               There
               's
               nothing
               that
               is
               mine
               ,
            
             
               But
               I
               enjoy'd
               my self
               ;
               This
               latter
               Spring
            
             
               Is
               nothing
               to
               me
               ;
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
               To
               my
               Rivals
               bring
            
             
               All
               this
               new
               store
               ;
               You
               new
               Loves
               ,
               Eat
               and
               Drink
               ,
            
             
               Let
               all
               that
               's
               new
               into
               your
               Banquet
               sink
               :
            
             
               What
               's
               from
               my
               Word
               deriv'd
               ,
               on
               that
               I
               Feast
               ,
            
             
               Let
               those
               upstart
               Beloved's
               take
               the
               rest
               ,
            
             
               And
               now
               you
               your selves
               glut
               ,
               you
               Loves
               of
               sense
               ,
            
             
               I
               give
               you
               Freedom
               ,
               though
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
               at
               my
               Expence
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               I
               find
               my
               Senses
               ty'd
               ,
               my
               Parts
               benumm'd
               ,
            
             
               That
               outward
               lye
               ;
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
               The
               dull
               Narcotick
               stumm
               
            
             
               Of
               my
               new
               mingled
               Wines
               ,
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
               the
               Mushrom
               Fruits
            
             
               To
               which
               my
               Love
               I
               call'd
               ,
               which
               He
               Refutes
            
             
               In
               claiming
               to
               be
               his
               ;
               Oppress
               my
               Sense
               ;
            
             
               Yet
               still
               my
               Heart
               resists
               the
               Violence
               ;
            
             
               And
               wakes
               '
               midst
               of
               these
               Charms
               ;
               Better
               I
               know
               ,
               
            
             
               Better
               I
               love
               ,
               while
               these
               Fumes
               over-flow
            
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 6
               My
               free'r
               Mind
               my
               Love
               's
               so
               fast
               Ally
               ,
            
             
               That
               He
               'll
               reprize
               it
               from
               the
               Sorcery
               ,
               
            
             
               That
               would
               Enchant
               it
               ;
               Hark
               ,
               it
               is
               his
               Voice
            
             
               That
               now
               does
               Call
               ,
               He
               Knocks
               ;
               now
               I
               rejoyce
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               While
               yet
               I
               fear
               ,
               for
               thus
               He
               me
               Essays
               ,
            
             
               As
               in
               that
               nobler
               Heart
               ,
               that
               ne'r
               betrays
            
             
               Its
               Faith.
               —
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King.
             
          
           
             
               
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
               My
               Love
               ,
               my
               Dove
               ,
               my
               Undefil'd
            
             
               Open
               right
               now
               to
               me
               who
               am
               beguil'd
            
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
               Of
               my
               due
               Residence
               ;
               Who
               in
               this
               Night
            
             
               
               Under
               the
               Moons
               moist
               Empire
               am
               bedight
               ,
            
             
               My
               Head
               and
               Locks
               ,
               with
               Drops
               that
               on
               them
               light
               ,
            
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
               As
               counterfeited
               Jewels
               of
               the
               Dark
               ,
            
             
               Exhal'd
               ,
               but
               not
               Concoc't
               ,
               they
               bear
               the
               mark
            
             
               Of
               the
               half-virtu'd
               Beams
               ,
               that
               from
               the
               Moon
            
             
               Fall
               Chill
               and
               Pale
               ;
               whose
               Influences
               soon
            
             
               Are
               lost
               ,
               and
               can
               to
               no
               Perfection
               mount
               ;
            
             
               Of
               all
               that
               's
               True
               my
               higher
               Light
               's
               the
               Fount
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             Answers
             .
          
           
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
               That
               plainer
               Coat
               of
               Holiness
               and
               Zeal
            
             
               Of
               Truth
               ,
               that
               did
               at
               first
               the
               Gospel
               Seal
            
             
               
               I
               have
               put
               off
               ,
               with
               that
               simplicity
               ;
            
             
               Now
               in
               a
               Bed
               of
               Ease
               and
               State
               I
               lye
            
             
               Bedeck'd
               with
               Ceremonious
               Gayeties
               shew
               ,
            
             
               How
               can
               I
               then
               that
               Former
               state
               renew
               ?
            
          
           
             
               
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
               The
               soyl
               of
               Gospel
               Travels
               ,
               rough
               and
               poor
               ,
            
             
               I
               have
               washd
               from
               my
               Feet
               ;
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 6
               Not
               from
               my
               Door
            
             
             
               I
               move
               now
               but
               in
               Equipage
               ;
               To
               tread
               the
               Ground
            
             
               With
               new
               Defilement
               ,
               but
               to
               Think
               does
               wound
            
             
               My
               Sense
               so
               delicate
               ;
               I
               paint
               the
               Dream
            
             
               That
               Fascinates
               my
               Foreign
               Members
               ,
               still
               the
               stream
            
             
               Of
               a
               much
               higher
               Soul
               to
               thee
               doth
               run
               ,
            
             
               Though
               under
               Ground
               impurer
               Veins
               to
               shun
               .
               
            
          
           
             
               But
               at
               thy
               Summons
               it
               starts
               out
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               for
               when
               my
               love
            
             
               His
               Fragrant
               Fingers
               in
               the
               Lock
               did
               move
               ,
            
             
               This
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               reach'd
               my
               Heart
               ;
               Eftsoons
               my
               Bowels
               turn'd
               ,
               
            
             
               As
               by
               elastic
               Force
               to
               Him
               ;
               My
               Passions
               burn'd
            
             
               And
               sparkled
               to
               a
               Flame
               ,
               strait
               to
               the
               Door
               
            
             
               I
               poast
               t'unseal
               the
               Lock
               ;
               No
               soyling
               Floor
            
             
               Now
               frights
               my
               Feet
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               and
               when
               I
               touch'd
               the
               Lock
               ,
               
            
             
               The
               smelling
               Myrrh
               ,
               as
               Waters
               from
               a
               Rock
               ,
            
             
               The
               smelling
               Myrrhs
               gush'd
               from
               the
               Lock
               ;
               The
               Oyls
            
             
               Around
               my
               Hands
               ,
               my
               Fingers
               swim
               ,
               this
               boyls
            
             
               My
               Heart
               with
               Passions
               fresh
               ,
               in
               haste
               I
               ope
               
            
             
               To
               my
               Belov'd
               ,
               mov'd
               with
               a
               joyful
               Hope
            
             
               To
               find
               Him
               there
               ;
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
               But
               then
               I
               soon
               descry'd
               
            
             
               Withdrawn
               from
               me
               he
               far
               himself
               did
               hide
               ,
            
             
               Not
               from
               my
               Soul
               to
               him
               indear'd
               ,
               but
               from
               that
               load
            
             
               Of
               outward
               Parts
               my
               new
               encumbring
               mode
               :
               
            
             
               His
               Spirit
               moves
               that
               very
               Soul
               ,
               the
               swoon
               
            
             
               Goes
               off
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
               all
               ways
               I
               fly
               to
               find
               him
               soon
               ,
            
             
               Repeated
               Calls
               I
               send
               ,
               no
               Answer
               greets
            
             
               From
               Him
               my
               thirsty
               Ear
               ;
               Nor
               in
               the
               Streets
               
            
             
               My
               close
               Researches
               gain
               the
               hop'd
               success
               ,
            
             
               That
               should
               my
               wearied
               steps
               with
               my
               Love
               bless
               ;
            
             
             
               
               The
               City
               Watch
               of
               Prophets
               ,
               that
               espy
            
             
               All
               passes
               ,
               Jealous
               spy'd
               me
               sayling
               by
               ,
            
             
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
               These
               Prophets
               in
               disguise
               my
               Soul
               disdain'd
               :
            
             
               I
               ask'd
               them
               nothing
               ,
               '
               cause
               I
               knew
               them
               wain'd
            
             
               From
               my
               best
               Love
               to
               their
               Beloved's
               new
               ,
            
             
               
               So
               at
               my
               search
               for
               onely
               mine
               they
               grew
            
             
               
               To
               heights
               of
               Rage
               ;
               They
               smite
               ,
               they
               deeply
               wound
               ,
            
             
               
               As
               with
               a
               Past'ral
               Staff
               ,
               Curses
               they
               sound
               ,
            
             
               And
               loud
               Anathema's
               ;
               The
               Guards
               o'
               th'
               Walls
               ,
            
             
               The
               higher
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
               *
               Pontiffes
               leave
               their
               Rev'rend
               Stalls
               ,
            
             
               And
               as
               the
               Sons
               of
               Belial
               force
               my
               Veil
               ,
            
             
               Of
               my
               inviolable
               Faith
               the
               Seal
               .
            
          
           
             
               As
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
               Excommunicate
               They
               strip
               the
               Name
            
             
               Of
               Spouse
               from
               me
               ,
               my
               modesty
               defame
               ;
            
             
               My
               Veil
               rend
               from
               me
               ,
               as
               upbreiding
               them
            
             
               Now
               prostitute
               to
               a
               false
               spurious
               Stem
            
             
               Of
               Baal's
               ,
               as
               Husbands
               ;
               Salem's
               Daughters
               pure
               ,
            
             
               Whom
               though
               the
               grand
               Apostasie
               immure
               ,
            
             
               As
               in
               a
               secret
               Temple
               ,
               and
               your
               Hue
            
             
               
               The
               Sackcloth
               marr
               ,
               your
               Witness
               yet
               stands
               true
               ;
            
             
               I
               charge
               you
               ,
               if
               my
               Love
               you
               find
               ,
               you
               tell
               ,
            
             
               How
               high
               my
               Passions
               to
               a
               Sickness
               swell
               ,
            
             
               Of
               Love
               ,
               till
               I
               may
               Him
               ,
               like
               him
               enjoy
               ,
            
             
               And
               for
               himself
               my
               Service
               whole
               employ
               ;
            
             
               Tell
               him
               by
               Prayer
               ,
               tell
               him
               by
               earnest
               Crys
               ,
            
             
               His
               Spouse
               is
               sick
               ,
               and
               if
               He
               comes
               not
               ,
               Dyes
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               Thus
               the
               True
               Church
               in
               Pergamus
               did
               Wake
               ,
            
             
               As
               that
               much
               higher
               Soul
               ,
               when
               th'
               Bulk
               did
               take
            
             
               
               Lethargick
               slumbers
               ,
               thick
               with
               Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
               Balaam's
               Fumes
               ;
            
             
               When
               that
               High
               Prophet
               ,
               and
               his
               Church
               their
               Plumes
            
             
             
               So
               wide
               is
               spread
               ,
               that
               the
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 1
               True
               Church
               must
               fly
            
             
               Into
               the
               Wilds
               ,
               and
               *
               Antipas
               must
               dye
               ,
            
             
               Because
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 2
               They
               held
               their
               Faith
               to
               th'
               Sovereign
               Name
               ,
            
             
               When
               Satan's
               Throne
               presum'd
               so
               high
               a
               Claim
               .
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 3
               The
               Year
               four
               hundred
               thirty
               seven
            
             
               Mounts
               to
               height
               this
               Apostatic
               Leven
               ;
            
             
               Add
               thirty
               eight
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Throne
               they
               bring
            
             
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 4
               
                 Baal
                 Pope
              
               ,
               the
               Eighth
               ,
               and
               yet
               the
               Seventh
               King
               ;
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 5
               Here
               The
               Twelve
               hundred
               sixty
               Sackcloth
               Days
            
             
               With
               th'
               Wilderness
               concurring
               ,
               Tread
               their
               Lays
               :
            
             
               The
               Gentile-Times
               ,
               Moons
               forty
               two
               Confine
               ,
            
             
               And
               here
               begin
               ;
               Imp'd
               into
               which
               consign
            
             
               To
               th'
               Beast
               like
               Fourty
               Two
               ,
               To
               Sev'nty
               Five
            
             
               'Bove
               Hundreds
               four
               ,
               when
               th'
               Vulgar
               Ere
               did
               thrive
               ;
            
             
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 6
               Thus
               Time
               o'
               th'
               Moon
               ,
               the
               Empress
               of
               the
               Night
            
             
               Equals
               the
               Days
               under
               the
               Lord
               of
               Light
               :
            
             
               Thus
               both
               set
               out
               ,
               and
               end
               alike
               ;
               with
               both
            
             
               Time
               ,
               Times
               ,
               Half
               Time
               ,
               are
               settled
               under
               Oath
               :
            
             
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 7
               Now
               from
               six
               Hundred
               sixty
               six
               Fam'd
               Year
            
             
               (
               Seven
               Hundred
               Twenty
               Fifth
               of
               th'
               common
               Ere
               )
            
             
               Till
               sixteen
               Hundred
               ninety
               seven
               shall
            
             
               Of
               the
               same
               Ere
               in
               Circle
               rise
               ,
               and
               fall
               ;
            
             
               The
               Antipapal
               Witnesses
               shall
               seek
            
             
               (
               While
               *
               Anathems
               ,
               Wounds
               and
               Death
               still
               reek
            
             
               From
               Hell
               them
               round
               ;
               )
               and
               for
               their
               true
               Love
               cry
            
             
               With
               publick
               Voice
               ;
               They
               cry
               and
               then
               they
               Dye
            
             
               Unheard
               ;
               Till
               Salem's
               Daughters
               towards
               the
               Time
            
             
               Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 8
               Of
               fourteen
               Hundred
               listen
               to
               the
               Chime
               ,
            
             
             
               Then
               Thyatyra's
               Church
               Reform'd
               doth
               rise
               ,
            
             
               And
               lasts
               midst
               Death
               ,
               till
               Morning
               Star
               it
               spies
               :
            
             
               The
               Musick
               first
               was
               low
               ,
               then
               louder
               Peals
            
             
               By
               Luther
               sounded
               in
               those
               high
               Appeals
            
             
               To
               those
               same
               Salem's
               Daughters
               ;
               Who
               will
               know
            
             
               Now
               whence
               those
               Crys
               ,
               those
               solemn
               Charges
               grow
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               last
               One
               Hundred
               Eighty
               then
               remain
            
             
               Of
               those
               Twelve
               Hundred
               Sixty
               ,
               which
               retain
            
             
               Their
               just
               Allotment
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               are
               lock'd
            
             
               In
               three
               Days
               and
               a
               half
               ,
               wherein
               are
               shock'd
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               The
               Witnesses
               by
               Death
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               a
               part
               of
               each
               ,
            
             
               As
               Christs
               three
               Days
               in
               Grave
               ,
               without
               the
               breach
            
             
               Of
               Prophecy
               ,
               are
               understood
               ;
               So
               here
               the
               last
            
             
               Of
               Day
               the
               First
               ,
               the
               whole
               of
               Two
               ,
               then
               Fast
            
             
               On
               th'
               Morning
               of
               the
               last
               half
               Day
               ensue
            
             
               Protested
               Witnesses
               ,
               who
               thus
               review
            
             
               The
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               true
               Belov'd
               ,
               as
               from
               the
               Spouse
               we
               hear
               ,
            
             
               To
               which
               increasing
               Churches
               yield
               their
               Ear
               ;
            
             
               And
               now
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               the
               Spouse
               describes
               the
               King
               ,
               the
               King
            
             
               Not
               of
               the
               Spouse
               (
               as
               through
               this
               Song
               )
               does
               sing
               ;
            
             
               For
               while
               the
               Antichristian
               Beast
               doth
               Reign
               ,
            
             
               The
               Spouse
               could
               not
               be
               drawn
               in
               Full
               Sans
               stain
            
             
             
               Too
               foul
               for
               her
               to
               bear
               ;
               Besides
               the
               Loss
            
             
               Of
               Her
               Belov'd
               under
               so
               false
               a
               Gloss
            
             
               Was
               first
               to
               be
               detected
               by
               this
               Piece
               ,
            
             
               Which
               giving
               *
               
                 Cap
                 a
                 Pe
              
               the
               King
               ,
               unfleece
            
             
               Must
               strait
               the
               Wolf
               in
               Lambs
               disguize
               ,
               each
               Grace
            
             
               Resplendent
               in
               the
               King
               must
               needs
               Efface
            
             
               The
               counterfeit
               ,
               For
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               ever
               blooming
               Youth
               ,
            
             
               Strength
               ,
               Beauty
               ,
               Vigor
               ,
               Life
               ,
               Emblems
               of
               Truth
            
             
               Make
               up
               the
               Portraict
               of
               the
               King
               so
               known
            
             
               To
               every
               seeing
               Eye
               ,
               that
               is
               its
               own
               ,
            
             
               It
               pulls
               the
               Vizor
               from
               the
               hoary
               Pape
               ,
            
             
               Who
               claiming
               from
               his
               Age
               commits
               the
               Rape
            
             
               Of
               Antichristship
               ,
               Languid
               ,
               Pale
               and
               Wan
               ,
            
             
               Chill
               ,
               Decrepid
               ,
               Dying
               ,
               can
               this
               Old
               Man
            
             
               Vicar
               this
               Ever-living
               ,
               Splendid
               ,
               Frow'ring
               Prince
               ?
            
             
               Who
               now
               this
               Lying
               Bubble
               can't
               Evince
            
             
               That
               hears
               the
               Spouse
               thus
               Emblemate
               her
               Love
               ?
            
             
               To
               Love
               ,
               whom
               won't
               those
               lovely
               Emblems
               move
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
               The
               Portraicture
               of
               the
               Churches
               True
               Beloved
               ,
               in
               Opposition
               to
               Antichrist
               ,
               as
               may
               be
               fairly
               Expounded
               ,
               Given
               by
               the
               Church
               of
               Thyatyra
               ,
               Inducing
               the
               Reformation
               .
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               Oh
               Fairest
               Woman
               ,
               notwithstand
               the
               Cloud
            
             
               From
               thy
               Love
               lost
               ,
               that
               does
               thy
               Beauty
               shroud
               ,
            
             
               Draw
               us
               the
               Picture
               of
               thy
               Love
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               that
               we
               
            
             
               May
               know
               the
               Reasons
               of
               thy
               Charge
               ,
               and
               see
            
             
               They
               're
               Good
               ,
               and
               so
               be
               mov'd
               thee
               to
               obey
               ,
            
             
               When
               Reason
               ,
               and
               not
               Passion
               leads
               our
               way
               ;
            
             
               What
               is
               't
               ,
               wherein
               thy
               Love
               so
               much
               excells
            
             
               All
               Loves
               ;
               Instruct
               us
               ,
               how
               his
               Beauty
               swells
               ,
            
             
             
               His
               Praises
               so
               above
               those
               Loves
               ,
               whose
               din
            
             
               The
               World
               of
               Women
               now
               does
               Captive
               win
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             Answers
             ,
          
           
             
               
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               Beauty's
               brisk
               Colours
               ,
               the
               pure
               White
               and
               Red
            
             
               Sit
               in
               my
               Love
               ,
               not
               as
               i'
               th'
               wither'd
               Bed
            
             
               Of
               Age
               ,
               but
               as
               the
               Lillies
               and
               the
               Rose
            
             
               In
               Youth
               concert
               ,
               so
               in
               my
               Love
               Repose
            
             
               The
               White
               and
               Red
               ;
               Behold
               the
               Rosie
               Blood
            
             
               Of
               his
               great
               Sacrifice
               in
               th'
               Lilly
               Flood
            
             
               Of
               th'
               Sanctifying
               Spirit
               ,
               Both
               which
               fade
            
             
               Under
               the
               Antichristian
               poysonons
               shade
               ;
            
             
               
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               He
               ,
               as
               a
               Standard-Bearer
               stands
               erect
               ,
            
             
               A
               just
               Supreme
               from
               Myriads
               Elect
               ;
            
             
               No
               Palsie
               Title
               croutches
               under
               Guilt
            
             
               In
               Him
               ,
               As
               known
               to
               be
               usurp'd
               ;
               nor
               built
            
             
               On
               Forg'd
               Donations
               ,
               But
               Popes
               crooked
               Age
            
             
               Denys
               to
               them
               high
               Standard
               bearers
               gage
            
             
               Of
               stature
               ,
               and
               the
               Graces
               of
               Tall
               Personage
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               His
               Royal
               Head
               of
               Massive
               purest
               Gold
               ,
            
             
               A
               Fount
               of
               Life
               eternally
               doth
               hold
               ,
            
             
               Not
               like
               the
               Counterfeit
               ,
               that
               as
               the
               Bowl
               ,
            
             
               That
               broken
               at
               the
               Well
               leaks
               out
               the
               Soul
               ,
            
             
               
               And
               Lives
               ,
               but
               by
               Successions
               ;
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
               His
               curl'd
               Locks
            
             
               Strong
               enterwove
               with
               Truth
               firm
               ,
               as
               the
               Rocks
               ,
            
             
               Speak
               Truth
               ,
               and
               Life
               long
               ,
               as
               the
               Ravens
               jet
               ,
            
             
               Not
               like
               That
               faded
               Head
               to
               Death
               in
               Debt
               ;
            
             
               
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
               His
               Eyes
               chast
               Clear
               ,
               and
               beaming
               as
               the
               Dove
            
             
               Reflex'd
               by
               limpid'st
               streams
               ;
               Arrows
               from
               Loves
            
             
               Full
               quiver
               thence
               do
               fly
               ,
               not
               like
               those
               Eyne
               ,
            
             
               Dull
               ,
               Hollow
               ,
               Sunk
               ,
               Bloodshot
               with
               Lust
               and
               Wine
               ,
            
             
             
               And
               Sanguinary
               Laws
               ,
               but
               bath'd
               in
               Milk
               ,
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               Whose
               Retines
               Souls
               enclose
               ,
               as
               Nets
               of
               Silk
            
             
               Which
               Life
               wraps
               up
               ,
               thus
               Truth
               and
               Mercy
               stream
            
             
               From
               his
               bless'd
               Aspect
               ,
               as
               if
               both
               one
               Beam
               
            
             
               Of
               Light
               ,
               or
               like
               Pearls
               set
               by
               Art
               in
               Rings
            
             
               Of
               Gold
               ,
               whence
               double
               ,
               yet
               one
               Lustre
               springs
               ;
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               His
               Cheeks
               the
               Seats
               of
               Love
               ,
               as
               Beds
               of
               Spice
               ,
            
             
               And
               Flowers
               preserve
               a
               fragrancy
               so
               nice
               ,
            
             
               That
               no
               foul
               Vapour
               can
               one
               Pore
               trapan
            
             
               To
               let
               it
               in
               ,
               no
               Breath
               of
               wind
               can
               Fan
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               poyson'd
               Atoms
               with
               its
               Hooks
               can
               pull
               
            
             
               One
               putrid
               steam
               into
               those
               scents
               ;
               All
               full
               ,
            
             
               And
               croud'd
               with
               Sweets
               ,
               but
               oh
               the
               gastly
               Cheeks
            
             
               Of
               Antichrist
               ,
               how
               loathsome
               thence
               the
               Reeks
               ;
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               The
               Lips
               of
               my
               Belov'd
               so
               full
               of
               Grace
               
            
             
               From
               purest
               Lillies
               drop
               their
               Myrrh
               apace
            
             
               In
               perfum'd
               Gales
               of
               Truth
               ;
               While
               Asphaltite
            
             
               Belches
               its
               Sulphur
               after
               Sodoms
               Rite
               .
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
               
               His
               gentle
               Hands
               to
               benign
               Clasps
               enclin'd
               ,
            
             
               As
               into
               Golden
               Rings
               of
               Love
               are
               twin'd
               ;
            
             
               Shaded
               with
               Arbors
               ,
               of
               the
               pleasing
               Green
               ,
               
            
             
               Green
               of
               Lights
               Beams
               too
               quick
               the
               modest
               screen
            
             
               From
               Beryl
               cast
               ;
               Far
               from
               the
               cruel
               stripes
            
             
               Of
               Antichristian
               Hands
               ,
               or
               their
               Iron
               gripes
               ;
               
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
               His
               Belly
               as
               an
               Eburn
               Hill
               is
               vein'd
            
             
               With
               azur'd
               streams
               ,
               which
               from
               this
               Mountain
               strein'd
               ,
            
             
               Enrich
               its
               Fruitfulness
               ;
               But
               Heath
               and
               Sands
               ,
            
             
               Impov'rish'd
               Soil
               ,
               barren
               and
               thirsty
               Lands
               ,
            
             
             
               That
               barren
               Womb
               o'
               th'
               seven
               Headed
               mount
            
             
               Describe
               ;
               streaming
               with
               Fire
               ,
               as
               Etna's
               Fount
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               His
               Legs
               supporting
               all
               with
               Marble
               rise
            
             
               Firm
               ,
               Certain
               ,
               Stable
               ,
               Steddy
               ,
               Pillar
               wise
               ,
            
             
               Fix'd
               on
               their
               Feet
               ,
               as
               stalls
               of
               Gold
               ,
               not
               Clay
               ,
            
             
               On
               which
               the
               Gentile-Image
               had
               its
               stay
               ,
            
             
               The
               very
               Papal
               Feet
               ,
               false
               to
               the
               weight
            
             
               They
               're
               trusted
               with
               ,
               false
               to
               Proud
               Babel's
               height
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thus
               Truth
               and
               pow'r
               Divine
               must
               needs
               endure
               ,
            
             
               Whose
               Ground-work
               ,
               as
               the
               Top
               is
               rich
               ,
               is
               sure
               ;
            
             
               Whereas
               when
               ever
               stuck
               those
               Feet
               of
               Clay
            
             
               
               Their
               Head
               of
               Gold
               to
               Ruine
               must
               betray
               .
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               His
               Port
               ,
               His
               Air
               ,
               His
               meen
               Majestick
               great
               ,
            
             
               As
               Liban's
               Cedars
               ,
               and
               their
               lofty
               Seat
               ,
            
             
               Such
               is
               the
               *
               Grandez
               ,
               such
               the
               Reason
               sense
            
             
               
               Of
               all
               that
               's
               from
               the
               Eternal
               Sapience
               .
            
             
               When
               Papal
               Faith
               ,
               and
               Rites
               become
               the
               scoff
            
             
               
               Of
               Divine
               Wisdom
               ,
               and
               like
               Chaff
               huff'd
               off
               .
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               As
               sweetest
               *
               Ambrose
               ,
               so
               His
               Mouth
               doth
               flow
            
             
               With
               Truth
               ,
               Heavens
               Eloquence
               ;
               His
               Praises
               grow
            
             
               Upon
               me
               quick
               ,
               so
               to
               a
               point
               I
               draw
               ,
            
             
               
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
               His
               Loveliness
               to
               Beauty's
               self
               gives
               Law
               :
            
             
               This
               Salem's
               Daughters
               is
               my
               Love
               ,
               here
               end
               ,
            
             
               If
               you
               but
               lovely
               know
               ,
               you
               know
               my
               Friend
               :
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
               But
               oh
               the
               *
               Counter-Christ
               hath
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 6
               Dragons
               Jaws
               ,
            
             
               Who
               Poyson
               Vomits
               in
               his
               Feral
               Laws
               ,
            
             
               The
               Salvagest
               of
               Beasts
               his
               Form
               display
               ,
            
             
               Sin
               makes
               the
               Man
               in
               Him
               ,
               if
               Him
               you
               'd
               say
               ,
            
             
               He
               's
               one
               Deformity
               ,
               if
               that
               you
               know
               ,
            
             
               It
               's
               He
               'mong
               Thousands
               ,
               He
               himself
               doth
               show
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Churches
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             
               Thyatyra
               ,
               Sardis
               ,
               Philadelphia
            
             ,
             displayed
             ,
             according
             to
             this
             Earnest
             Search
             after
             the
             Beloved
             .
          
           
             With
             what
             stupendious
             Art
             is
             here
             now
             drawn
          
           
             The
             Churches
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Reformation
             from
             its
             dawn
             ;
          
           
             Till
             the
             Twelve
             Hundred
             Sixty
             Days
             shall
             end
             ,
          
           
             On
             which
             th'
             Apostasy's
             permitted
             to
             extend
          
           
             It self
             ;
             Wherein
             the
             Church
             doth
             search
             about
          
           
             All
             Places
             ,
             Forms
             ,
             to
             find
             Her
             Loved
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Church
             indeed
             is
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             One
             ,
             yet
             into
             Three
          
           
             Must
             from
             its
             various
             scites
             distinguish'd
             be
             ,
          
           
             I'
             th'
             midst
             of
             Antichristian
             Bowels
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             Thyatyre
          
           
             Lyes
             paled
             round
             with
             
               Vive
               Comburian
            
             Fire
             ;
          
           
             That
             heats
             that
             Furnace
             ,
             where
             the
             Sovereign
             feels
             ,
          
           
             What
             in
             his
             lowest
             Members
             burns
             ,
             who
             steels
          
           
             Their
             Constancy
             ,
             even
             when
             They
             're
             pil'd
             in
             Flames
          
           
             For
             Flames
             he
             to
             a
             Bed
             of
             Roses
             tames
             .
          
        
         
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             Hungary
             ,
             France
             ,
             others
             ,
             Thyatyra
             's
             *
             Rest
          
           
             Do
             now
             the
             cruel
             Ravages
             Attest
             ;
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 6
             Where
             Papal
             Rage
             may
             farther
             come
             ,
             He
             knows
          
           
             Who
             trys
             the
             deepest
             Reins
             of
             Things
             ,
             and
             shows
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 7
             The
             Blessed
             End
             ,
             but
             still
             conceal'd
          
           
             What
             may
             fall
             out
             ,
             e'er
             th'
             Morning
             Star
             reveal'd
             ;
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 8
             For
             at
             that
             Summons
             the
             whole
             Church
             shall
             fly
          
           
             To
             higher
             Things
             than
             now
             it
             can
             descry
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Sardis
             ascends
             to
             Splendor
             ,
             and
             would
             bear
             ,
          
           
             As
             high
             as
             if
             the
             Spouses
             Love
             were
             there
             ;
          
           
             It
             s
             undefiled
             Names
             does
             yet
             dissent
             ,
          
           
             Lest
             Acquiescing
             in
             what
             's
             now
             ,
             prevent
          
           
             Those
             splendid
             Robes
             ,
             assur'd
             them
             ,
             when
             in
             white
          
           
             Heavens
             Armies
             shall
             attend
             the
             Bride
             Grooms
             Light.
             
          
        
         
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Now
             Philadelph
             .
             with
             smallest
             Humane
             strength
          
           
             Of
             Laws
             ,
             or
             Power
             supports
             the
             Restant
             length
          
           
             Of
             Time
             ,
             upon
             the
             Name
             ,
             the
             Faith
             ,
             the
             Word
             ,
          
           
             The
             Patience
             of
             her
             single
             loved
             Lord
             ;
          
           
             While
             Satan's
             Smyrna-Synagogue
             reviv'd
          
           
             Appears
             ,
             as
             't
             were
             Antiquity
             retriv'd
             ,
          
           
             And
             fain
             would
             Bolt
             this
             Churches
             Open
             Door
             ,
          
           
             As
             if
             not
             Ancient
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             if
             too
             Poor
          
           
             In
             Ceremonious
             Pomp
             ,
             in
             Mitred
             Names
             ,
          
           
             In
             Feasts
             ,
             in
             Fasts
             ,
             its
             simple
             Order
             blames
          
           
             With
             rigid
             Censure
             ;
             But
             Davidean
             Key
             ,
          
           
             That
             binds
             and
             looses
             Bars
             the
             lofty
             Plea
          
           
             Of
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             till
             Salem's
             state
          
           
             Approach
             so
             near
             ,
             as
             to
             compose
             the
             Bate
             .
          
        
         
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Even
             Satan's
             Synagogue
             shall
             then
             sit
             low
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             At
             Feet
             of
             Philadelph
             ,
             and
             Pray
             to
             know
             ,
          
           
             Whither
             the
             Churches
             Love
             is
             gone
             ,
             and
             all
          
           
             Unite
             to
             seek
             Him
             with
             Uncloven
             Call
             :
          
           
           
             For
             though
             His
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             peerless
             Person
             was
             agreed
             ,
          
           
             No
             Pontiffs
             claim
             allow'd
             ,
             yet
             how
             with
             speed
          
           
             To
             find
             ,
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             This
             Synagogue
             from
             Sardis
             teem'd
          
           
             Disputed
             hard
             :
             For
             in
             their
             Dream
             they
             deem'd
          
           
             Their
             Golden
             Dream
             ,
             that
             He
             already
             here
             ,
          
           
             As
             much
             as
             th'
             Spouse
             could
             hope
             did
             now
             appear
             ;
          
           
             To
             wait
             Him
             farther
             Factious
             discontent
             ,
          
           
             Gainst
             present
             Things
             did
             future
             Represent
          
           
             To
             hot
             Schismatick
             Brains
             ;
             But
             what
             follows
             now
             ,
          
           
             Shews
             ,
             This
             all
             Salem's
             Daughters
             disavow
             ;
          
           
             With
             whom
             the
             Synagogue
             submits
             to
             Philadelph
             .
          
           
             For
             to
             the
             Spouse
             by
             Her
             Christ
             show'd
             himself
             ;
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             And
             now
             the
             Philadelphian
             Intervall
          
           
             Enters
             ;
             Voices
             on
             High
             all
             Kingdoms
             call
          
           
             To
             Christ
             ,
             Dates
             of
             Apostate
             Times
             expire
             ,
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             In
             one
             the
             Churches
             their
             True
             Prince
             enquire
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VI.
           
        
         
           
             
             The
             State
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             the
             Philadelphian
             Interval
             ,
             or
             the
             Last
             Seventy
             Five
             Years
             of
             the
             Two
             Thousand
             Three
             Hundred
             .
          
           
             
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             THou
             Fairest
             of
             the
             Female
             ,
             Beautious
             Name
             ,
          
           
             We
             now
             our
             slumbring
             Sentiments
             disclaim
             ,
          
           
             And
             fain
             would
             know
             from
             thee
             ,
             whither
             is
             gone
             ,
          
           
             And
             whither
             is
             Retreat
             ,
             Thy
             Loved
             ONE
             .
          
           
           
             Thou
             ,
             that
             so
             long
             thy
             searches
             hast
             maintain'd
          
           
             Canst
             guide
             us
             best
             ,
             for
             sleepy
             we
             restrain'd
          
           
             
             Our
             Home
             pursuits
             ,
             and
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             our
             remainders
             marr'd
             ,
          
           
             O'
             th'
             present
             over-fond
             ,
             futures
             we
             barr'd
             :
          
           
             Now
             we
             would
             seek
             with
             Thee
             ,
             with
             Thee
             be
             ONE
          
           
             In
             the
             Research
             where
             Thy
             Belov'd
             is
             gone
             .
          
        
         
           
             
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Not
             Gones
             now
             my
             Belov'd
             ,
             as
             in
             my
             swoon
             ,
          
           
             When
             I
             had
             lost
             him
             so
             ;
             But
             He
             's
             gone
             down
             ,
          
           
             Just
             now
             gone
             down
             into
             that
             Garden
             ,
             He
          
           
             Had
             left
             so
             long
             to
             the
             Apostasie
             :
          
           
             
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             Spicy
             Beds
             He
             now
             returns
             to
             Left
             ,
          
           
             As
             cover'd
             wish
             Black
             Vapours
             ,
             and
             bereft
          
           
             Of
             their
             True
             Odour
             ;
             Now
             a
             new
             Repast
          
           
             He
             takes
             of
             Fruits
             after
             so
             long
             a
             Fast
             ;
          
           
             
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             He
             now
             his
             Lillies
             gathers
             ,
             a
             new
             spring
          
           
             Of
             Graces
             ,
             Worship
             ,
             Truth
             in
             return
             bring
          
           
             Th'
             Approaches
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             so
             long
             veil'd
          
           
             By
             Antichrist
             ,
             and
             close
             his
             Servants
             seal'd
             ;
          
           
             
             His
             sealed
             now
             on
             Sion's
             Mount
             stand
             clear
             ,
          
           
             And
             with
             his
             Fathers
             written
             Name
             appear
          
           
             On
             open
             Fore-head
             ;
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             Now
             I
             Him
             enjoy
             ,
          
           
             As
             singly
             with
             his
             Faith
             of
             pure
             Alloy
             ,
          
           
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             And
             while
             His
             love
             in
             me
             is
             pleas'd
             to
             Rest
             ,
             
          
           
             He
             with
             himself
             as
             mine
             does
             me
             Invest
             :
          
           
             Then
             He
             along
             the
             Beds
             of
             Lillies
             Feeds
             ,
          
           
             As
             of
             the
             Future
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Paradise
             the
             Seeds
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               From
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
               Schelom
               Born
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
               now
               Hundreds
               Ten
               and
               Six
            
             
               A
               Nine
               of
               Tens
               ,
               and
               unites
               Seven
               Fix
            
             
               Our
               Philadelphs
               .
               Beginning
               Interval
            
             
               Till
               the
               Worlds
               Kingdoms
               to
               the
               best
               King
               fall
               ,
            
             
               As
               in
               just
               Homage
               first
               *
               proclaim'd
               his
               own
               ,
            
             
               At
               last
               together
               Build
               his
               Royal
               Throne
               ,
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 6
               And
               ,
               as
               while
               Salem's
               Ruines
               were
               restor'd
            
             
               From
               Babel's
               spoil
               Years
               Sev'nty
               Five
               were
               scor'd
            
             
               Of
               Old
               ;
               so
               many
               now
               exact
               do
               Flow
            
             
               To
               Salem
               New
               from
               Babel's
               Overthrow
            
             
               Babel
               the
               Mystic
               ;
               To
               Salem's
               Throne
               ,
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 7
               Seven
               Voices
               ,
               and
               as
               many
               Vials
               Grone
            
             
               In
               earnest
               Motion
               ;
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 8
               Those
               two
               Royal
               Towns
               ,
            
             
               Salem
               and
               Tirzah
               seat
               the
               many
               Crowns
               ,
            
             
               As
               the
               *
               Metropoles
               ,
               and
               show
               unite
            
             
               In
               Schelom
               Twelve
               Tribes
               so
               long
               Bipartite
               ,
            
             
               Which
               now
               returning
               Philadelph
               adorne
               ,
            
             
               And
               match'd
               with
               it
               ,
               are
               in
               its
               Scutcheon
               borne
               ,
            
             
             
               So
               in
               this
               Landscaph
               the
               stream'd
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               Banners
               play
            
             
               Before
               his
               Hosts
               ,
               Terrours
               with
               them
               Array
            
             
               Themselves
               ,
               Jehovah's
               Mighty
               Ones
               come
               down
            
             
               To
               Armageddons
               Plains
               ,
               and
               them
               Renown
            
             
               With
               Victory
               ;
               All
               these
               are
               so
               display'd
               ,
            
             
               That
               to
               the
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               Apostolick
               First
               state
               layd
               ,
            
             
               And
               yet
               distinguish'd
               ,
               They
               may
               both
               ascend
               ,
            
             
               And
               Salem's
               Glory
               both
               may
               Comprehend
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King.
             
          
           
             
               My
               Love
               's
               ,
               as
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               Tirzah
               Fair
               ,
               as
               Salem
               it
               doth
               shine
            
             
               
               With
               graceful
               Airs
               ,
               my
               Kingdom
               both
               entwine
               ,
            
             
               As
               sticks
               unite
               ;
               So
               Prophecies
               require
            
             
               Those
               parted
               Palaces
               in
               mine
               entire
               .
            
          
           
             
               Herein
               it
               is
               the
               Glory
               of
               thy
               Rays
            
             
               Surmounts
               ,
               ev'n
               that
               of
               th'
               Apostolick
               Days
               ;
            
             
               
               The
               Weapons
               ,
               that
               i'
               th'
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
               Magazine
               then
               stor'd
            
             
               Did
               hang
               for
               greater
               Service
               ,
               Now
               they
               're
               soar'd
            
             
               On
               Armies
               Wings
               ,
               which
               round
               their
               Terrours
               spread
               ,
            
             
               And
               yet
               those
               Terrours
               with
               thy
               Beauties
               wed
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               But
               Oh
               the
               dazling
               Lustre
               of
               Thy
               Eyes
               ,
            
             
               Too
               quick
               their
               Beams
               they
               dart
               ,
               for
               while
               they
               rise
               ▪
            
             
               As
               with
               my
               Kingdoms
               Light
               ,
               shade
               still
               their
               Rays
            
             
               
               With
               th'
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
               Goat-like
               Hair
               of
               th'
               Apostolick
               Days
               ;
            
             
               The
               Tabernacle
               of
               my
               presence
               ,
               free
            
             
               From
               those
               Dark
               Covers
               yet
               it
               cannot
               be
               ;
            
             
               My
               Throne
               ,
               My
               Temple
               near
               are
               both
               in
               one
               ,
            
             
               And
               not
               uncover'd
               till
               the
               Voice
               ,
               
                 IT
                 S
                 DONE
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               Thy
               Doctrine
               now
               prepar'd
               by
               Teeth
               so
               wash'd
            
             
               Declare
               my
               Truth
               Restor'd
               ,
               as
               when
               it
               flash'd
            
             
               Like
               Tongues
               of
               Fire
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               A
               like
               spring
               ,
            
             
               As
               drops
               from
               Mornings
               Womb
               are
               issuing
               ,
               
            
             
               Blesses
               with
               Fruitfulness
               thy
               Time
               ;
               So
               dwells
            
             
               The
               same
               Wise
               Judgment
               ,
               as
               in
               safest
               Cells
            
             
               Entempled
               ,
               which
               my
               Primiere
               Servants
               sway'd
               ,
            
             
               For
               so
               with
               them
               thy
               Parallel
               I
               've
               layd
               .
               
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               Churches
               Reform'd
               like
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               Queens
               unite
               to
               Thee
               ,
            
             
               Without
               disdain
               at
               thy
               Prioritie
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               Converts
               from
               Babel
               through
               those
               Nations
               spread
               ,
            
             
               Whose
               Sovereigns
               Arm'd
               the
               Ten-horn'd
               Be'stian
               Head
               ,
            
             
               Now
               are
               receiv'd
               in
               Thee
               ,
               who
               had
               before
            
             
               Right
               of
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
               Concubinage
               ,
               because
               They
               bore
               
            
             
               My
               Name
               Confess'd
               ,
               though
               in
               polluted
               State
               ,
            
             
               Espous'd
               a-new
               ,
               They
               higher
               now
               relate
            
             
               To
               Me
               in
               Thee
               ;
               In
               whom
               I
               'll
               now
               embrace
            
             
               Reform'd
               ,
               all
               Churches
               of
               the
               Christian
               Race
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               The
               Gentiles
               Fulness
               Thou
               to
               me
               present
               ,
            
             
               As
               Virgins
               Chast
               by
               Grace
               of
               new
               descent
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               Each
               of
               these
               Orders
               Three
               their
               proper
               space
            
             
               In
               Number
               fill
               ,
               as
               They
               before
               their
               Place
            
             
               In
               this
               World
               had
               :
               Threescore
               the
               Queens
               Account
            
             
               Confines
               ;
               Fourscore
               's
               the
               Concubines
               amount
               ;
            
             
               The
               Gentiles
               Fulness
               no
               Just
               figures
               hold
               ,
            
             
               In
               Numbers
               heap'd
               on
               Numbers
               They
               are
               told
               ,
            
             
               That
               know
               no
               End
               ;
               But
               Thou
               art
               onely
               One
               ,
            
             
               My
               Impolluted
               Love
               ,
               Thee
               ,
               Thee
               alone
            
             
             
               Thy
               Mother
               bare
               into
               that
               high
               degree
               ;
            
             
               That
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               Virgins
               Queens
               and
               Concubines
               in
               thee
            
             
               Make
               up
               my
               Spouse
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               Thee
               Envy
               cannot
               Touch
               ,
            
             
               For
               all
               concert
               thy
               Praise
               ,
               thy
               Bless'd
               state
               Vouch
               ;
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Virgins
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               Bless
               ,
               Queens
               ,
               Concubines
               thee
               Praise
               ,
            
             
               Those
               ,
               as
               thy
               Daughters
               ,
               These
               in
               Sisters
               phrase
               ;
            
             
               In
               Thee
               *
               the
               Mother-Woman
               sees
               alone
            
             
               The
               Serpent
               bruis'd
               ,
               and
               her
               Great
               Son
               on
               Throne
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Chorus
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             
               What
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
               Artist
               of
               the
               most
               reported
               Name
               ,
            
             
               E'er
               drew
               in
               Prophecy
               so
               Rich
               a
               Frame
               ,
            
             
               Embellishing
               Apocalyptic
               Lines
               ?
            
             
               Thus
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
               John
               with
               Schelom
               ,
               as
               two
               grand
               Divines
            
             
               Cenferr
               their
               Symbols
               ,
               how
               does
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 6
               Philadelph
            
             
               Fill
               out
               this
               Picture
               with
               its
               single
               self
               ?
            
             
               All
               's
               Apostolick
               ,
               and
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 6
               That
               Song
               ,
               that
               sprung
            
             
               In
               those
               first
               Times
               ,
               is
               now
               ,
               as
               new
               ,
               Resung
               :
            
             
               For
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 7
               th'
               Everlasting
               Gospel
               can't
               be
               new
               ,
            
             
               Yet
               is
               renew'd
               into
               its
               Native
               Hue
               ;
            
             
               Apostleship
               no
               second
               e'er
               can
               Rise
               ,
            
             
               The
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 8
               Twelve
               that
               were
               at
               first
               preserve
               the
               size
            
             
             
               Of
               Salem's
               Walls
               ,
               when
               new
               ,
               it
               from
               Above
            
             
               Descends
               ,
               the
               Palace
               of
               the
               Princely
               Love.
               
            
          
           
             
               Those
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               Scarlet
               Threadded
               Lips
               ,
               those
               even
               shorne
            
             
               (
               White
               washed
               Teeth
               )
               are
               therefore
               here
               not
               borne
            
             
               In
               this
               new
               Emblem
               ,
               nor
               the
               comely
               Talk
               ,
            
             
               Nor
               those
               twin
               Breasts
               ,
               that
               as
               Two
               Roes
               do
               walk
            
             
               Among
               the
               Lillies
               feeding
               ;
               For
               all
               these
            
             
               The
               Apostolick
               High
               Commission
               seife
               ,
            
             
               And
               undisseiz'd
               their
               Fundamental
               Right
            
             
               By
               after
               Notes
               is
               to
               that
               ONCE
               kept
               tight
               .
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               The
               Sacred
               Canon
               of
               two
               Testaments
            
             
               Once
               seal'd
               ,
               no
               farther
               swells
               ;
               Faith's
               Ligaments
            
             
               Close
               up
               are
               Wound
               ;
               ONCE
               giv'n
               ,
               they
               remain
            
             
               To
               shine
               more
               bright
               ,
               but
               ne'r
               giv'n
               o'er
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               But
               now
               an
               Army
               for
               an
               Armory
            
             
               Paints
               Expedition
               to
               a
               Victory
               ;
            
          
           
             
               These
               Daughters
               ,
               Concubines
               ,
               and
               Queens
               describe
            
             
               Th'
               *
               Eternal
               Gospel
               Preach'd
               to
               ev'ry
               Tribe
            
             
               Of
               Nations
               with
               Success
               ;
               The
               numbers
               weigh
            
             
               Each
               sort
               so
               justly
               out
               ,
               that
               they
               allay
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
               The
               scandal
               ,
               that
               upbreids
               the
               Church
               Reform'd
               ,
            
             
               As
               least
               in
               the
               World's
               Map
               ,
               as
               if
               o'er-swarm'd
            
             
               By
               worser
               Names
               ,
               For
               this
               these
               Numbers
               own
               ;
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
               The
               Virgins
               ,
               Daughters
               now
               become
               ,
               are
               thrown
            
             
               Into
               a
               kind
               of
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 6
               Infinite
               ;
               Thus
               swell
            
             
               In
               Rate
               the
               Regions
               ,
               that
               are
               Infidell
               ,
            
             
               As
               they
               are
               spread
               in
               space
               ,
               to
               them
               assign'd
               ,
            
             
               By
               this
               Prophetick
               Truth
               ,
               that
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 7
               Countermin'd
            
             
             
               Can
               never
               be
               ;
               Though
               till
               it
               be
               fulfill'd
            
             
               Some
               *
               Mormocs
               may
               affright
               the
               too
               unskill'd
            
             
               In
               Sacred
               Calendar
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               the
               Sixty
               Queens
               ,
            
             
               Of
               Churches
               ,
               that
               protest
               ,
               each
               one
               that
               weens
            
             
               Of
               things
               aright
               ,
               sees
               eighty
               Concubines
            
             
               Of
               Romish
               Name
               o'er-number'd
               in
               these
               Lines
               ,
            
             
               As
               Eight
               with
               Six
               compar'd
               ,
               which
               in
               a
               Glance
               ,
            
             
               Redeems
               the
               wonder
               of
               the
               Proud
               enhance
            
             
               Of
               Popish
               'bove
               Reform'd
               in
               this
               Earths
               Tract
               ,
            
             
               Till
               the
               Great
               Change
               foretold
               Them
               into
               act
               .
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               And
               now
               those
               Twelve
               peculiar
               Tribes
               ,
               that
               branch
            
             
               From
               their
               true
               Native
               Olive
               ,
               'gin
               to
               Lanch
            
             
               Fro'
               their
               long
               captiv'd
               State
               ,
               first
               come
               those
               two
               ,
            
             
               We
               call
               the
               Jews
               ,
               which
               in
               more
               open
               view
            
             
               We
               see
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               sudden
               start
               to
               sight
            
             
               The
               Ten
               Tribes
               rising
               from
               their
               long-some
               Night
               ;
            
             
               Of
               these
               their
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               Schelom
               Prince
               now
               sings
               ,
               and
               Ends
            
             
               
               In
               that
               Bless'd
               Mount
               ,
               this
               Song
               of
               Songs
               Ascends
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Calling
             of
             the
             Jews
             of
             the
             Two
             Tribes
             .
          
           
             
             What
             Fair
             is
             This
             ,
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             that
             as
             the
             Morning
             starts
          
           
             Fair
             as
             the
             Moon
             ,
             that
             Light
             with
             shades
             imparts
             ,
          
           
             And
             then
             clears
             up
             to
             th'
             brightness
             of
             the
             Sun
             ?
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             And
             ,
             as
             with
             display'd
             Banners
             Terrours
             run
          
           
             
             From
             the
             Puissant
             Army
             ,
             so'es
             the
             view
          
           
             Of
             this
             return
             ,
             a
             Spectacle
             so
             new
          
           
           
             
             Of
             such
             Surprise
             ,
             and
             even
             so
             to
             me
             ;
          
           
             For
             in
             the
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Gardens
             Rich
             with
             Prophecy
             ,
          
           
             Though
             shell'd
             in
             Symbols
             ,
             as
             the
             pleasing
             Nuts
          
           
             Barr'd
             round
             to
             those
             ,
             who
             do
             not
             pierce
             their
             shuts
             ,
          
           
             The
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             open
             Fruits
             I
             minded
             most
             ,
             that
             grow
          
           
             Along
             the
             Vales
             with
             an
             inviting
             show
             ,
          
           
             The
             flower'd
             Vine
             ,
             and
             the
             Pomegranates
             blooms
             ,
          
           
             The
             open
             Truths
             in
             Prophets
             ,
             which
             the
             glooms
          
           
             Clear
             up
             of
             Hieroglyphicks
             ;
             While
             I
             pry'd
          
           
             Thus
             every
             way
             ,
             most
             unawares
             I
             Ride
             ,
             
          
           
             As
             in
             Elijah's
             Chariot
             snatch'd
             ,
             and
             burn
          
           
             In
             Flames
             of
             Passion
             for
             the
             swift
             Return
          
           
             Of
             those
             my
             Princely
             People
             ,
             Kings
             o'
             th'
             East
             ,
          
           
             For
             whom
             my
             Prayers
             ,
             as
             Chariots
             are
             Imprest
             ;
          
           
             With
             Voice
             twice
             doubled
             ,
             as
             their
             Charioteer
          
           
             I
             call
             ,
             Return
             ,
             Return
             ,
             with
             quick
             Career
          
           
             Thou
             Native
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Salemite
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             view
          
           
             All
             we
             ,
             Adopted
             Salemites
             ,
             the
             hew
          
           
             Of
             Salemites
             by
             Nature
             ,
             Eldest
             ,
             First
             ,
          
           
             R'-ingraff'd
             into
             their
             Olive
             Own
             ,
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             they
             pierc't
          
           
             With
             Rage
             unnatural
             ;
             And
             so
             cut
             off
          
           
             Were
             doom'd
             as
             Parricides
             to
             th'
             Nations
             scoff
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
               What
               then
               is
               to
               be
               seen
               ,
               that
               so
               invites
            
             
               Your
               flowing
               Passions
               to
               such
               Salemites
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               'T
               is
               not
               themselves
               ,
               that
               for
               themselves
               we'd
               see
               ,
            
             
               
               But
               Hoasts
               of
               Angels
               ,
               Heavens
               Embassie
               ,
            
             
               As
               Jacob's
               Vision
               of
               Mahanaim
               ;
            
             
               Conducting
               Home
               those
               Jews
               ,
               and
               bringing
               Him
               ,
            
             
               Our
               Souls
               so
               love
               attended
               with
               his
               Choire
            
             
               Of
               Cherubs
               ,
               Myriads
               waiting
               with
               Devoir
            
             
               On
               Him
               ,
               with
               Heavens
               Armies
               ,
               till
               His
               Foes
            
             
               Crouch
               basely
               under
               ,
               as
               his
               Feets
               Repose
               ;
            
             
               And
               David's
               People
               thus
               Build
               up
               his
               Throne
               ,
            
             
               For
               which
               Bless'd
               state
               the
               weary
               Creatures
               Grone
               ,
            
             
               For
               Life
               't
               is
               from
               the
               Dead
               to
               us
               fore-told
            
             
               By
               Prophecies
               Both
               Testaments
               Enroll'd
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VII
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             Praises
             the
             Jewish
             Body
             Coming
             into
             Union
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             HOW
             Beautious
             are
             the
             princely
             Feet
             now
             shod
          
           
             With
             Liberty
             ,
             that
             captiv'd
             naked
             trod
          
           
             On
             Earth's
             hard
             Pavements
             ;
             and
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             the
             Royal
             Thighs
             ,
          
           
             
             Whose
             motion
             was
             distorted
             ,
             and
             the
             Guise
          
           
             Of
             th'
             Princes
             Daughter
             so
             deform'd
             with
             Chains
             ,
          
           
             Are
             joynted
             now
             with
             Pearl
             ,
             that
             state
             maintains
          
           
             To
             all
             her
             Motion
             ;
             Which
             the
             Artists
             Hand
          
           
             With
             deepest
             cunning
             Fram'd
             ,
             so
             to
             command
          
           
             
             The
             noblest
             Goings
             :
             Princess
             ,
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             Thy
             Navel's
             Twirl'd
          
           
             So
             close
             with
             Truth
             ,
             that
             like
             a
             Goblet
             Curl'd
          
           
             Into
             a
             Circle
             ,
             fast
             must
             hold
             the
             Juice
          
           
             Entrusted
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             preserve
             to
             use
          
           
           
             
             The
             Vital
             Liquor
             ;
             while
             a
             fruitful
             Hill
          
           
             Of
             Wheat
             thy
             Belly
             rises
             ,
             that
             doth
             fill
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Each
             gracious
             Appetite
             with
             Food
             so
             pure
             ,
             
          
           
             That
             Lillies
             with
             their
             Milk-white
             Guard
             secure
          
           
             It
             all
             about
             :
             For
             Thy
             great
             Types
             unveil'd
             ,
          
           
             Thy
             Prophecies
             unlock'd
             are
             Truth
             *
             engrail'd
          
           
             With
             highest
             Pleasures
             ,
             which
             (
             as
             finest
             Wheat
             ,
          
           
             And
             noblest
             Moystures
             Bodies
             )
             Spirits
             treat
             ;
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Thy
             Testaments
             entwist't
             with
             so
             great
             Light
          
           
             Of
             Exposition
             offer'd
             to
             all
             sight
             ,
          
           
             At
             this
             great
             Revolution
             shall
             ,
             like
             Breasts
             ,
             
          
           
             Dispose
             their
             Milk
             abroad
             ;
             As
             Roes
             whose
             rests
          
           
             Are
             Rists
             to
             Motions
             fresh
             and
             new
             ,
             so
             Truth
          
           
             From
             thy
             Returns
             its
             leaps
             ,
             and
             bounds
             renew'th
             ,
          
           
             And
             never
             flags
             ;
             As
             Fountains
             press'd
             by
             Art
          
           
             Mount
             High
             ,
             so
             Thy
             two
             Breasts
             shall
             shoot
             and
             dart
          
           
             On
             every
             side
             their
             Milky
             way
             ,
             when
             thou
          
           
             United
             to
             me
             shalt
             to
             my
             Love
             bow
             :
          
           
             And
             though
             those
             Testaments
             are
             ne're
             new
             giv'n
             ,
          
           
             By
             thy
             Conversion
             They
             divinely
             thriv'n
          
           
             Swell
             like
             young
             Breasts
             ,
             when
             soon
             the
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Twelve
             of
             Tribes
          
           
             Shall
             joyn
             Apostles
             Twelve
             ,
             which
             thing
             describes
          
           
             Salem's
             Gates
             and
             Walls
             ,
             when
             each
             these
             Twelves
          
           
             By
             Names
             engraven
             deep
             ,
             Record
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           
             Now
             that
             I
             may
             define
             Thee
             with
             just
             Art
          
           
             Distinguish'd
             from
             the
             Nations
             ,
             thus
             each
             Part
          
           
             Of
             the
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             Superiour
             Order
             ,
             I
             descry
          
           
             By
             Figures
             of
             thy
             own
             Lands
             Royalty
             ;
          
           
             These
             ,
             as
             the
             noblest
             *
             Vehicles
             of
             Life
             ,
          
           
             Life
             from
             the
             Dead
             ,
             without
             intestine
             strife
             
          
           
             To
             the
             whole
             World
             convey
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             Rest
          
           
             Of
             universal
             Riches
             ;
             East
             and
             West
          
           
           
             
             Send
             it
             abroad
             :
             Thy
             Neck
             's
             that
             Eburn
             Throne
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             King
             Schelom
             mounted
             to
             a
             Towers
             Cone
             ,
          
        
         
           
             On
             which
             Great
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Schelom
             *
             Zenith'd
             sits
             in
             Reign
             ,
          
           
             When
             equal
             Judgment
             to
             Earth's
             Globe
             He
             'll
             deign
             :
          
           
             And
             Trees
             in
             crouds
             of
             Woods
             shall
             clap
             their
             hands
          
           
             For
             Joy
             ;
             Then
             swelling
             Floods
             forsake
             their
             Sands
             ,
          
           
             In
             Thunders
             *
             Elah
             to
             mount
             Praise
             :
             And
             Grones
          
           
             Of
             the
             Creation
             melt
             into
             sweet
             Tones
             .
          
        
         
           
             
             Clear
             as
             the
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Heshbon
             Fish-pools
             are
             thy
             Eyes
             ,
          
           
             Those
             Pools
             that
             by
             Bath-Rabbims
             Gate
             do
             rise
             ,
          
           
             Where
             Multitudes
             do
             flock
             to
             hear
             the
             Wise
             :
          
           
             Ezekiel's
             Landscaph
             of
             the
             Blessed
             state
          
           
             Of
             Life
             by
             Waters
             ,
             that
             as
             Seas
             dilate
             ,
          
           
             Agrees
             ,
             For
             as
             the
             Scaled
             Habitants
          
           
             Swim
             in
             unnumber'd
             sholes
             ,
             and
             find
             no
             wants
          
           
             Of
             room
             for
             Life
             in
             the
             vast
             Ocean
             ,
             so
          
           
             Men
             ,
             as
             the
             Fishes
             shall
             these
             Waters
             Row
             ;
          
           
             And
             as
             successive
             Billows
             ,
             Life
             shall
             rise
          
           
             On
             all
             that
             moves
             ;
             Here
             nothing
             moves
             and
             dyes
             ,
          
           
             What
             's
             Dead
             ,
             or
             Dyes
             into
             a
             Sea
             of
             Salt
             ,
          
           
             Is
             cast
             like
             Sodom's
             Lake
             ,
             the
             Dead-Seas
             Vault
             .
          
        
         
           
             
             Thy
             Nose
             like
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             Liban's
             Towre
             ,
             Liban's
             Perfumes
          
           
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             the
             blissful
             Odours
             it
             assumes
             ,
          
           
             It
             thence
             diffuses
             ,
             while
             Damascus
             Types
          
           
             The
             World
             around
             thee
             ;
             Thus
             thy
             Nose
             ,
             as
             Pipes
          
           
             Conveys
             Lifes
             Savor
             ,
             it
             had
             drunk
             ,
             Thy
             Eyes
          
           
             As
             Princes
             Bless
             ,
             what
             in
             their
             prospect
             lyes
             ,
          
           
             Thus
             thou
             ,
             this
             Royal
             Tower
             ,
             by
             thy
             Nose
          
           
             Draw'st
             in
             ,
             and
             dost
             again
             dispose
          
           
           
             The
             Royal
             Savors
             ;
             sending
             out
             those
             Breaths
             ,
          
           
             That
             thou
             didst
             first
             exhale
             ;
             Thus
             Incense
             wreaths
          
           
             In
             sweetest
             Circles
             :
             Thus
             whatever
             lyes
          
           
             Within
             thy
             point
             is
             Bless'd
             ;
             For
             from
             thee
             hyes
          
           
             The
             Incense
             down
             ,
             that
             first
             to
             thee
             did
             rise
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Now
             in
             this
             lofty
             Temple
             State
             ,
             and
             Air
          
           
             Serene
             ,
             grows
             useless
             the
             Goats
             Hair.
             
          
        
         
           
             
             Thy
             Carmel
             Head
             Blazons
             an
             high
             Estate
             ,
          
           
             Bound
             with
             the
             Crimson
             ,
             and
             the
             purpurate
             ,
          
           
             Bless'd
             Sch●●m's
             high
             Estate
             ,
             in
             Colours
             Plait
          
           
             Of
             Royalty
             within
             thy
             Locks
             ,
             for
             lo
             
          
           
             The
             King
             not
             in
             the
             presence
             ,
             but
             so
             ,
          
           
             As
             in
             his
             Palaces
             chief
             *
             Ante-rooms
             
          
           
             He
             in
             the
             Galleries
             is
             held
             ;
             He
             comes
          
           
             From
             thence
             in
             State
             :
             My
             Ravish'd
             Thoughts
             rush
             on
          
           
             In
             foretasts
             of
             the
             Pleasures
             we
             'r
             upon
             .
          
        
         
           
             
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             How
             great
             's
             the
             Beauty
             ,
             and
             the
             Pleasure
             high
          
           
             When
             Love
             set
             free
             from
             all
             Adversity
          
           
             Baths
             in
             the
             Liquid
             streams
             of
             pure
             Delight
             ?
          
           
             What
             Inspir'd
             Pen
             can
             to
             this
             Love
             do
             right
             ?
             
          
        
         
           
             But
             I
             return
             to
             Thee
             ,
             whose
             statures
             flown
          
           
             To
             th'
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Palm-Trees
             Height
             ,
             and
             near
             its
             Top
             is
             grown
             ;
          
           
             Mean
             whilst
             ,
             as
             gen'rous
             Clusters
             on
             the
             Vine
             ,
          
           
             That
             twists
             about
             that
             Height
             ,
             swell
             out
             of
             Line
             ;
          
           
             So
             don't
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             Thy
             Breasts
             their
             Fruitfulness
             forget
             ,
          
           
             Whilst
             thou
             in
             Heights
             so
             near
             the
             Clouds
             are
             set
             .
             
          
        
         
           
             I
             said
             ,
             with
             Thee
             I
             will
             unite
             ,
             and
             climb
          
           
             Thy
             Highest
             Boughs
             ;
             Thy
             Top
             that
             's
             so
             sublime
             ,
          
           
             I
             'll
             reach
             with
             great
             Delights
             ;
             For
             in
             thy
             H'ight
             
          
           
             All
             Saints
             are
             equally
             advanc'd
             ;
             Of
             Right
          
           
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Thy
             Palms
             so
             high
             are
             grown
             ;
             For
             they
             are
             due
          
           
             To
             each
             of
             my
             Love's
             Victors
             ,
             at
             that
             view
          
           
             
             Triumphant
             ;
             In
             due
             time
             thy
             Palm-Tree
             stands
          
           
             With
             Branches
             to
             adorn
             the
             Conqu'rers
             Hands
             .
          
        
         
           
             While
             Thou
             so
             graceful
             art
             ,
             and
             while
             so
             High
             ,
          
           
             With
             both
             Thy
             Fruitfulness
             at
             once
             doth
             vie
             ;
          
           
             
             I
             joy
             thy
             Clusters
             to
             Repeat
             again
             ,
          
           
             Those
             pleasing
             fertile
             Smells
             Thy
             Nose
             amain
          
           
             Breaths
             out
             ,
             while
             as
             from
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Apples
             ,
             Atoms
             fly
          
           
             
             With
             loud
             Reports
             ,
             that
             Paradise
             is
             nigh
             ,
          
           
             And
             thy
             Mouths
             Roof
             ,
             such
             Doctrines
             doth
             send
             down
          
           
             Of
             th'
             Sacrifice
             ,
             that
             's
             my
             Beloveds
             own
             ,
          
           
             Of
             greater
             Worth
             ,
             then
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             blood
             of
             choicest
             Vines
          
           
             Which
             into
             Consciences
             by
             such
             strait
             *
             Lines
          
           
             Go
             down
             ,
             that
             sleepy
             Lips
             awaken'd
             Praise
          
           
             Heavens
             Bounty
             ,
             that
             doth
             such
             Redemption
             raise
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
               Thus
               does
               the
               Jew
               and
               Gentile
               Church
               unite
               ,
            
             
               While
               yet
               the
               Jew
               doth
               Elder
               Sister
               write
               ;
            
             
               But
               so
               that
               Mercies
               each
               Reciprocate
            
             
               One
               to
               another
               in
               this
               proper
               state
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               first
               the
               blinded
               Isra'ls
               lowest
               Fall
            
             
               Was
               *
               Surrogated
               by
               the
               Gentiles
               Call
               ,
            
             
               And
               so
               did
               Mercy
               reach
               to
               th'
               Pagan
               wild
               ,
            
             
               Much
               more
               their
               Fulness
               is
               by
               Mercy
               Fil'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               when
               this
               People's
               (
               whose
               the
               Promise
               )
               Call'd
               ,
            
             
               Christ
               in
               his
               Glory
               then
               shall
               be
               Install'd
               ;
            
             
               And
               Gentiles
               Churches
               perfect
               ;
               Now
               to
               repay
            
             
               This
               Mercy
               to
               the
               Jews
               ,
               In
               full
               display
            
          
           
             
             
               Wisdom
               Contrives
               ;
               For
               't
               was
               the
               Gentile
               Spouse
               ,
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               That
               bore
               the
               Dragons
               ,
               and
               the
               Beast's
               Carouse
            
             
               Of
               Blood
               so
               long
               ,
               upon
               THIS
               Kingdoms
               Hope
               ,
            
             
               Which
               cannot
               fail
               ;
               THIS
               Kingdom
               then
               must
               Cope
            
             
               These
               Martyrs
               with
               Reward
               ;
               So
               Jews
               obtain
            
             
               Mercy
               through
               Gentiles
               Mercy
               ;
               Thus
               remain
            
             
               Both
               under
               Mercy
               ;
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               Oh
               the
               Waters
               deep
            
             
               In
               which
               this
               Wisdom
               Sovereign
               doth
               steep
            
             
               Its
               Foot-steps
               ;
               But
               from
               Him
               's
               the
               Sourse
               of
               all
               ,
            
             
               Then
               to
               His
               Glory
               All
               things
               justly
               fall
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Jews
             Conversion
             thus
             distinctly
             plac'd
             ,
             the
             Song
             Returns
             to
             the
             One
             Spouse
             thus
             Grac'd
             ,
             who
             now
             Speaks
             .
          
           
             
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             In
             this
             new
             Royal
             State
             ,
             through
             th'
             Kings
             of
             th'
             East
          
           
             With
             me
             the
             Gentile
             Church
             Now
             One
             ;
             I
             vest
          
           
             My
             onely
             Loved
             in
             my self
             ;
             To
             Him
             intire
          
           
             I
             am
             Devote
             ;
             And
             now
             I
             feel
             the
             Fire
          
           
             Of
             his
             approaching
             Coming
             ,
             to
             receive
             
          
           
             With
             New
             Desire
             His
             Spouse
             ;
             To
             enterweave
          
           
             His
             Love
             with
             Mine
             ;
             Come
             therefore
             my
             Belov'd
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             Let
             us
             in
             Circuit
             visit
             the
             Improv'd
             
          
           
             State
             of
             thy
             Church
             ,
             in
             all
             its
             various
             Seats
             ,
          
           
             In
             all
             its
             Fruits
             ,
             midst
             them
             let
             our
             Retreats
          
           
             Now
             be
             dispos'd
             ;
             Into
             the
             Fields
             let
             's
             walk
             ,
             
          
           
             And
             view
             thy
             Gospels
             spread
             ,
             where
             late
             no
             stalk
          
           
             Of
             Truth
             did
             grow
             :
             Thou
             in
             the
             Hamlets
             please
          
           
             With
             me
             to
             Lodge
             ,
             where
             Quiet
             doth
             appease
             
          
           
             All
             Noise
             ,
             and
             yet
             Thy
             Truth
             doth
             there
             diffuse
          
           
             Into
             those
             private
             Thoughts
             ;
             The
             silent
             Muse
          
           
           
             
             Of
             thy
             great
             Kingdom
             in
             that
             privacy
          
           
             The
             very
             Trees
             Applaud
             ,
             and
             Woods
             revy
             ;
          
           
             
             Then
             with
             the
             Morning
             Light
             ,
             our
             early
             steps
          
           
             Shall
             to
             the
             Vineyards
             haste
             ,
             we
             'll
             see
             the
             Leaps
          
           
             The
             Vine
             makes
             into
             Clusters
             ;
             The
             Granate
          
           
             Pearl'd
             into
             Buds
             ;
             For
             hereby
             we
             'll
             Rate
          
           
             Thy
             Governments
             Approach
             ;
             Those
             splendid
             Fruits
          
           
             Of
             Truth
             are
             thy
             Gemm'd
             Scepters
             blooming
             shoots
          
           
             
             Into
             its
             Glory
             ,
             Strength
             ,
             and
             just
             Extent
             ;
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Amidst
             those
             Fruits
             ,
             my
             Love
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             resent
          
           
             That
             I
             thy
             Bride
             to
             Thee
             my self
             present
             :
          
           
             
             Now
             on
             this
             Visit
             ,
             I
             with
             Joy
             report
             ;
          
           
             All
             Flowers
             of
             Love
             ,
             and
             Fruits
             of
             Pleasure
             sort
          
           
             Themselves
             together
             ;
             Eldest
             ,
             latest
             Dates
          
           
             
             Conspire
             ,
             and
             place
             themselves
             around
             our
             Gates
             :
          
           
             For
             since
             the
             World
             began
             to
             this
             Times
             joint
             ,
          
           
             All
             Truths
             and
             Graces
             flow
             ,
             as
             to
             a
             point
             ;
          
           
             
             Which
             Treasur'd
             up
             for
             Thee
             ,
             now
             make
             their
             Court
          
           
             To
             thee
             ,
             my
             Love
             ,
             as
             in
             their
             last
             Effort
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VIII
           .
        
         
           
             
             The
             Earnest
             Desire
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             for
             the
             Personal
             Appearance
             ,
             and
             Reign
             of
             Christ
             in
             Humane
             Nature
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             I
             Ask
             with
             flaming
             Passions
             ,
             and
             yet
             veil'd
          
           
             With
             Modesty
             ,
             I
             Ask
             ,
             as
             One
             appal'd
             ,
          
           
             With
             my
             own
             boldness
             ,
             thus
             I
             shade
             desire
             ,
          
           
             
             who
             'll
             Thee
             me
             Give
             in
             Freedoms
             so
             intire
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             so
             uncensur'd
             ,
             as
             my
             Brother
             Thou
             ,
          
           
             That
             the
             same
             Breasts
             with
             me
             didst
             Suck
             !
             I
             'de
             Vow
          
           
           
             My
             Chastest
             Kisses
             to
             thy
             Lips
             ;
             In
             streets
             
          
           
             I
             'de
             find
             Thee
             ,
             and
             thou
             'dst
             not
             despise
             my
             Greets
             ,
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Into
             my
             Mothers
             House
             I
             'de
             draw
             my
             Love
             ,
          
           
             Who
             did
             me
             teach
             ,
             that
             Promise
             first
             to
             move
             ;
          
           
             Which
             as
             the
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Granates
             Juice
             ,
             and
             spiced
             Wine
             
          
           
             I
             press
             into
             thy
             Crowned
             Cup
             ;
             Divine
          
           
             I
             know
             thy
             Person
             is
             :
             The
             Womans
             Seed
          
           
             Yet
             is
             to
             Reign
             in
             view
             :
             Thy
             happy
             speed
          
           
             I
             urge
             now
             at
             the
             Time
             so
             just
             ;
             An
             Age
          
           
             Each
             Minute
             seems
             ;
             I
             give
             in
             Umpirage
             
          
           
             Betwixt
             my
             Love
             and
             me
             ,
             what
             er'st
             I
             pray'd
             ,
          
           
             When
             Liberty
             from
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Babels
             Thrall
             delay'd
          
           
             Press'd
             me
             so
             hard
             ;
             (
             be
             it
             of
             this
             time
          
           
             The
             happy
             Signal
             )
             Now
             when
             FALLS
             in
             chime
          
           
             The
             Babel
             ,
             night
             Spiritual
             ,
             I
             pray
             
          
           
             Let
             His
             Left
             Hand
             my
             Head
             support
             ,
             each
             Day
          
           
             He
             stays
             ;
             His
             Right
             me
             embrace
             ,
             as
             loves
             dear
             pawn
             ,
          
           
             My
             Nuptial
             Morn
             is
             now
             just
             at
             its
             dawn
             .
          
        
         
           
             
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             And
             untill
             then
             ,
             you
             Salem's
             Daughters
             hear
          
           
             My
             solemn
             Charge
             ;
             Which
             now
             no
             weight
             of
             fear
          
           
             Is
             possible
             ,
             or
             needs
             t'
             enforce
             ,
             Those
             Roes
          
           
             And
             Hinds
             so
             wild
             now
             tam'd
             won't
             discompose
             
          
           
             Your
             Peace
             ,
             as
             Salvages
             enrag'd
             ;
             But
             th'
             Awes
          
           
             Of
             my
             Great
             Love
             so
             near
             to
             come
             are
             Lawes
          
           
             Of
             greatest
             Power
             ;
             That
             Him
             you
             not
             displease
          
           
             In
             gracious
             Posture
             ;
             Ruffle
             not
             his
             Ease
             ,
          
           
             Untill
             that
             oft
             Repeated
             ,
             Self-same-day
          
           
             Be
             broke
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             Shadows
             fly
             away
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Appearance
               of
               the
               Ten
               Tribes
               ,
               as
               on
               a
               sudden
               .
            
             
               
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
               Who
               's
               This
               ,
               that
               from
               a
               tedious
               Exile
               mounts
               ,
            
             
               As
               if
               in
               Desert
               lost
               ,
               that
               all
               accounts
            
             
               Of
               her
               have
               fail'd
               ;
               Till
               now
               propp'd
               by
               the
               Arm
            
             
               Of
               Him
               ,
               who
               's
               pleas'd
               to
               Love
               without
               a
               Charm
            
             
             
               Of
               Merit
               ;
               This
               e'er
               lasting
               Arm
               can
               reach
            
             
               All
               Times
               ,
               and
               none
               that
               's
               past
               his
               Grasp
               Impeach
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             These
             are
             the
             Ten
             Tribes
             now
             return'd
             ,
             long
             lost
          
           
             From
             all
             Appearance
             ,
             on
             the
             Four
             Winds
             Tost
             ,
          
           
             Now
             stay'd
             ,
             and
             guided
             by
             the
             Arms
             ,
             that
             bear
          
           
             Whole
             Nature
             up
             ,
             we
             see
             them
             thus
             appear
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             King.
             
          
           
             
               Though
               others
               wonder
               ,
               yet
               not
               new
               to
               me
               ,
            
             
               
               Of
               Old
               I
               rais'd
               Thee
               ,
               from
               the
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               Apple-Tree
            
             
               Of
               thy
               Lost
               Paradise
               ,
               (
               as
               now
               from
               thy
               desart
            
             
               
               I
               call
               home
               to
               my self
               thy
               wild'red
               Heart
               )
            
             
               There
               Eve
               ,
               All
               Livings
               Mother
               ,
               did
               adorn
            
             
               Thy
               Cradle
               ,
               There
               my
               Church
               conceiv'd
               and
               born
               ,
            
             
               Was
               of
               that
               Sovereign
               Promise
               to
               Eves
               Seed
               ,
            
             
               Wherein
               I
               am
               Supreme
               ;
               Thus
               't
               was
               Decreed
               .
            
          
           
             
               
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               So
               long
               forgotten
               ,
               I
               by
               Love
               revis'd
            
             
               
               Would
               now
               from
               future
               Forfeiture
               Fore-pris'd
               ,
            
             
               Stand
               sealed
               ;
               on
               Thy
               Heart
               ;
               Thy
               Arm
               ;
               Thy
               Heart
               ,
            
             
               
               As
               deep
               engraven
               there
               ,
               and
               ne're
               to
               part
            
             
               From
               thy
               endeared
               Thoughts
               ;
               and
               on
               Thy
               Arm
               ,
            
             
               
               That
               to
               Love's
               Eye
               I
               may
               be
               still
               a
               Charm.
               
            
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               Thy
               Love
               my
               Heart
               doth
               with
               that
               Passion
               fill
               ,
            
             
               That
               it
               without
               Enjoyment
               can't
               be
               still
               ;
            
             
             
               How
               Vehement
               the
               Coals
               ,
               how
               Hot
               They
               glow
               ,
               
            
             
               That
               by
               Love's
               force
               Spirits
               Immortal
               Blow
               ?
            
             
               Love
               unenjoy'd's
               strong
               ,
               as
               the
               Dismal
               Gloom
            
             
               Of
               Death
               I
               have
               Endur'd
               ;
               I
               feel
               and
               dread
               the
               Doom
            
             
               Repeat't
               ;
               Of
               loosing
               Thee
               a-new
               ,
               doth
               Rave
            
             
               A
               Jealousie
               like
               to
               the
               Cruel
               Grave
               ,
            
             
               I
               have
               been
               Cloyster'd
               in
               ;
               Whose
               Womb
               doth
               crave
            
             
               Still
               Endless
               more
               ,
               No
               Rolling
               Floods
               can
               Quench
               
            
             
               Love's
               Flames
               ,
               nor
               flowing
               Oceans
               too
               deep
               drench
            
             
               Its
               Spirits
               ,
               or
               it self
               to
               Loss
               ;
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               Nor
               can
            
             
               The
               Riches
               of
               the
               World
               Bribe
               off
               the
               Man
               ,
            
             
               That
               Loves
               ,
               The
               Substance
               of
               a
               House
               would
               be
               ,
               
            
             
               If
               stak'd
               '
               gainst
               Love
               ,
               Refus'd
               with
               Scofferie
               :
            
             
               Thy Self
               now
               Come
               ,
               no
               Mammonized
               State
            
             
               Can
               Vicar
               for
               Thee
               ,
               nor
               my
               Passions
               Sate
               ;
            
             
               Thy Self
               I
               seek
               ,
               Thy Self
               alone
               I
               prize
               ,
            
             
               The
               World
               of
               Worlds
               without
               Thee
               I
               despise
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Spouse
             Concerning
             the
             Ten
             Tribes
             newly
             Return'd
             .
          
           
             
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             A
             Youngest
             Converts
             Sister
             's
             come
             to
             View
             ,
          
           
             Who
             hath
             no
             Breasts
             yet
             ,
             Her
             Return's
             so
             new
             :
          
           
             The
             Gospel
             Knowledge
             is
             not
             Fashion'd
             yet
          
           
             Into
             those
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Breasts
             ,
             with
             Milky
             Veins
             so
             set
             ,
          
           
             That
             may
             Receive
             ,
             and
             so
             disperse
             the
             Juice
          
           
             Of
             Truth
             ,
             as
             Childrens
             Food
             through
             every
             Sluice
             .
             
          
        
         
           
             What
             shall
             we
             in
             our
             Prayers
             then
             Present
             ?
          
           
             In
             our
             Consults
             Resolve
             ,
             That
             may
             Indent
          
           
             With
             Succour
             to
             her
             Case
             ?
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             If
             She
             shall
             stand
          
           
             Firm
             ,
             as
             a
             Wall
             of
             Stone
             ,
             We
             'll
             Counter-band
             
          
           
           
             That
             Constancy
             in
             her
             Profession
             ;
             We
          
           
             With
             such
             a
             Frame
             of
             Truth
             and
             Sanctitie
          
           
             
             Will
             her
             Ennoble
             ,
             as
             a
             Palace
             Rais'd
          
           
             Of
             Massive
             Silver
             ,
             for
             its
             Lustre
             Prais'd
          
           
             Of
             ev'ry
             Eye
             ,
             seating
             its
             Light
             and
             Beams
          
           
             Of
             Holy
             Laws
             to
             flow
             in
             Milky
             streams
          
        
         
           
             
             If
             She
             's
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             a
             Door
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Tender
             Flock
          
           
             May
             in
             and
             out
             be
             Guided
             without
             Shock
          
           
             Of
             Force
             ,
             or
             Falshood
             ,
             and
             sweet
             Pasture
             find
             ;
          
           
             That
             Door
             with
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Boards
             of
             Cedar
             we
             will
             bind
             ;
          
           
             With
             Cedar
             Boards
             ,
             whose
             Safety
             ,
             State
             ,
             and
             Smell
          
           
             So
             Princely
             ,
             shall
             Attract
             ,
             Secure
             and
             Swell
          
           
             Its
             Converts
             to
             great
             Numbers
             :
             While
             these
             Marks
          
           
             Of
             Royal
             Grace
             and
             Favour
             mount
             its
             Sparks
          
           
             To
             a
             Victorious
             Flame
             ;
             So
             Bless'd
             this
             state
          
           
             Of
             Times
             shall
             be
             Glorys
             to
             propagate
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               So
               Quick
               indeed
               is
               now
               the
               Churches
               Growth
               ,
            
             
               That
               nothing
               lingers
               with
               a
               Languid
               Sloath.
               
            
          
           
             
               
               Firm
               Wall
               of
               Rock
               I
               stand
               i'
               th'
               Temple
               Frame
               ,
            
             
               And
               my
               small
               Breasts
               swell'd
               to
               High
               Towers
               Name
               ,
            
             
               
               That
               Spout
               from
               High
               the
               Gospel
               with
               Renown
               ,
            
             
               Renown
               so
               Great
               ,
               that
               Circles
               in
               a
               Crown
               :
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               For
               in
               the
               Princes
               Grace
               I
               stood
               so
               Fair
               ,
            
             
               
               That
               as
               a
               Princely
               Spouse
               with
               Royal
               Air
            
             
               Surround'd
               I
               Favour
               found
               ;
               And
               His
               Delight
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
               Is
               now
               to
               Honour
               me
               with
               Spousal
               Right
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Description
               of
               the
               Supreme
               Kingdom
               of
               Christ
               ,
               under
               the
               Parable
               of
               Solomon's
               Royal
               Vineyard
               .
            
             
               King
               Schelom
               had
               a
               Royal
               Vineyard
               plac'd
               ,
            
             
               So
               that
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               Hamon's
               Name
               its
               Grandeur
               grac'd
               :
               
            
             
               Princely
               Abundance
               that
               Great
               Name
               Imports
               ,
            
             
               This
               Schelom
               could
               not
               Grasp
               within
               the
               Efforts
            
             
               Of
               his
               own
               Eye
               ,
               though
               Greatest
               ,
               Wisest
               ,
               King
               ;
               
            
             
               With
               Caution
               therefore
               ,
               that
               each
               Farmer
               bring
               ,
            
             
               A
               thousand
               Silverings
               He
               Lets
               it
               out
               :
            
             
               Thus
               to
               his
               State
               the
               Circle
               runs
               about
               ;
               
            
             
               The
               Fruits
               in
               Silver
               thus
               return'd
               supply
            
             
               By
               Right
               th'
               Expence
               of
               Schelom's
               Dignity
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King.
             
          
           
             
               While
               This
               some
               shade
               to
               th'
               Royal
               Vineyard
               gives
               ,
            
             
               That
               I
               call
               Mine
               ,
               as
               Paint
               gives
               to
               what
               Lives
               ,
               
            
             
               How
               Dark
               yet
               ,
               and
               how
               Dead
               are
               still
               the
               Lines
               !
            
             
               How
               short
               of
               the
               Great
               Life
               !
               For
               my
               True
               Vines
            
             
               With
               their
               whole
               Plat
               are
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               always
               in
               my
               Eye
               ;
            
             
               Each
               Keeper
               that
               I
               place
               ,
               I
               will
               stand
               by
               ,
            
             
               And
               by
               my
               Eye
               Guide
               All
               ;
               No
               Errour
               shall
            
             
               So
               much
               as
               in
               a
               Point
               this
               State
               Appall
               :
            
             
               For
               as
               my
               Saints
               alike
               my
               Vineyard
               keep
            
             
               So
               I
               Them
               All
               ,
               whose
               Eye
               's
               ne're
               chain'd
               by
               sleep
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Chorus
             .
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               The
               Thousand
               then
               whole
               Glories
               perfect
               Sum
            
             
               To
               Thee
               the
               Great
               ,
               the
               Schelom
               True
               must
               Come
               ;
               
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
               Two
               Hundred
               ,
               without
               hazard
               Run
               ,
               Reward
            
             
               Those
               ,
               Thou
               acceptest
               ,
               as
               thy
               Vineyards
               Guard.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Now
               as
               the
               Parrity
               Aggrands
               the
               Rate
               ;
            
             
               So
               that
               no
               Loss
               can
               be
               ,
               Blesses
               the
               State
               :
            
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               How
               Royal
               is't
               ,
               that
               the
               chief
               Shepherds
               Ten
            
             
               Two
               as
               reward
               Communicates
               !
               For
               when
            
             
               Old
               Salem's
               Priest-hood
               *
               Decimate
               but
               one
            
             
               In
               Ten
               to
               a
               Community
               ,
               the
               Tone
            
             
               Of
               Bless'd
               Salem's
               Priests
               is
               stretch'd
               alike
               ,
            
             
               And
               to
               each
               Saint
               twice
               one
               in
               ten
               doth
               strike
               :
            
             
               For
               when
               Ten
               Hundred
               to
               the
               King
               doth
               Rise
               ,
            
             
               Two
               Hundred
               to
               each
               Saint
               He
               doth
               demise
               :
            
             
               For
               ev'ry
               Saint's
               a
               Priest
               ,
               and
               keeps
               the
               Vine
               ,
            
             
               Himself
               ;
               The
               Vineyard
               by
               an
               equall
               Line
            
             
               Rises
               from
               every
               Vine
               :
               So
               the
               Reward
            
             
               Runs
               Equal
               to
               this
               Equal
               Priestly
               Guard.
               
            
          
           
             
               This
               is
               Essential
               Glory
               ,
               yet
               Degrees
            
             
               May
               vary
               ,
               as
               in
               Light
               the
               Stars
               One
               sees
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             King.
             
          
           
             
               Oh
               Thou
               that
               in
               the
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               Gardens
               yet
               dost
               Dwell
               ,
            
             
               
               Which
               to
               Mount
               Paradise
               of
               God
               shall
               swell
            
             
               In
               Beauty
               ,
               and
               in
               Fruits
               ;
               Now
               ,
               Now
               ,
               that
               All
            
             
               
               Is
               thus
               prepar'd
               ,
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
               My
               Spouse
               ,
               I
               'de
               hear
               thy
               Call
            
             
               Ecchoed
               by
               every
               Saint
               in
               Harmonie
               ;
            
             
               And
               then
               I
               Come
               ,
               I
               quickly
               Come
               to
               Thee
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
               My
               Voice
               ,
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               Thou
               shalt
               hear
               ,
               thy
               Bride
            
             
               One
               Spirit
               Tunes
               to
               say
               with
               Holy
               Pride
               ,
               
            
             
               At
               such
               a
               Day
               Approaching
               ;
               Come
               ,
               yea
               Come
               ,
            
             
               As
               youthful
               Harts
               and
               Roes
               on
               Hills
               do
               Roame
               ,
            
             
               With
               Bounds
               so
               Quick
               ,
               that
               ev'ry
               where
               They'reseen
               ,
            
             
               Thou
               on
               Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
               the
               Spicy
               Mount
               without
               all
               screen
            
             
               Of
               shade
               be
               seen
               ,
               let
               no
               Dark
               Spot
               appear
               ,
            
             
               Unguilded
               by
               thy
               Lightning
               Quick
               each
               where
               ;
            
             
               So
               let
               the
               Redolency
               of
               thy
               Air
            
             
               Perfume
               each
               Point
               ,
               and
               no
               Ill
               Blast
               empair
            
             
               Those
               sweetest
               Breaths
               ;
               Now
               be
               there
               no
               Delay
               ,
            
             
               Haste
               thee
               ,
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               Come
               ,
               yea
               Come
               Away
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Thee
             to
             Annoint
             ,
             the
             Mount
             of
             Spices
             Grows
             ,
          
           
             And
             to
             an
             Endless
             Royal
             UNGUENT
             Flows
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           EXPOSITOR'S
           CONCLUSION
           .
        
         
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             THough
             not
             in
             Babel's
             Land
             ,
             but
             Babel's
             Times
          
           
             This
             Sion's
             Song
             I
             sing
             ;
             As
             its
             sweet
             Chimes
          
           
             I
             Skill
             not
             to
             Tune
             High
             ;
             So
             the
             Repike
          
           
             Of
             untun'd
             Ears
             its
             True
             sounds
             back
             do
             strike
          
           
             With
             Disacceptance
             ;
             But
             One
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Decad
             more
          
           
             Of
             Years
             to
             Light
             springs
             Prophecies
             deep
             store
             ,
          
           
             Then
             will
             a
             New
             Composure
             soon
             Enflame
          
           
             Each
             Salem's
             Daughter
             to
             Rechant
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             Then
             I
             Great
             Schelom's
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Humble
             Poet
             ,
             whom
          
           
             Contempt
             now
             Locks
             into
             a
             silent
             Tomb
             ,
          
           
             Shall
             by
             the
             Comment
             of
             those
             Brighter
             Days
          
           
             Rise
             better
             Understood
             ,
             and
             Crown'd
             with
             Bays
             :
          
           
             This
             in
             Diviner
             Warmths
             I
             dare
             Predict
             :
          
           
             And
             if
             before
             that
             Time
             My
             Soul
             's
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             Relic't
          
           
             Lye
             down
             ,
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             On
             it
             This
             Epitaph
             let
             Sit
             ,
          
           
             IN
             PROPHECY
             ,
             ON
             SONG
             OF
             SONGS
             HE
             WRITT
             .
          
        
         
           To
           Him
           be
           Glory
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           for
           Ever
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A27602-e2870
           
             The
             end
             of
             the
             70
             years
             ,
          
           
             *
             At
             Cyrus
             his
             first
             year
             ,
             the
             same
             3459
             ,
             when
             began
             Daniels
             2300
             Even
             .
             Morn
             .
             and
             after
             75
             years
             of
             the
             words
             going
             forth
             ,
             the
             70
             weeks
             of
             years
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             33.
             and
             34
             years
             .
          
           
             The
             beginning
             of
             the
             1260
             Days
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             done
             .
             It
             is
             done
             .
          
           
             Christ
             says
             .
          
           
             The
             Answer
             of
             all
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A27602-e4800
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             Christ
             is
             plainly
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             Solomon
             was
             the
             Shadow
             or
             Image
             .
             And
             his
             Wives
             ,
             both
             Jewish
             and
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             (
             most
             especially
             Pharaohs
             Daughter
             )
             are
             fit
             Emblems
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. b
             A
             Prayer
             for
             the
             Assistance
             of
             the
             Divine
             Spirit
             in
             so
             mystical
             a
             Book
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             Solomon
             from
             the
             Hebrew
             Schelomoh
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. c
             Allow
             this
             a
             Prophecy
             ,
             as
             undoubtedly
             it
             must
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             set
             out
             in
             the
             Preface
             ,
             and
             it
             must
             be
             above
             all
             the
             Names
             of
             Prophecy
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             The
             great
             Pagan
             Prophetess
             ,
             suppos'd
             yet
             to
             foretell
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             Heathen
             Oracles
             struck
             dumb
             by
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Great
             Pan
             ,
             or
             Shepherd
             ,
             as
             Plutarch
             witnesseth
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             19.
             9.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. d
             It
             runs
             from
             David
             to
             Christs
             Supreme
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             Holy
             Veils
             ,
             or
             Likenesses
             in
             Parables
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             Make
             famous
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. e
             The
             Song
             hath
             great
             Sense
             ,
             even
             where
             the
             Types
             are
             lowest
             and
             plainest
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             Full
             of
             Sense
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. f
             There
             is
             by
             the
             several
             words
             used
             ,
             
               My
               Love
            
             ,
             or
             Beloved
             ,
             by
             the
             Spouse
             ;
             
               my
               Love
               or
               Companion
               ;
               Spouse
               ,
               Sister
               Spouse
               ,
            
             by
             Christ
             ;
             and
             Persons
             of
             a
             Third
             or
             middle
             betwixt
             both
             ,
             and
             calling
             Christ
             
               the
               King
            
             ,
             a
             plain
             distinction
             of
             the
             Persons
             ,
             viz.
             The
             Spouse
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Chorus
             ,
             or
             Quire
             of
             Saints
             .
             g
             The
             kisses
             of
             Christ's
             Lips
             are
             a
             most
             proper
             Emblem
             of
             David's
             time
             ,
             because
             David
             was
             so
             eminent
             a
             Prophet
             ,
             and
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Pen-man
             of
             so
             excellent
             a
             Book
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             so
             full
             of
             Divine
             Truth
             ,
             as
             the
             Book
             of
             Psalms
             ,
             wherein
             are
             also
             so
             great
             discoveries
             of
             Christ's
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             or
             Quire.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             Grieves
             with
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 6
             Rejoyces
             with
             .
          
           
             [
             Let
             him
             kiss
             me
             with
             the
             kisses
             of
             his
             mouth
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 7
             A
             rich
             Drink
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 8
             Flowes
             out
             .
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Love
             is
             better
             than
             Wine
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 9
             Mutual
             Discourses
             .
          
           
             [
             Because
             of
             the
             Savour
             of
             thy
             Good
             Oyntments
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             Christ
             ,
             Dan.
             9.
             25.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             nam'd
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. h
             This
             Symbol
             also
             of
             Oyntments
             is
             most
             proper
             to
             David
             ,
             God's
             Annointed
             ,
             whose
             Anointing
             with
             holy
             Oyl
             ,
             and
             to
             an
             Everlasting
             Kingdom
             ,
             is
             so
             often
             mention'd
             in
             Scripture
             :
             from
             which
             Annointing
             Saul
             was
             rejected
             .
             Now
             all
             this
             referrs
             to
             Christ
             ,
             the
             true
             
               Prince
               David
            
             ,
             or
             Messiah
             ,
             whom
             David
             though
             
               his
               Son
               in
               spirit
               calls
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Name
             is
             as
             Oyntment
             poured
             out
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             Small
             Motes
             flying
             from
             Bodies
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. i
             An
             Emblem
             of
             which
             were
             those
             Songs
             of
             the
             Women
             ;
             
               Saul
               hath
               kill'd
               his
               thousands
               ,
               and
               David
               his
               ten
               thousands
               ,
            
             1
             Sam.
             18.
             7.
             
             k
             Solomon
             ,
             a
             Prince
             of
             Peace
             ,
             had
             this
             the
             great
             Glory
             of
             his
             Reign
             ,
             That
             he
             built
             the
             Temple
             ;
             elegantly
             here
             call'd
             
               Chambers
               ,
               viz.
            
             of
             Love
             and
             State.
             l
             Wine
             is
             an
             Empharical
             Symbol
             ,
             or
             Representation
             of
             the
             Dedication
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             with
             those
             magnificent
             Feasts
             .
             The
             
               remembring
               of
               the
               Love
               of
               Christ
               more
               than
               Wine
               ,
            
             implies
             Solomon's
             Fall
             into
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             sincere
             upright
             Servants
             of
             God
             keeping
             close
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             Great
             Companies
             .
             5
             Thy
             Great
             Father
             David
             .
          
           
             [
             The
             Virgins
             love
             Thee
             ]
          
           
             [
             Draw
             me
             ,
             We
             willrun
             after
             Thee
             ;
             The
             King
             hath
             brought
             me
             into
             his
             Chambers
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 6
             The
             Camp
             typ'd
             Christ
             in
             his
             Judgments
             ,
             as
             in
             David
             a
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 7
             Christs
             gracious
             Communion
             typ'd
             by
             Solomon's
             Temple
             ,
             as
             Chambers
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 8
             Wars
             full
             of
             Horrour
             .
          
           
             [
             We
             will
             rejoyce
             in
             thee
             ,
             we
             will
             remember
             thy
             Love
             more
             than
             Wine
             .
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 9
             The
             Feast
             at
             Solomon's
             Temple
             Dedicated
             ,
             1
             Kin.
             8.
             65.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 10
             1
             Kings
             11.
             5.
             
          
           
             [
             We
             will
             remember
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 11
             Searches
             with
             Sorrow
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. m
             From
             this
             Fall
             Solomon
             rose
             by
             Repentance
             ,
             testified
             by
             his
             Book
             of
             Ecclesiastes
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Royal
             Preacher
             ,
             and
             this
             his
             Prophetical
             Song
             of
             Christ's
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 12
             King
             and
             Preacher
             ,
             Eccles
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 13
             Chap.
             8.
             14.
             with
             Revel
             .
             19.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 14
             Days
             of
             David
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 15
             Division
             of
             the
             Two
             and
             Ten
             Tribes
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 16
             Or
             Anointing
             of
             David
             and
             Solomon
             Types
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 17
             Here
             begins
             the
             first
             of
             Ezekiels
             390
             Days
             lying
             on
             his
             side
             ,
             Ezek.
             4.
             5.
             
             Year
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             about
             3030.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. n
             Here
             the
             Prophetical
             Cypher
             of
             Time
             ,
             or
             of
             a
             Day
             for
             a
             Year
             begins
             ;
             or
             of
             Ezekiels
             390
             days
             ,
             and
             so
             go
             on
             to
             the
             40
             ,
             and
             joyn
             to
             the
             2300
             Even
             .
             and
             Morn
             .
             and
             so
             reach
             the
             very
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 18
             Garments
             .
          
           
             [
             I
             am
             black
             but
             comely
             ]
          
           
             [
             As
             the
             Tents
             of
             Kedar
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. o
             The
             Tents
             of
             Kedar
             and
             the
             
               Curtains
               of
               Solomon
            
             were
             the
             fittest
             Representation
             that
             could
             be
             chosen
             to
             set
             out
             the
             divided
             state
             of
             the
             ten
             Tribes
             from
             the
             Two
             :
             For
             while
             there
             was
             a
             true
             Church
             among
             them
             ,
             they
             were
             as
             the
             
               Curtains
               of
               Solomon
            
             ,
             they
             had
             Communion
             with
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             were
             also
             as
             
               Kedars
               Tents
            
             ,
             by
             their
             distance
             from
             it
             and
             its
             Worship
             .
          
           
             [
             As
             the
             Curtains
             of
             Solomon
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             
               Kedars
               Tents
            
             ,
             a
             likeness
             of
             Heathenish
             Worship
             .
          
           
             [
             Ye
             Daughters
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             look
             not
             on
             me
             because
             I
             am
             black
             ,
             because
             the
             Sun
             hath
             look'd
             upon
             me
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             
               Solomons
               Curtains
            
             of
             true
             Worship
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             Complexion
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             Jerusalem
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             All
             Idolatry
             look'd
             that
             way
             to
             the
             Sun.
             
          
           
             [
             My
             Mothers
             Daughters
             were
             angry
             with
             me
             ,
             They
             made
             me
             the
             keeper
             of
             the
             Vineyards
             ,
             my
             own
             vineyard
             I
             have
             not
             kept
             .
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. p
             
               The
               Sun
               looking
               upon
            
             ,
             &c.
             is
             a
             very
             lively
             Emblem
             of
             an
             endeavour
             to
             seduce
             to
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             was
             done
             by
             the
             Tribes
             under
             the
             same
             Covenant
             of
             Religion
             ,
             it
             is
             most
             fitly
             expressed
             by
             
               Angry
               Daughters
               of
               the
               same
               Mother
               ,
            
             setting
             the
             true
             Church
             among
             them
             to
             keep
             other
             Vineyards
             to
             neglect
             its
             
               own
               Vineyard
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             its
             state
             in
             the
             true
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             of
             a
             false
             Church
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 6
             Jeroboam
             and
             his
             ten
             Tribes
             .
          
           
             [
             Tell
             me
             O
             Thou
             whom
             my
             Soul
             loveth
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. q
             The
             Spouse
             ,
             the
             true
             Servants
             of
             God
             among
             the
             Tribes
             desire
             to
             know
             ,
             whether
             they
             should
             set
             up
             a
             Church
             state
             among
             themselves
             ,
             in
             that
             division
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             to
             worship
             God
             in
             .
          
           
             [
             Where
             thou
             feedest
             ,
             where
             thou
             makest
             thy
             stock
             to
             rest
             at
             noon
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 7
             Any
             loose
             Writing
             ;
             like
             Tradition
             compar'd
             with
             the
             written
             Word
             .
          
           
             [
             For
             why
             should
             I
             be
             as
             one
             that
             turneth
             aside
             by
             the
             Flocks
             of
             thy
             Companions
             (
             false
             shepherds
             )
             ]
             *
          
           
             *
             
               For
               why
               should
               I
               be
               as
               one
               that
               turneth
               aside
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             The
             sense
             is
             ,
             what
             the
             holy
             Souls
             among
             the
             ten
             Tribes
             should
             do
             when
             Jeroboam
             forbad
             them
             the
             Temple
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A27602-e10370
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             2
             Chro.
             34.
             8.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             The
             time
             of
             their
             most
             p●tent
             Kings
             ,
             not
             subject
             to
             Heathen
             Princes
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             The
             similitude
             taken
             from
             Ezek.
             19.
             10.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 6
             2
             Kings
             c.
             23.
             31.
             c.
             24.
             c.
             25.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             After
             Josiah
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Judah
             was
             held
             in
             Fealty
             of
             the
             Heathen
             Princes
             of
             Egypt
             and
             Babylon
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             Ezek.
             21.
             26.
             27.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             The
             tottering
             State.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             That
             Great
             Prophecy
             of
             Ezekiel
             began
             to
             be
             fulfill'd
             in
             Zedekiah
             ,
             and
             was
             perfected
             at
             the
             comming
             of
             Shiloh
             ,
             or
             soon
             after
             ,
             in
             the
             destruction
             of
             all
             shew
             of
             Sovereignty
             by
             the
             Romans
             .
             And
             so
             it
             will
             continue
             till
             Christs
             Glorious
             Coming
             ,
             when
             among
             his
             many
             Crowns
             He
             shall
             have
             this
             on
             his
             Head
             ,
             as
             highest
             of
             all
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. b
             The
             Rose
             of
             Scharon
             ,
             and
             the
             Lilly
             of
             the
             Valleys
             are
             very
             significant
             Resemblances
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             perpetual
             danger
             to
             be
             seized
             by
             Heathen
             Princes
             ,
             as
             those
             Flowers
             in
             a
             Field
             are
             by
             Beasts
             ;
             yet
             the
             Rose
             having
             some
             better
             Defence
             than
             the
             Lilly
             ,
             shews
             the
             still
             decaying
             state
             of
             Power
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             A
             fruitful
             Pasture
             in
             Bashan
             .
          
           
             [
             I
             am
             the
             Rose
             of
             Scharon
             ,
             the
             Lilly
             of
             the
             Valleys
             ]
          
           
             [
             As
             the
             Lilly
             among
             the
             Thorns
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             The
             Heathen
             Nations
             compar'd
             to
             Beasts
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. c
             The
             Lilly
             surrounded
             with
             Thorns
             shews
             the
             Defence
             that
             Heathen
             Princes
             gave
             the
             Church
             ,
             one
             against
             another
             ,
             as
             by
             balance
             of
             Power
             ,
             as
             even
             to
             this
             day
             we
             see
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             weak
             States
             are
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Emulation
             of
             stronger
             Princes
             one
             against
             another
             secured
             .
             This
             was
             an
             admirable
             Method
             of
             Providence
             over
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             Defended
             as
             Breast-works
             in
             a
             Fortification
             by
             sharp
             Stakes
             .
          
           
             [
             So
             is
             my
             Love
             among
             the
             Daughters
             .
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             The
             Wise
             Order
             .
          
           
             [
             As
             the
             Apple
             Tree
             among
             the
             Trees
             of
             the
             Wood
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             The
             Apple
             Tree
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             It
             is
             most
             plain
             the
             Apple
             Tree
             is
             a
             most
             pregnant
             Emblem
             of
             a
             low
             ,
             yet
             pleasant
             Government
             ,
             even
             as
             the
             Cedars
             are
             of
             a
             High
             ,
             Supreme
             ,
             Royal
             Government
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             Popular
             Government
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             Kingly
             Government
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 6
             The
             Babylonish
             Army
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 7
             From
             Kings
             to
             Rulers
             ,
             
               Zerobbabel
               ,
               Nehemiah
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 8
             The
             Government
             of
             the
             People
             .
          
           
             [
             So
             is
             my
             beloved
             among
             the
             Sons
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 9
             Gods
             Supreme
             Decree
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 10
             Their
             Confession
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             Heathen
             Nations
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 11
             Ezek.
             1.
             1.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. b
             The
             presence
             of
             Christ
             in
             his
             Church
             is
             Elegantly
             described
             by
             Entertainment
             in
             a
             low
             Vault
             and
             Cellars
             of
             Wine
             ,
             while
             it
             was
             in
             Captivity
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             The
             Wine
             Cellar
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             Or
             to
             Rest
             .
          
           
             [
             His
             Banner
             over
             me
             was
             Love
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             As
             Scarlet
             Streamers
             .
             From
             Cyrus
             (
             the
             most
             Eminent
             Type
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             onely
             of
             any
             Heathen
             Prince
             call'd
             Messiah
             )
             till
             the
             very
             Glorious
             Appearance
             of
             Christ
             the
             Churches
             Condition
             is
             full
             of
             Varieties
             and
             continual
             Changes
             ,
             of
             better
             and
             worse
             Condition
             .
          
           
             [
             Stay
             me
             with
             Flagons
             ]
          
           
             [
             Comfort
             me
             with
             Apples
             ]
          
           
             [
             For
             I
             am
             sick
             of
             Love
             ]
          
           
             [
             His
             left
             Hand
             is
             under
             my
             Head
             ,
             His
             right
             Hand
             doth
             Embrace
             me
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             My
             Fainting
             Swooning
             state
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             The
             Roes
             and
             Hinds
             ,
             meaning
             the
             Pagan
             Powers
             ready
             to
             be
             Cruel
             and
             Savage
             .
          
           
             [
             I
             charge
             you
             ,
             oh
             ye
             Daughters
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             by
             the
             Roes
             and
             by
             the
             Hinds
             of
             the
             Field
             ,
             that
             ye
             stir
             not
             up
             nor
             awake
             my
             Love
             till
             he
             please
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 6
             Place
             of
             Retirement
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 7
             Cyrus
             was
             called
             Messiah
             or
             Gods
             Anointed
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             In
             the
             very
             lowest
             of
             the
             Captivity
             ,
             there
             were
             notable
             Tokens
             of
             Gods
             Presence
             ,
             as
             of
             Wine
             ,
             though
             in
             a
             deep
             Cellar
             or
             Vault
             ;
             such
             was
             Ezekiel's
             Prophecy
             ,
             Daniel's
             Prophecy
             and
             Exaltation
             ,
             Nebuchadnezzar's
             Dream
             and
             Exaltation
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. b
             There
             was
             great
             Reason
             of
             fearing
             to
             offend
             in
             this
             Time
             ,
             seeing
             his
             Goodness
             turn'd
             those
             Lyons
             ,
             Tygers
             ,
             and
             Wolves
             ,
             into
             any
             degrees
             of
             mildness
             of
             Roes
             and
             Hinds
             of
             the
             Field
             .
             The
             Awes
             therefore
             of
             their
             Salvageness
             was
             to
             keep
             them
             from
             Murmuring
             and
             Repining
             at
             Gods
             Hand
             in
             their
             Captivity
             ,
             and
             to
             wait
             his
             appointed
             time
             :
             And
             this
             is
             thus
             Poetically
             Express'd
             ,
             
               I
               Charge
               you
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             The
             Captivity
             yet
             allow'd
             Peace
             and
             Quiet
             .
          
           
             [
             The
             Voice
             of
             my
             Beloved
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             The
             Cell
             and
             the
             Mountains
             are
             oppos'd
             ,
             one
             signifying
             Captivity
             ,
             the
             other
             Liberty
             .
          
           
             [
             Behold
             he
             cometh
             leaping
             upon
             the
             Mountains
             ,
             skipping
             upon
             the
             Hills
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             The
             Earth
             it self
             seems
             to
             fly
             in
             the
             Airy
             leaps
             of
             those
             Creatures
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             The
             Churches
             moves
             upon
             the
             Mountains
             ,
             in
             return
             from
             Babel
             ,
             are
             set
             out
             by
             the
             Motions
             of
             her
             Beloved
             ;
             even
             as
             Christ
             is
             Resembled
             with
             the
             Churches
             Condition
             .
          
           
             [
             My
             Beloved
             is
             like
             a
             Roe
             ,
             or
             a
             young
             Hart
             ;
             Behold
             he
             standeth
             behind
             our
             Wall
             ;
             He
             looketh
             forth
             at
             the
             Windows
             ,
             shewing
             himself
             through
             the
             Lattise
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             There
             Cannot
             be
             a
             more
             exact
             Description
             of
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             when
             Cyrus
             Proclaimed
             its
             Liberty
             ,
             Ezr.
             1.
             
             And
             the
             Adversaries
             of
             Judah
             hinder'd
             the
             Progress
             of
             Things
             till
             
               Darius
               ,
               Ezr.
            
             1.
             
             And
             Darius
             Retriv'd
             all
             Ezr.
             5.
             and
             Artaxerxes
             fully
             settled
             them
             in
             their
             former
             state
             ,
             Ezr.
             7.
             and
             throughout
             his
             and
             Nehemiah's
             History
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. b
             It
             seems
             on
             all
             accounts
             of
             Scripture
             and
             History
             most
             probable
             Artaxerxes
             called
             Longimanus
             was
             by
             Esther
             the
             Son
             of
             
               Xerxes
               Ahasuerus
            
             spoken
             of
             ,
             Esth
             .
             1.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. c
             The
             Word
             here
             fully
             went
             forth
             according
             to
             Ezr.
             6.
             14.
             compared
             with
             Dan.
             9.
             23.
             25.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             Artaxerxes
             last
             Decree
             ,
             Ezr.
             7.
             
          
           
             [
             My
             Beloved
             spake
             and
             said
             unto
             me
             ]
          
           
             [
             Rise
             up
             my
             Love
             and
             Fair
             one
             ▪
             come
             away
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             All
             the
             Tokens
             of
             the
             Spring
             are
             made
             use
             of
             to
             set
             out
             this
             Liberty
             .
          
           
             [
             For
             lo
             the
             Winter
             is
             past
             ,
             the
             Rain
             is
             over
             and
             gone
             ]
          
           
             [
             The
             Flowers
             appear
             on
             the
             Earth
             ]
          
           
             [
             The
             time
             of
             the
             Singing
             of
             Birds
             is
             come
             ,
             and
             the
             Voice
             of
             the
             Turtle
             is
             heard
             in
             our
             Land
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             The
             Summer
             is
             like
             the
             setting
             out
             of
             a
             Royal
             Navy
             .
          
           
             [
             The
             Fig-tree
             putteth
             forth
             her
             green
             Figs
             ,
             and
             the
             Vine
             with
             the
             tender
             Grapes
             give
             a
             good
             smell
             ]
          
           
             [
             Arise
             my
             Love
             my
             fair
             One
             ,
             and
             come
             away
             ]
          
           
             [
             O
             my
             Dove
             that
             art
             in
             the
             clefts
             of
             the
             Rock
             in
             the
             secret
             place
             of
             the
             Stairs
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             The
             delay
             of
             the
             Jews
             returns
             is
             most
             Elegantly
             set
             out
             by
             Clefts
             of
             Rocks
             ,
             and
             secret
             Stairs
             ;
             and
             by
             Haggai
             and
             Zechariah
             were
             given
             out
             ,
             and
             by
             Ezra
             and
             Nehemiah
             ,
             the
             continued
             Calls
             of
             Christ
             to
             come
             away
             .
          
           
             [
             Let
             me
             hear
             thy
             Voice
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             By
             the
             Churches
             Voice
             and
             Countenance
             we
             may
             understand
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Temple
             Worship
             ,
             so
             taken
             care
             of
             by
             Artaxerxes
             and
             Ezra
             ,
             commissioned
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. l
             There
             cannot
             be
             a
             clearer
             Explanation
             of
             this
             part
             of
             the
             Song
             ,
             than
             the
             compare
             of
             it
             with
             the
             History
             of
             Ezra
             and
             Nehemiah
             .
          
           
             [
             Let
             me
             see
             thy
             Countenance
             ;
             for
             sweet
             is
             thy
             Voice
             ,
             and
             thy
             Countenance
             is
             comely
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             Sanballat
             ,
             Tobiah
             ,
             &c.
             Nehem.
             6.
             
          
           
             [
             Take
             us
             the
             Foxes
             ,
             the
             little
             Foxes
             ,
             for
             our
             Vines
             have
             tender
             Grapes
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             Ezra
             the
             ready
             Scribe
             in
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             Ezr.
             7.
             6.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             Nehemiah
             the
             
               Tirshatha
               ,
               Nehem.
            
             7.
             65.
             
             Who
             were
             Rais'd
             up
             by
             God
             under
             the
             fore-nam'd
             King
             ●rtaxerxes
             ,
             called
             Longimanus
             ,
             to
             restore
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Order
             of
             the
             Jewish
             Law
             ;
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             While
             the
             fore-said
             Sanballat
             and
             Tobiah
             ,
             by
             a
             Fox-like
             Cunning
             ,
             pretended
             to
             Build
             with
             them
             ;
             as
             is
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             Books
             of
             Ezra
             and
             Nehemiah
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             This
             is
             the
             Circle
             ,
             He
             is
             mine
             ,
             I
             am
             His.
             
          
           
             [
             My
             Beloved
             is
             mine
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             His
             ]
          
           
             [
             He
             feeds
             among
             the
             Lillies
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             Feeding
             among
             the
             Lillies
             ,
             represents
             the
             Churches
             pure
             state
             in
             Faith
             ,
             Worship
             ,
             and
             Life
             ,
             wherein
             Christ
             delights
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             When
             Nehemiah
             had
             settled
             the
             Jewish
             State
             according
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             then
             was
             this
             mutual
             Affiance
             betwixt
             Christ
             and
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             [
             Vntill
             the
             Day
             break
             ,
             and
             the
             shadows
             ▪
             fly
             away
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. b
             The
             Church
             prays
             for
             the
             speedy
             returns
             of
             Christ
             ,
             foreseeing
             times
             of
             his
             Absence
             ,
             as
             Daniel
             calls
             them
             ,
             
               Troublous
               Times
            
             ,
             which
             as
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             especially
             the
             Revelation
             assure
             us
             ,
             are
             to
             continue
             till
             his
             Coming
             .
          
           
             [
             Turn
             my
             Beloved
             ]
          
           
             [
             And
             be
             thou
             like
             a
             Roe
             ,
             or
             a
             young
             Hart
             on
             the
             Mountains
             of
             Bether
             ,
             or
             Division
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             As
             the
             Equinoctial-Line
             divides
             the
             Year
             into
             its
             two
             halves
             of
             Summer
             and
             Winter
             ,
             before
             each
             of
             which
             the
             Sun
             comes
             upon
             that
             Line
             ;
             so
             the
             two
             halves
             of
             the
             Worlds
             time
             ,
             are
             in
             Cyrus
             divided
             into
             the
             times
             of
             old
             ,
             and
             the
             latter
             times
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. c
             There
             could
             not
             be
             a
             more
             Elegant
             Description
             of
             the
             last
             half
             of
             time
             ,
             then
             by
             the
             Mountains
             of
             Bether
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             state
             of
             that
             Time
             ,
             as
             a
             time
             with
             Troubles
             ,
             then
             by
             such
             a
             desire
             of
             Christs
             sudden
             Visits
             after
             some
             short
             Absences
             ,
             nor
             of
             the
             end
             of
             it
             ,
             then
             by
             Christs
             Glorious
             Appearance
             ,
             then
             by
             Shades
             flying
             away
             ,
             and
             the
             bright
             Morning
             Star
             appearing
             ,
             and
             shaded
             no
             longer
             by
             such
             wav'd
             Dicisions
             of
             Absence
             and
             Presence
             ,
             or
             of
             Eves
             and
             Morns
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             The
             last
             half
             is
             fitly
             signified
             by
             the
             Mountains
             of
             Bether
             ,
             or
             of
             Division
             and
             Dissection
             ,
             viz.
             of
             time
             parted
             and
             cut
             asunder
             from
             its
             self
             ,
             and
             also
             divided
             betwixt
             Christs
             Absence
             and
             Presence
             ,
             as
             Eves
             and
             Morns
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             The
             end
             of
             this
             last
             half
             of
             time
             is
             ,
             that
             all
             shades
             fly
             away
             ,
             and
             the
             Day
             of
             the
             Glorious
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             appears
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             Whole
             Time
             being
             compar'd
             to
             a
             Globe
             ,
             the
             two
             halves
             may
             be
             compared
             to
             two
             Hemispheres
             ,
             or
             half
             Globes
             ,
             while
             Eternity
             ,
             as
             before
             and
             after
             Time
             ,
             flows
             round
             the
             whole
             Globe
             of
             Time.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             45.
             1.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             Among
             all
             the
             Heathen
             Kings
             named
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             Cyrus
             alone
             is
             called
             Gods
             Annointed
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             The
             Years
             from
             the
             Creation
             ,
             when
             the
             Womb
             of
             Eternity
             brought
             forth
             Time
             ,
             computed
             first
             by
             the
             Patriarchs
             Lives
             to
             the
             Flood
             ;
             thence
             to
             Abraham's
             Sojourning
             at
             Terah's
             Death
             ;
             thence
             to
             the
             going
             out
             of
             Aegypt
             ;
             thence
             to
             Solomon
             beginning
             the
             Temple
             ;
             thence
             to
             Solomon's
             Death
             ;
             thence
             to
             Cyrus
             by
             Ezekiel's
             390
             ,
             and
             40
             Prophetick
             Years
             ,
             arise
             just
             to
             3459
             years
             ,
             as
             will
             appear
             on
             Tryal
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             Numbred
             Numbers
             are
             Numbers
             plainly
             set
             down
             in
             the
             Scripture
             Calendar
             ,
             or
             Account
             of
             Time.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. b
             Ezekiel's
             390
             Years
             accounted
             by
             the
             Reigns
             of
             the
             Kings
             of
             Israel
             till
             their
             Captivity
             (
             as
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             ,
             because
             this
             Sin
             of
             Israel
             was
             born
             in
             them
             ,
             )
             then
             by
             the
             Kings
             of
             Judah
             ,
             till
             the
             City
             Smitten
             ;
             then
             by
             the
             14
             years
             after
             the
             City
             Smitten
             ,
             rise
             exactly
             so
             many
             at
             the
             Vision
             of
             the
             
               New
               Jerusalem
            
             ,
             which
             Vision
             accomplished
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             Restored
             ,
             and
             their
             Sin
             no
             longer
             borne
             .
             The
             40
             Years
             of
             Judah
             ,
             being
             the
             remainder
             of
             the
             70
             Years
             Captivity
             from
             that
             Vision
             ,
             run
             to
             their
             Redemption
             by
             Cyrus
             ,
             when
             their
             Sin
             no
             longer
             borne
             ,
             and
             so
             ought
             to
             be
             joyn'd
             to
             the
             390
             ,
             as
             is
             said
             in
             the
             Verses
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             41.
             1.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. c
             Daniel's
             2300
             Even
             .
             Morn
             .
             and
             the
             thousand
             Years
             make
             the
             other
             half
             of
             Time
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             little
             Time
             after
             Satan
             loosed
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             thousand
             Years
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. d
             The
             thousand
             Years
             are
             an
             entire
             Sabbatism
             without
             Rent
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. d
             The
             thousand
             Years
             are
             an
             entire
             Sabbatism
             without
             Rent
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             Undoubtedly
             Evenings
             and
             Mornings
             making
             Days
             ,
             are
             taken
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             in
             Daniel
             from
             it self
             in
             Moses
             ,
             Leading
             the
             six
             Evenings
             and
             Mornings
             to
             the
             Seventh
             Day
             or
             Sabbath
             :
             So
             these
             2300
             Ev.
             Morn
             .
             lead
             to
             the
             great
             Sabbatism
             of
             the
             thousand
             Years
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             The
             Beginning
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             The
             End.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             The
             World
             hath
             been
             generally
             supposed
             to
             consist
             of
             six
             Millenaries
             or
             Thousands
             answerable
             to
             the
             six
             Days
             of
             Creation
             ,
             and
             the
             Seventh
             thousand
             to
             be
             a
             Sabbath
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. b
             According
             to
             general
             Computation
             ,
             an
             Objection
             may
             arise
             ;
             The
             sixth
             thousandth
             ,
             or
             Millenary
             ,
             wants
             two
             hundred
             forty
             one
             of
             the
             thousand
             ;
             To
             this
             may
             be
             Answered
             ,
             1.
             
             Christ
             tells
             us
             ,
             the
             last
             time
             of
             the
             Tribulation
             of
             the
             Vials
             shall
             be
             shortned
             for
             the
             Elects
             sake
             ,
             when
             Philadelphia
             or
             the
             true
             Church
             shall
             be
             preserved
             from
             the
             Temptation
             that
             shall
             come
             on
             all
             the
             Earth
             ,
             2.
             
             We
             know
             not
             what
             time
             may
             be
             after
             the
             thousand
             Years
             ,
             as
             in
             Recompence
             of
             that
             shortned
             Time.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             24.
             22.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             The
             last
             end
             of
             Time
             Christ
             foretold
             shall
             be
             shortned
             .
          
           
             Revel
             .
             20.
             3.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. c
             The
             Jews
             were
             too
             much
             naturaliz'd
             to
             those
             Heathen
             Countries
             ,
             that
             they
             needed
             many
             Call
             home
             to
             their
             own
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             Dan.
             9.
             25.
             
             The
             Commandment
             going
             forth
             .
             6
             Things
             given
             with
             great
             Life
             ,
             and
             in
             short
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             Art
             of
             Perspective
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. d
             All
             those
             Calls
             were
             the
             Commandment
             going
             forth
             till
             all
             was
             finish'd
             by
             the
             Commandment
             of
             the
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
             of
             
               Cyrus
               ,
               Darius
               ,
               Artaxerxes
            
             King
             of
             
               Persia
               .
               Ezra
            
             6.
             24.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. e
             At
             the
             Word
             perfectly
             gone
             forth
             the
             seventy
             Weeks
             began
             ,
             
               viz.
               Artaxerxes
            
             his
             seventh
             Year
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 7
             
               Antiochus
               Epiphanes
            
             ,
             that
             Famous
             Tyrant
             over
             the
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             whose
             Tyranny
             is
             Related
             ,
             1
             
               Maccab
               .
               c.
            
             1
             ,
             &c.
             to
             his
             Death
             ,
             and
             by
             Josephus
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. f
             The
             most
             eminent
             and
             renewed
             Trouble
             of
             those
             seventy
             Weeks
             was
             the
             Cruel
             Tyranny
             of
             
               Antiochus
               Epiphanes
            
             ,
             to
             which
             this
             Song
             now
             goes
             on
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A27602-e15820
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             Although
             the
             Jews
             ,
             after
             their
             Captivity
             met
             with
             many
             Troubles
             ,
             and
             were
             a
             low
             Tributary
             Government
             ,
             as
             before
             declared
             by
             the
             Apple-tree
             ;
             Yet
             there
             was
             no
             Calamity
             from
             the
             days
             of
             Cyrus
             till
             Christ
             ,
             so
             renowned
             by
             Daniel's
             Prophecy
             ,
             and
             Explained
             by
             the
             Maccabean
             History
             ,
             and
             the
             History
             of
             Josephus
             ,
             provided
             by
             God
             on
             purpose
             ,
             as
             for
             that
             Tyranny
             of
             
               Antiochus
               Epiphanes
            
             :
             and
             it
             s
             so
             Renowned
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             be
             a
             Type
             of
             Antichrist
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             The
             Night
             of
             Adversity
             and
             Troubles
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             Solomon's
             Temple
             was
             the
             Bed.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             The
             Enjoyment
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             [
             By
             Night
             on
             my
             Bed
             I
             sought
             Him
             whom
             my
             Soul
             loveth
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             sought
             Him
             but
             I
             found
             Him
             not
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             Who
             according
             to
             Daniel's
             Prophecy
             ,
             cast
             down
             the
             Sanctuary
             by
             his
             prophane
             Tyranny
             ,
             1
             Mal.
             c.
             1.
             &c.
             
          
           
             [
             I
             will
             rise
             and
             go
             about
             the
             City
             in
             the
             Streets
             ,
             and
             the
             broad
             Ways
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             The
             Temple
             so
             defil'd
             could
             not
             be
             used
             for
             Sacrifice
             ;
             But
             as
             Dan.
             foretold
             the
             Daily
             was
             taken
             away
             ,
             Dan.
             8.
             13.
             
          
           
             [
             I
             will
             seek
             Him
             whom
             my
             Soul
             loveth
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 6
             The
             Multitude
             were
             corrupted
             by
             Fear
             and
             Flatteries
             ,
             according
             to
             Dan.
             11.
             31
             ,
             32.
             
             Compared
             with
             the
             Maccabean
             History
             ▪
             
          
           
             [
             I
             sought
             Him
             ,
             but
             I
             found
             Him
             not
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 7
             The
             Priests
             whose
             Lips
             preserve
             Knowledge
             ,
             of
             which
             
               Judas
               Maccabeus
            
             was
             a
             Principal
             .
          
           
             [
             The
             Watch-men
             that
             go
             about
             the
             City
             found
             me
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             said
             ,
             saw
             ye
             Him
             whom
             my
             Soul
             loveth
             ?
             ]
          
           
             [
             It
             was
             but
             a
             little
             I
             passed
             from
             them
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             The
             Violence
             of
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             Antiochus
             was
             so
             great
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             publick
             Ministry
             .
          
           
             [
             But
             I
             saw
             him
             whom
             my
             Soul
             loveth
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             Yet
             the
             Action
             ,
             and
             the
             Example
             was
             such
             ,
             and
             the
             Zeal
             for
             Truth
             ,
             and
             Resistance
             to
             that
             Corruption
             so
             bold
             ,
             that
             Christ
             soon
             appeared
             ,
             1
             Mac.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             [
             I
             held
             him
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             let
             him
             go
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             Jacob
             wrestled
             with
             the
             Angel
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             let
             him
             go
             ,
             Gen.
             2.
             32.
             28.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             There
             is
             nothing
             so
             Remarkable
             in
             prophecy
             as
             the
             Re-settling
             Jerusalem
             ,
             after
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             Antiochus
             ,
             so
             that
             on
             that
             Account
             the
             Church
             is
             said
             to
             hold
             Christ
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             let
             him
             go
             till
             the
             Incarnation
             ;
             for
             notwithstanding
             the
             after
             Troubles
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             the
             Publick
             Worship
             of
             God
             was
             not
             disturbed
             till
             the
             very
             coming
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             [
             Vntil
             I
             brought
             him
             into
             my
             Mothers
             House
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             The
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             representing
             his
             Humane
             Nature
             ,
             He
             Calls
             a
             Temple
             ,
             John
             2.
             19.
             
          
           
             [
             And
             into
             the
             Chambers
             of
             her
             that
             conceived
             me
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. b
             There
             cannot
             be
             a
             more
             significant
             Representation
             of
             the
             Incarnation
             ,
             than
             of
             Christ
             brought
             into
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Churches
             Mother
             ,
             and
             into
             the
             Chambers
             of
             Her
             that
             Conceived
             the
             Church
             ,
             that
             is
             Eve
             the
             Mother
             of
             all
             Living
             ,
             from
             whom
             the
             Blessed
             Virgin
             descended
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             whose
             Chambers
             Christ
             came
             so
             peculiarly
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             The
             Promise
             was
             especially
             vested
             in
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             Woman
             ,
             of
             which
             Eve
             was
             the
             Mother
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 6
             The
             humane
             Nature
             of
             Christ
             was
             as
             private
             Chambers
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 7
             Christ
             began
             his
             Spiritual
             Reign
             in
             the
             Form
             of
             a
             Servant
             ,
             in
             the
             Preaching
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 8
             In
             that
             Nature
             he
             Ascended
             on
             High.
             
          
           
             [
             I
             charge
             you
             ,
             O
             ye
             Daughters
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             by
             the
             Roes
             and
             by
             the
             Hinds
             of
             the
             Field
             ]
          
           
             [
             That
             ye
             stir
             not
             up
             ,
             nor
             awake
             my
             Love
             till
             he
             please
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. c
             There
             was
             no
             Offence
             of
             Christ
             so
             great
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             wait
             the
             Messenger
             of
             the
             Covenant
             coming
             into
             his
             Temple
             ,
             and
             aright
             to
             prepare
             for
             Him
             ,
             who
             was
             as
             a
             Refiners
             Fire
             to
             Purifie
             the
             Sons
             of
             Levi
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             fore-nam'd
             Sects
             were
             such
             Enemies
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 9
             The
             Great
             Offence
             ,
             that
             at
             this
             time
             might
             provoke
             Christ
             ,
             was
             not
             waiting
             for
             the
             true
             Messiah
             ,
             and
             disacknowledging
             the
             true
             Signs
             of
             Him
             ,
             by
             those
             prejudic'd
             Sects
             among
             them
             ,
             viz.
             the
             chief
             Priests
             ,
             Scribes
             ,
             Pharises
             ,
             Sadducees
             ,
             and
             Sanhedrim
             of
             the
             Jews
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             Seventy
             or
             seven
             Tens
             of
             Weeks
             ,
             making
             490
             Years
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             About
             the
             end
             of
             the
             sixty
             fifth
             of
             the
             seventy
             Weeks
             ,
             Christ
             was
             born
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             Time
             is
             as
             it
             were
             Ambitious
             of
             the
             most
             noble
             Productions
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. b
             The
             greatest
             Production
             Time
             can
             hitherto
             boast
             of
             ,
             is
             ,
             the
             Coming
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Flesh
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             The
             Lord
             whom
             you
             seek
             shall
             suddenly
             come
             into
             his
             Temple
             ;
             But
             who
             may
             abide
             ?
             &c.
             The
             Desire
             of
             all
             Nations
             ,
             so
             was
             the
             Reception
             of
             Christs
             Birth
             by
             the
             Angels
             ,
             the
             Shepherds
             ,
             and
             other
             holy
             Persons
             in
             the
             Gospel
             History
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. c
             One
             of
             the
             greatest
             Mysteries
             of
             Religion
             ,
             is
             ,
             God
             Manifest
             in
             the
             Flesh
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             Refine
             and
             exalt
             Nature
             unto
             a
             higher
             pitch
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             Who
             can
             declare
             this
             Generation
             ?
             
               The
               Word
               was
               made
               Flesh
               ,
               John
            
             14.
             5.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 6
             Schelom
             speaks
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Saints
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 7
             Sing
             With
             Triumph
             .
          
           
             [
             Who
             is
             this
             that
             cometh
             out
             of
             the
             Wilderness
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             As
             nothing
             followed
             more
             fitly
             according
             to
             Daniel's
             Prophecy
             ,
             than
             the
             Incarnation
             of
             Christ
             ,
             (
             Messiah
             on
             the
             troublous
             Times
             of
             Antiochus
             )
             so
             all
             humane
             Wit
             and
             Phancy
             may
             be
             appeal'd
             to
             ,
             whether
             any
             thing
             can
             be
             more
             fitly
             express'd
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             A
             Question
             of
             Holy
             Admiration
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             In
             regard
             of
             the
             Solitude
             and
             Meanness
             in
             which
             Christ
             was
             born
             and
             liv'd
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             Triumphant
             Pillars
             of
             Divine
             Knowledge
             ,
             Power
             ,
             Grace
             ,
             but
             cover'd
             with
             the
             Smoke
             of
             outward
             Poverty
             ,
             and
             the
             malicious
             slanders
             of
             the
             Pharisees
             .
          
           
             [
             Like
             pillars
             of
             Smoke
             ]
          
           
             [
             Perfum'd
             with
             Myrrh
             and
             Frankincense
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             Richly
             yet
             perfum'd
             with
             all
             Heavenly
             Graces
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 5
             His
             very
             Infancy
             was
             Homag'd
             by
             the
             three
             Magi
             or
             Wise
             Men
             from
             far
             with
             Gold
             ,
             Myrrh
             ,
             and
             Frankincense
             ,
             as
             an
             Emblem
             hereof
             ,
             but
             the
             Glory
             of
             his
             own
             Divinity
             far
             excell'd
             .
          
           
             [
             With
             all
             the
             Powders
             of
             the
             Merchant
             ]
          
           
             [
             Behold
             His
             Bed
             ,
             which
             is
             Solowons
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 6
             The
             humane
             Nature
             may
             be
             compar'd
             to
             a
             Bed
             ,
             where
             the
             Divinity
             lodg'd
             as
             in
             a
             Temple
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 7
             Angels
             continually
             attended
             upon
             Christ
             ,
             as
             his
             constant
             Guard
             ;
             when
             He
             bringeth
             his
             first
             Begotten
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             He
             said
             ,
             Let
             all
             the
             Angels
             of
             God
             Worship
             Him.
             
          
           
             [
             Threescorevaliant
             Men
             are
             about
             it
             ]
          
           
             [
             Every
             Man
             hath
             his
             Sword
             on
             his
             Thigh
             ,
             because
             of
             Fear
             in
             the
             Night
             ]
          
           
             [
             King
             Solomon
             made
             himself
             a
             Chariot
             of
             the
             Wood
             of
             Lebanon
             ,
             he
             made
             the
             Pillars
             thereof
             of
             Silver
             ,
             the
             bottom
             thereof
             of
             Gold
             ,
             the
             covering
             of
             it
             of
             Purple
             ,
             the
             midst
             thereof
             being
             pav'd
             with
             Love
             for
             the
             Daughters
             of
             Jerusalem
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
             Solomon's
             Royal
             Chariot
             is
             described
             with
             all
             its
             rich
             and
             costly
             Materials
             from
             top
             to
             bottom
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
             Solomon's
             Chariot
             was
             adorn'd
             with
             the
             most
             beautiful
             pictures
             of
             the
             Daughters
             of
             Zion
             ,
             to
             express
             his
             Love
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
             This
             was
             a
             faint
             Image
             of
             the
             Excellent
             Humane
             Nature
             of
             Christ
             ,
             in
             which
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             Cross
             ;
             He
             bare
             the
             Names
             of
             the
             People
             on
             his
             Heart
             ,
             and
             offered
             himself
             a
             whole
             Burnt-offering
             for
             them
             through
             the
             greatness
             of
             his
             Love.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
             The
             Crown
             of
             Christ
             is
             that
             which
             he
             receiv'd
             at
             his
             Resurrection
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             Annointed
             with
             the
             oyl
             of
             Joy
             above
             his
             Fellows
             ,
             (
             as
             Solomon
             was
             Crown'd
             with
             highest
             Joy
             ,
             )
             a
             Pledge
             of
             his
             Eternal
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             Espousal
             to
             his
             Church
             ;
             Revel
             .
             19.
             1.
             
          
           
             [
             Go
             forth
             ,
             oh
             ye
             Daughters
             of
             Zion
             ,
             Behold
             King
             Solomon
             with
             the
             Crown
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
             As
             Bathsheba
             receiv'd
             the
             Crown
             from
             David
             for
             Solomon
             ,
             so
             God
             made
             good
             his
             Promise
             to
             Eve
             ,
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             Woman
             ,
             &c.
             by
             this
             Crown
             of
             Christs
             Resurrection
             and
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             [
             Wherewith
             His
             Mother
             Crown'd
             Him
             in
             the
             Day
             of
             his
             Espousals
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Day
             of
             the
             Gladness
             of
             his
             Heart
             ]
          
        
         
           Notes for div A27602-e18460
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. a
             How
             admirably
             does
             this
             Description
             fit
             the
             Apostolick
             Church
             ,
             which
             had
             excellency
             of
             Beauty
             ,
             sufficiency
             of
             Spiritual
             Food
             ,
             signified
             by
             Teeth
             of
             purest
             Cleanness
             and
             Unity
             ,
             as
             wash'd
             and
             even
             shorn
             ;
             Durable
             clothing
             Garments
             of
             Justification
             and
             Sanctification
             ,
             numerous
             Off-spring
             in
             the
             multitude
             of
             the
             Converts
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 1
             To
             express
             singular
             Fairness
             ,
             the
             Word
             is
             doubled
             .
          
           
             [
             Behold
             thou
             art
             Fair
             my
             Love
             ,
             behold
             thou
             art
             Fair
             ]
          
           
             [
             Thou
             hast
             Doves
             Eyes
             ]
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Hair
             is
             a
             Flock
             of
             Goats
             that
             appear
             fron
             Mount
             Gilead
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 2
             The
             Apostolick
             Purity
             without
             outward
             Pomp
             or
             Splendor
             ,
             was
             cover'd
             like
             the
             Ark
             with
             Goats
             Hair
             ,
             despised
             by
             Jews
             ,
             as
             not
             having
             the
             Signs
             of
             a
             present
             Kingdom
             ;
             by
             the
             Gentiles
             as
             Foolishness
             ;
             but
             was
             indeed
             Expression
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Power
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Teeth
             are
             as
             a
             Flock
             which
             come
             up
             from
             the
             Washing
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 3
             The
             Rumination
             or
             Chewing
             the
             Food
             of
             Life
             ,
             to
             prepare
             it
             for
             others
             by
             Expounding
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             and
             farther
             Revealing
             the
             New
             ,
             was
             the
             Excellency
             of
             the
             Apostolick
             Church
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words. 4
             Pure
             in
             all
             Holiness
             of
             Doctrine
             ,
             Worship
             ,
             and
             Life
             ,
             and
             even
             without
             Ambition
             ,
             or
             loving
             Preheminence
             .
             Bless'd
             with
             abundant
             Power
             of
             Converting
             Grace
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. a
             How
             far
             are
             all
             things
             in
             the
             Gospel
             from
             such
             a
             forg'd
             Supremacy
             of
             the
             Apostle
             Peter
             ;
             observe
             his
             Fall
             ,
             his
             being
             Reprov'd
             ,
             Gal.
             2.
             his
             humble
             Style
             Compresbyter
             or
             equal
             Elder
             .
             1
             Christs
             Blood
             in
             the
             Gospel
             Ministry
             ,
             is
             as
             Rahabs
             Scarlet
             Line
             twin'd
             within
             it
             ,
             as
             a
             Pledge
             of
             Redemption
             from
             Wrath.
             
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Lips
             are
             like
             a
             thread
             of
             Scarlet
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             nothing
             but
             Christ
             ,
             and
             him
             Crucified
             ;
             Not
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             but
             the
             Wisdom
             which
             God
             ordain'd
             before
             the
             World
             to
             our
             Glory
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
             The
             many
             Seeds
             of
             the
             Pomegranate
             ,
             the
             Emblem
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             yield
             a
             most
             pleasant
             Juice
             .
          
           
             [
             And
             thy
             Speech
             is
             comely
             ]
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Temples
             are
             like
             a
             piece
             of
             Pomegranate
             within
             thy
             Locks
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
             The
             strict
             and
             holy
             Order
             of
             the
             Apostolick
             Church
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             best
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Ephesus
             ,
             the
             Type
             of
             that
             Church
             Apostolick
             ,
             tried
             those
             that
             said
             they
             were
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             were
             not
             ,
             but
             found
             them
             Lyars
             ,
             and
             that
             could
             not
             bear
             them
             that
             were
             Evil
             ,
             were
             like
             Locks
             gracing
             and
             guarding
             the
             Temples
             .
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Neck
             is
             as
             the
             Tower
             of
             David
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
             Those
             thousand
             Shields
             and
             Bucklers
             most
             fitly
             resemble
             the
             mighty
             Power
             of
             Miracles
             ,
             Gifts
             of
             Tongues
             ,
             and
             that
             severe
             Apostolical
             Rod
             ,
             which
             the
             Apostle
             Peter
             shew'd
             in
             the
             Death
             of
             Ananias
             and
             Sapphira
             ,
             and
             the
             Apostle
             Paul's
             delivery
             to
             Satan
             intimates
             ,
             all
             which
             bore
             up
             the
             majesty
             of
             that
             Church
             .
          
           
             [
             Builded
             for
             an
             Armory
             ,
             all
             Shields
             of
             mighty
             Men
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 6
             The
             Primitive
             Christians
             were
             resolved
             either
             to
             defend
             Christianity
             by
             these
             powers
             of
             Truth
             and
             Miracles
             ,
             or
             as
             Martyrs
             to
             dye
             in
             defence
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             were
             the
             Shields
             of
             mighty
             Men.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
             The
             full
             Effect
             of
             the
             Apostolick
             Ministry
             and
             Miracles
             will
             not
             be
             seen
             till
             the
             
               New
               Jerusalem
            
             .
          
           
             *
             c.
             6.
             10.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
             The
             Doctrine
             of
             Christianity
             in
             the
             Apostolick
             Ministry
             ,
             was
             like
             two
             full
             Breasts
             deriving
             their
             Lillies
             Milk
             from
             the
             two
             Testaments
             ,
             in
             which
             ,
             as
             in
             Fields
             of
             Lillies
             ,
             they
             Feed
             as
             two
             young
             Roes
             :
             According
             to
             which
             all
             the
             Apostlick
             Motions
             ,
             and
             the
             Churches
             settled
             by
             them
             were
             govern'd
             ,
             now
             these
             two
             Breasts
             ,
             as
             a
             double
             Sluce
             ,
             or
             out-let
             of
             Water
             ,
             send
             out
             their
             Streams
             .
          
           
             [
             Thy
             two
             Breasts
             are
             like
             two
             Roes
             ,
             that
             feed
             among
             the
             Lillies
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
             Atmosphere
             ,
             is
             the
             foggy
             black
             Air
             arising
             from
             Earths
             black
             Steams
             like
             Night
             ,
             which
             flying
             away
             Emblems
             this
             dark
             State
             removing
             ,
             and
             Christs
             Kingdom
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             bright
             Morning
             Star
             appearing
             .
          
           
             [
             Vntill
             the
             Day
             break
             ,
             and
             the
             Shadows
             fly
             away
             ,
             I
             ▪
             ll
             get
             me
             to
             the
             Hill
             of
             Myrrh
             ,
             and
             the
             Mountains
             of
             Frankincense
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
             Just
             as
             Christ
             was
             seen
             by
             his
             Disciples
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             Ascending
             upon
             their
             very
             earnest
             gazing
             ;
             so
             shall
             he
             be
             seen
             in
             his
             Return
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             be
             fix'd
             in
             the
             very
             point
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             of
             space
             in
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             or
             upper
             Regions
             ,
             where
             the
             Cloud
             received
             him
             ;
             For
             so
             the
             Angels
             Speech
             Implies
             :
             This
             same
             Jesus
             ,
             taken
             into
             Heaven
             shall
             so
             return
             ,
             as
             ye
             have
             seen
             him
             go
             or
             going
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             upon
             that
             very
             point
             I
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             fix
             ▪
             d
             ,
             and
             is
             Expounded
             by
             the
             Apostle
             of
             Christ
             Descending
             not
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             but
             into
             the
             Air
             ,
             whither
             the
             Saints
             are
             caught
             up
             to
             meet
             Him
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             be
             ever
             with
             Him
             ,
             1
             Thes
             .
             4.
             17.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 1
             Exil'd
             ever
             since
             the
             Fall
             of
             Man
             ,
             and
             the
             loss
             of
             the
             Sabbatism
             of
             Creation
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 2
             According
             to
             Revel
             .
             19.
             15.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 3
             The
             Decree
             of
             God
             in
             whose
             Power
             the
             time
             especially
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             is
             Reserv'd
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 4
             With
             how
             great
             Skill
             is
             this
             Parenthesis
             or
             Description
             of
             Christs
             Ascension
             and
             Return
             with
             his
             Kingdom
             here
             brought
             in
             ,
             to
             settle
             Time.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 5
             And
             how
             Admirable
             the
             Churches
             most
             spotless
             State
             when
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             was
             given
             ,
             and
             the
             Gentiles
             Call'd
             ,
             subjoyn'd
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             we
             shall
             next
             see
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 6
             The
             Church
             form'd
             as
             Man
             by
             the
             Image
             of
             God
             at
             first
             ,
             so
             now
             by
             the
             Image
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             pronounced
             perfectly
             Fair
             and
             without
             spot
             .
          
           
             John
             c.
             14.
             c.
             15.
             c.
             16.
             
             Translated
             the
             Comforter
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 7
             The
             giving
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             call'd
             by
             Christ
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             or
             the
             Paraclete
             was
             like
             breathing
             into
             Adam
             the
             Breath
             of
             Life
             .
          
           
             [
             Thou
             art
             all
             Fair
             my
             Love
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
             Now
             the
             Church
             is
             pronounced
             Pure
             ,
             as
             Adam
             was
             made
             Upright
             .
          
           
             [
             There
             is
             no
             spot
             in
             thee
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
             Ephesus
             the
             Type
             of
             this
             Church
             as
             leaving
             its
             first
             Love
             lost
             its
             Birth-right
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             Place
             of
             its
             Candlestick
             Translated
             to
             Philadelph
             .
             upon
             which
             the
             
               New
               Jerusalem
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             are
             settled
             ,
             till
             when
             the
             Apostolick
             Glory
             does
             not
             Return
             .
          
           
             [
             My
             Spouse
             ,
             Come
             with
             me
             from
             Lebanon
             ,
             with
             me
             from
             Lebanon
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
             Here
             in
             this
             Gospel
             state
             ,
             the
             Church
             is
             call'd
             Spouse
             the
             first
             Time
             ;
             For
             though
             it
             was
             so
             before
             ,
             yet
             to
             distinguish
             Times
             ,
             the
             Title
             is
             reserv'd
             till
             now
             ,
             and
             this
             State
             is
             most
             suitable
             to
             such
             an
             Honour
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
             Wolds
             are
             wild
             and
             desert
             Places
             ,
             where
             wild
             Beasts
             inhabit
             .
          
           
             [
             Look
             from
             the
             Top
             of
             Amana
             ,
             from
             the
             Top
             of
             Shenir
             ,
             and
             Hermon
             ;
             from
             the
             Lyons
             Dens
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Mountains
             of
             the
             Leopards
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
             What
             more
             graceful
             Description
             of
             the
             Heathen
             World
             in
             order
             to
             their
             Conversion
             ,
             going
             out
             from
             the
             Land
             of
             Canaan
             ,
             then
             the
             view
             of
             the
             Mountain
             of
             Leopards
             ,
             and
             the
             Dens
             of
             Lyons
             from
             the
             Mountains
             of
             Judaea
             next
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             or
             more
             orderly
             Succession
             in
             course
             of
             Time
             ,
             or
             how
             could
             there
             be
             a
             fitter
             Figure
             of
             the
             Wicked
             Heathen
             World
             ,
             than
             by
             wild
             Beasts
             ,
             so
             
               Dan.
               c.
            
             7.
             c.
             8.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 6
             Or
             within
             the
             Lines
             of
             its
             Borders
             .
          
           
             [
             My
             Sister-Spouse
             ]
          
           
             [
             Thou
             hast
             ravished
             or
             taken
             my
             Heart
             ,
             with
             one
             of
             Thy
             Eyes
             ]
          
           
             [
             With
             one
             chain
             of
             thy
             Neck
             ]
          
           
             [
             How
             fair
             is
             thy
             Love
             ,
             my
             Sister
             ,
             my
             Spouse
             ]
          
           
             [
             How
             much
             better
             is
             thy
             Love
             than
             Wine
             !
             ]
          
           
             [
             And
             the
             smell
             of
             thy
             Oyntments
             ,
             than
             of
             all
             Spices
             ]
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Lips
             ,
             oh
             my
             Spouse
             ,
             drop
             as
             the
             Honey
             Comb
             ]
          
           
             [
             Honey
             and
             Milk
             are
             under
             thy
             Tongue
             ]
          
           
             [
             And
             the
             smell
             of
             thy
             Garments
             is
             as
             the
             smell
             of
             Lebanon
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together.
             1
             What
             can
             come
             more
             just
             with
             the
             Time
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             settled
             it
             ,
             then
             this
             very
             Word
             
               [
               Sister-Spouse
            
             ]
             when
             the
             Gentiles
             came
             in
             to
             be
             one
             Body
             with
             the
             Jews
             .
          
           
             2
             The
             Gentile
             Church
             ,
             as
             another
             Eye
             was
             so
             unexpected
             to
             the
             very
             Apostles
             ,
             that
             Christ
             is
             pleas'd
             to
             express
             himself
             ,
             as
             taken
             by
             the
             very
             Heart
             ,
             as
             the
             Hebrew
             word
             signifies
             ;
             Such
             is
             the
             importance
             of
             one
             Chain
             of
             the
             Neck
             .
          
           
             3
             There
             is
             a
             very
             plain
             preferring
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Jew
             and
             Gentile
             Church
             united
             ,
             above
             the
             single
             state
             of
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             ;
             So
             the
             rich
             Wines
             of
             the
             Sacrifice
             ,
             the
             Perfumes
             us'd
             in
             the
             Kingly
             ,
             Priestly
             ,
             and
             Temple
             Oyntment
             ,
             the
             Honey
             ,
             Milk
             ,
             and
             Cedars
             of
             the
             Promis'd
             Land
             ,
             and
             the
             state
             of
             this
             Church
             common
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             preferr'd
             before
             them
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
             The
             Spirit
             poured
             from
             on
             High
             ,
             the
             Church
             compos'd
             of
             Jews
             and
             Gentiles
             ,
             wild
             by
             Nature
             ,
             much
             excells
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             alone
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             in
             its
             earthly
             Canaan
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
             After
             the
             Gentile
             Church
             came
             in
             ,
             the
             Israelitish
             Church
             was
             still
             declining
             till
             all
             mention
             of
             it
             was
             lost
             ,
             and
             so
             this
             Song
             especially
             minds
             the
             Gentile
             Church
             ,
             as
             the
             Israel
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
             By
             what
             follows
             ,
             it
             will
             appear
             the
             Gentile
             Church
             was
             in
             a
             decayed
             State.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
             The
             Apostles
             Caution
             to
             the
             
               Romans
               ,
               ch
            
             .
             11.
             17.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
             For
             any
             Church
             or
             Churches
             of
             what
             Name
             soever
             ,
             to
             look
             upon
             themselves
             as
             in
             the
             perfect
             state
             of
             the
             Evangelick
             Church
             ,
             much
             more
             as
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             before
             the
             Jews
             converted
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             onely
             Wise
             in
             our
             own
             conceits
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 6
             The
             Roman
             Name
             of
             a
             Church
             hath
             certainly
             dash'd
             on
             that
             Rock
             of
             assuming
             to
             it self
             ,
             as
             the
             Jews
             dash'd
             against
             ,
             To
             be
             the
             Root
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             .
          
           
             *
             Gentiles
             .
          
           
             The
             Chorus
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             The
             Chorus
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
             The
             whole
             Time
             of
             the
             Gentile
             Church
             till
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             this
             World
             become
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Christ
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             Revelation
             given
             undér
             several
             Sealings
             .
             First
             of
             seven
             Seals
             open'd
             ,
             then
             of
             the
             144000
             Sealed
             ,
             and
             the
             Temple
             measur'd
             and
             shut
             ,
             then
             of
             the
             seven
             Thunders
             Sealed
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             [
             A
             Garden
             inclosed
             is
             my
             Sister
             ,
             my
             Spouse
             ]
          
           
             [
             A
             Spring
             shut
             up
             ]
          
           
             [
             A
             Fountain
             sealed
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
             The
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             proclam'd
             ;
             The
             Gentiles
             come
             in
             in
             Fulness
             ;
             The
             Natural
             Israel
             Call'd
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             whole
             Israel
             sum'd
             up
             ;
             The
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             Appears
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
             Ephesus
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostolick
             ,
             Primitive
             Church
             ,
             may
             be
             most
             fidy
             compared
             to
             a
             Paradise
             of
             Truth
             .
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Plants
             are
             an
             Orchard
             of
             Pomegranates
             with
             pleasant
             Fruits
             ]
          
           
             [
             Camphire
             with
             Spikenard
             ,
             Spikenard
             and
             Saffron
             ,
             with
             all
             Trees
             of
             Frankincense
             ,
             Myrrh
             ,
             and
             Aloes
             ,
             with
             all
             chief
             Spices
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
             The
             Church
             of
             Smyrna
             in
             its
             Sufferings
             ,
             is
             fitly
             compar'd
             to
             a
             Region
             of
             Spices
             ,
             which
             by
             pounding
             send
             out
             their
             Smells
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
             From
             the
             Reign
             of
             Constantine
             ,
             during
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Christian
             Emperours
             ,
             all
             Apostolical
             Truth
             flowed
             out
             as
             a
             Fountain
             of
             Gardens
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             [
             A
             Fountain
             of
             Gardens
             ,
             a
             Well
             of
             Living
             Waters
             streaming
             from
             Lebanon
             ]
          
           
             [
             Awake
             ,
             oh
             South-Wind
             ,
             Blow
             O
             South-Wind
             upon
             my
             Garden
             ,
             that
             the
             Spices
             may
             flow
             out
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
             Christ
             was
             pleas'd
             to
             use
             the
             North-wind
             ,
             First
             of
             Persecution
             ,
             then
             the
             gentle
             South-wind
             ,
             that
             the
             Odours
             of
             Christianity
             might
             flow
             ,
             How
             Elegant
             is
             this
             Hieroglyphic
             ,
             how
             agreeable
             with
             the
             Time.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
             The
             Time
             ,
             Times
             ,
             Half
             Time
             ,
             sworn
             by
             Christ
             ,
             Dan.
             12.
             7.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
             The
             securest
             way
             of
             Sealing
             us'd
             by
             Chymists
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 6
             In
             the
             Revelation
             Cap.
             7.
             
             Immediately
             after
             the
             Ruine
             of
             Heatheanism
             by
             the
             Christian
             Empire
             follow'd
             a
             second
             Sealing
             with
             Agreeable
             Symbols
             ,
             importing
             the
             delay
             of
             Christs
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             the
             securing
             his
             Servants
             for
             it
             from
             Corruption
             .
          
           
             *
             Shut
             up
             close
             within
             Walls
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
             The
             Mystery
             of
             Iniquity
             began
             in
             low
             degrees
             in
             the
             Apostolick
             Times
             ,
             and
             in
             Ephesus
             ,
             forsaking
             its
             First
             Love
             ,
             and
             grew
             up
             to
             a
             Synagogue
             of
             Satan
             ,
             under
             Smyrna's
             Suffering
             Martyrs
             ;
             From
             whom
             it
             took
             occasion
             to
             exalt
             it self
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
             Yet
             Christ
             accounted
             the
             Church
             it self
             Pure
             ,
             and
             made
             use
             of
             the
             South-wind
             of
             Prosperity
             under
             the
             Christian
             Emperours
             to
             draw
             out
             its
             Graces
             ;
             Although
             by
             Accident
             ,
             Corruptions
             shewed
             themselves
             also
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
             Superstition
             and
             worldly
             Riches
             and
             Pleasure
             grew
             up
             together
             .
             4
             The
             great
             Pretence
             for
             the
             first
             bringing
             in
             Superstition
             into
             the
             Christian
             Church
             ,
             was
             as
             it
             were
             to
             Christianize
             Heathenish
             Customs
             .
             But
             as
             Atoms
             sent
             out
             by
             Bodies
             into
             a
             Contagious
             Air
             ,
             return
             to
             those
             Bodies
             that
             sent
             them
             out
             with
             Infection
             ,
             so
             the
             Christians
             sending
             out
             their
             Principals
             as
             it
             were
             to
             better
             Heathenish
             Customs
             ;
             They
             return
             to
             them
             as
             it
             were
             larded
             with
             Heatheanism
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             became
             Pagan
             Christians
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
             It
             is
             Evident
             ,
             Christ
             is
             first
             in
             showing
             love
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
             in
             coming
             to
             it
             ,
             in
             resting
             with
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             this
             very
             calling
             to
             Christ
             to
             come
             ,
             shews
             a-new
             ,
             but
             a
             corrupted
             State
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             [
             Let
             my
             Beloved
             come
             into
             his
             Garden
             ,
             and
             Eat
             his
             pleasant
             Fruits
             ]
          
           
             Chorus
             goes
             on
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
             That
             Christ
             said
             he
             had
             Eaten
             ,
             shews
             he
             liked
             to
             Eat
             no
             farther
             ,
             but
             disliked
             the
             Churches
             present
             State.
             
          
           
             The
             Weeks
             ended
             An.
             M.
             4024.
             
             An.
             Chr.
             37.
             
          
           
             [
             The
             Time
             of
             the
             seven
             Seals
             ended
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Trumpets
             began
             ,
             An.
             M.
             4424.
             
             An.
             Chr.
             437.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
             All
             the
             Time
             of
             the
             seven
             Seals
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Churches
             pure
             State
             was
             run
             out
             ;
             Because
             therefore
             through
             the
             Corruptions
             of
             the
             Christian
             World
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             Christian
             Empire
             ;
             Then
             is
             a
             new
             Sealing
             ;
             The
             Temple
             is
             Measur'd
             ;
             The
             outward
             Court
             cast
             out
             to
             the
             Gentiles
             ;
             The
             Holy
             Worshippers
             immur'd
             in
             the
             Temple
             ;
             The
             Witnesses
             in
             Sackcloth
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
             all
             Emblems
             of
             the
             Churches
             Fountain
             and
             Garden
             Sealed
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             stay'd
             from
             its
             Appearance
             .
          
           
             *
             Charge
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A27602-e24160
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
             This
             Invitation
             of
             Christ
             to
             come
             ,
             shews
             the
             earnestness
             of
             the
             Apostasie
             to
             entitle
             Christ
             to
             this
             False
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             Christs
             refusal
             upon
             the
             account
             that
             he
             had
             Eaten
             shews
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Churches
             purity
             past
             .
          
           
             [
             I
             am
             come
             into
             my
             Garden
             ,
             my
             Sister-Spouse
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             have
             gathered
             my
             Spice
             ,
             with
             my
             Myrrh
             ,
             I
             have
             eaten
             my
             Honey
             Comb
             with
             my
             Honey
             ;
             I
             have
             drunk
             my
             Wine
             with
             my
             Milk
             ;
             Eat
             O
             Friends
             ,
             drink
             abundantly
             ,
             O
             Beloveds
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
             What
             could
             be
             more
             plainly
             significant
             of
             the
             Churches
             having
             embrac'd
             other
             Lovers
             than
             Christ
             ,
             than
             refusing
             himself
             ,
             and
             throwing
             those
             Provisions
             upon
             them
             by
             a
             Sarcastical
             Excitation
             of
             them
             to
             Eat
             and
             Drink
             abundantly
             ;
             Like
             
               Solomon
               ,
               Ecceles
               .
               Rejoyce
               Oh
               young
               Men
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
             It
             was
             at
             Christs
             Expence
             ,
             He
             being
             Robb'd
             of
             that
             was
             indeed
             due
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             though
             ,
             as
             corrupted
             ,
             He
             would
             not
             accept
             it
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             in
             pretension
             of
             Service
             and
             Devotion
             to
             Him
             ,
             as
             all
             Superstitions
             ,
             Honours
             of
             Saints
             ,
             Images
             ,
             Days
             ,
             the
             Hoast
             ,
             &c.
             are
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
             These
             Superstitions
             are
             like
             Vapours
             of
             stumm'd
             Wine
             that
             benum
             and
             stupifie
             the
             Soul
             in
             True
             Religion
             .
          
           
             [
             I
             Sleep
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
             Mushrom
             Fruits
             ,
             like
             the
             Gods
             new
             come
             up
             ,
             Deuteron
             .
             32.
             
          
           
             [
             But
             my
             Heart
             waketh
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 6
             There
             was
             in
             the
             worst
             of
             the
             Times
             of
             the
             Apostles
             a
             number
             of
             the
             Elect
             ,
             that
             like
             a
             waking
             Heart
             heard
             Christ's
             Voice
             ,
             rose
             to
             seek
             Him
             :
             And
             this
             was
             the
             True
             Church
             before
             Luther
             .
          
           
             [
             It
             is
             the
             Voice
             of
             my
             Beloved
             that
             knocketh
             ]
          
           
             [
             Open
             to
             me
             my
             Sister
             ,
             my
             Love
             ,
             my
             undefiled
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
             It
             is
             most
             carefully
             to
             be
             heeded
             ,
             before
             the
             True
             Church
             came
             to
             separate
             from
             the
             False
             ,
             and
             to
             Renounce
             it
             ;
             It
             is
             spoken
             to
             ,
             as
             having
             them
             that
             hold
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             
               Balam
               ,
               Revel
            
             .
             2.
             as
             the
             Church
             of
             Pergamus
             is
             addressed
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
             Christ
             could
             not
             reside
             in
             his
             Church
             as
             a
             Church
             ,
             but
             makes
             a
             private
             Visit
             to
             his
             Witnesses
             and
             Servants
             ,
             and
             complains
             as
             one
             thrust
             out
             in
             the
             dark
             and
             moisture
             of
             the
             Night
             .
          
           
             [
             For
             my
             Head
             is
             wet
             with
             Dew
             ,
             and
             my
             Locks
             with
             the
             Drops
             of
             the
             Night
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
             The
             False
             Honour
             put
             upon
             Christ
             by
             Superstitious
             Devotions
             ,
             may
             well
             be
             compared
             to
             the
             Drops
             and
             Dew
             of
             the
             Night
             ,
             as
             its
             counterfeit
             Jewels
             :
             And
             so
             this
             Night
             and
             the
             Months
             under
             the
             Moon
             and
             Empress
             of
             the
             Night
             twice
             mention'd
             in
             the
             Revelation
             Agree
             ,
             Revel
             .
             11.
             
             Revel
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
             The
             Coat
             put
             off
             ,
             was
             that
             simplicity
             of
             the
             Gospel
             :
             The
             Bed
             a
             Bed
             of
             Ease
             ,
             Sensuality
             ,
             Pomp
             and
             State
             of
             a
             Ceremonious
             Religion
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             Spiritual
             Fornication
             and
             Adultery
             ,
             as
             it
             after
             grew
             .
          
           
             [
             I
             have
             put
             off
             my
             Coat
             ,
             how
             shall
             I
             put
             it
             on
             ?
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             have
             wash'd
             my
             Feet
             ,
             how
             shall
             I
             defile
             them
             again
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 5
             The
             true
             Mortification
             ,
             Travel
             ,
             and
             Sufferings
             of
             Religion
             were
             laid
             a
             side
             ,
             like
             the
             washing
             the
             Feet
             ,
             and
             must
             be
             no
             more
             defiled
             with
             the
             former
             Poverty
             and
             Hardships
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 6
             This
             the
             True
             Servants
             of
             God
             spoke
             ,
             as
             having
             the
             False
             Christianity
             encumbring
             them
             .
          
           
             [
             My
             Beloved
             put
             his
             Hand
             in
             by
             the
             hole
             of
             the
             Lock
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             This
             very
             gracious
             Approach
             of
             Christ
             to
             his
             sealed
             Servants
             preserved
             a
             True
             Church
             of
             Pergamus
             ,
             under
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Apostasie
             ,
             even
             where
             the
             Throne
             of
             Satan
             was
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             In
             this
             Church
             those
             Servants
             of
             God
             were
             the
             waking
             Heart
             .
          
           
             [
             And
             my
             Bowels
             were
             moved
             for
             Him
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             rose
             up
             to
             open
             to
             my
             Beloved
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             There
             were
             such
             gracious
             Intimations
             of
             Christ
             from
             himself
             that
             were
             fitly
             express'd
             by
             such
             Emblems
             ,
             as
             we
             here
             find
             ,
             viz.
             Christ
             Knocking
             ,
             Speaking
             ,
             putting
             his
             Odoriferous
             Hands
             into
             the
             holes
             of
             the
             Locks
             .
          
           
             [
             My
             Hands
             dropped
             with
             Myrrh
             ,
             my
             Fingers
             with
             the
             sweet
             smelling
             Myrrh
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             opened
             to
             my
             Beloved
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             All
             which
             prevail'd
             to
             this
             ,
             that
             Christ
             should
             be
             sought
             after
             in
             another
             way
             than
             the
             general
             state
             of
             the
             Apostasie
             allow'd
             ,
             and
             gave
             Countenance
             to
             .
          
           
             [
             But
             my
             Beloved
             ,
             had
             withdrawn
             himself
             ]
          
           
             [
             My
             Soul
             failed
             when
             He
             spoke
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             sought
             Him
             ,
             but
             I
             could
             not
             find
             Him
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             For
             the
             Servants
             of
             God
             seeking
             him
             in
             that
             Publick
             and
             General
             Apostasie
             call'd
             a
             Church
             ,
             could
             not
             find
             Him.
             
          
           
             [
             I
             call'd
             Him
             ,
             but
             he
             gave
             me
             no
             Answer
             ]
          
           
             [
             The
             Watch-men
             that
             went
             about
             the
             City
             ,
             found
             me
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 1
             Of
             the
             publick
             Preachers
             or
             Prophets
             compar'd
             to
             Watch-men
             ,
             the
             Servants
             of
             God
             knew
             it
             was
             in
             vain
             to
             ask
             .
          
           
             [
             They
             smote
             me
             ]
          
           
             [
             They
             wounded
             me
             ]
          
           
             [
             The
             Keepers
             of
             the
             Wall
             took
             away
             my
             Veil
             from
             me
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 2
             The
             Church
             Rulers
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             Authority
             smote
             the
             Church
             with
             all
             kind
             of
             Spiritual
             Punishments
             ,
             and
             gave
             them
             up
             also
             to
             the
             Secular
             Power
             .
          
           
             *
             High-Priests
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 3
             Excommunication
             cannot
             be
             more
             emphatically
             described
             ,
             than
             by
             taking
             away
             the
             Churches
             Veil
             ,
             the
             Emblem
             of
             its
             True
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Holy
             Worship
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Chastity
             of
             a
             Church
             consists
             .
          
           
             [
             I
             charge
             you
             oh
             ye
             Daughters
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             if
             ye
             find
             my
             Beloved
             ,
             that
             ye
             tell
             Him
             I
             am
             sick
             of
             Love
             ]
          
           
             
               *
               Balaam
            
             signifies
             too
             lofty
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining Words and Senſe together. 4
             The
             Apostate
             part
             of
             the
             Church
             were
             as
             Men
             in
             in
             a
             Spiritual
             Lethargy
             by
             the
             Fumes
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Balaam
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 1
             The
             True
             Church
             were
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             earnest
             for
             a
             purer
             Enjoyment
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Antipapal
               .
               Revel
            
             .
             2.
             12.
             
             &c.
             c.
             11.
             3.
             
             Revel
             .
             12.
             17.
             19.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 2
             The
             Servants
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             kept
             the
             Commandments
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             held
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             were
             true
             Witnesses
             ,
             however
             in
             Sackcloth
             ,
             and
             made
             up
             the
             true
             Church
             however
             in
             a
             Wilderness
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 3
             The
             time
             of
             the
             Witnesses
             killing
             ,
             of
             Antipas
             or
             the
             Antipapal
             Witnesses
             being
             slain
             ,
             was
             the
             very
             Time
             that
             the
             Watchmen
             and
             Keepers
             of
             the
             Walls
             wounded
             the
             Spouse
             ,
             and
             took
             away
             her
             Veil
             .
             The
             Apostacy
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             Line
             of
             Time
             ,
             began
             in
             the
             Vulgar
             Year
             437
             ,
             and
             the
             Beast
             came
             to
             his
             Power
             of
             Fourty
             Two
             Months
             at
             the
             Vulgar
             Year
             475
             ,
             when
             the
             Western
             Empire
             ceas'd
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 4
             Revel
             .
             
               17.
               11.
            
             
             He
             is
             the
             Eighth
             ,
             and
             is
             of
             the
             Seven
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 5
             Here
             the
             Times
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             that
             the
             Scripture
             especially
             design'd
             begin
             ,
             and
             with
             them
             the
             Gentile
             Pest
             ,
             before
             spoken
             of
             ,
             viz.
             The
             treading
             under
             foot
             the
             outward
             Profession
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             abusing
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             by
             those
             who
             pretended
             to
             be
             Christians
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Adopted
             Jews
             ,
             but
             lyed
             and
             were
             Antichristians
             :
             Together
             with
             this
             Apostacy
             begin
             those
             repeated
             Characters
             of
             Time
             ,
             the
             1260
             Days
             for
             Years
             ;
             The
             Gentiles
             42
             Months
             ,
             into
             which
             are
             engrasted
             the
             Beasts
             42
             Months
             ,
             Ann.
             47●
             ,
             the
             three
             Days
             and
             a
             half
             ,
             and
             Time
             ,
             Times
             ,
             Half
             a
             Time
             ;
             Now
             joyning
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             and
             the
             Beasts
             42
             Months
             one
             into
             another
             ;
             all
             these
             begin
             and
             end
             together
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 6
             The
             times
             of
             Apostacy
             are
             fitly
             described
             by
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Night
             in
             this
             Song
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Moon
             in
             the
             Revelation
             ,
             as
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             by
             the
             Day
             ,
             and
             the
             full
             Glory
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             by
             the
             Day
             Breaking
             ,
             and
             all
             Shadows
             flying
             away
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 7
             The
             Smiting
             ,
             Wounding
             ,
             and
             taking
             away
             the
             Veil
             by
             the
             Watch-men
             Keepers
             of
             the
             Wall
             ,
             does
             most
             remarkably
             correspond
             with
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             Witnesses
             ,
             that
             I
             date
             to
             the
             Beasts
             Number
             666
             ,
             in
             the
             Year
             of
             the
             Vulgar
             Account
             725.
             
          
           
             *
             Curses
             of
             Excommunication
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Words and Senſe together. 8
             There
             were
             continual
             strugglings
             to
             rise
             out
             of
             the
             Apostacy
             from
             the
             Year
             1400
             ,
             till
             Luther
             rose
             1517
             ,
             when
             the
             Daughters
             of
             Jerusalem
             began
             to
             enquire
             after
             the
             true
             Beloved
             of
             the
             Church
             the
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             From
             
               Ann.
               Christ
            
             .
             Seven
             hundred
             twenty
             five
             or
             six
             ,
             on
             which
             that
             so
             famous
             Year
             of
             the
             Beasts
             Number
             fell
             to
             1727
             ,
             when
             the
             Witnesses
             Protested
             ;
             I
             look
             upon
             as
             the
             time
             of
             Witnesses
             deep
             state
             in
             Death
             ,
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             our
             Lords
             being
             in
             the
             Grave
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             The
             Enquiry
             after
             the
             true
             Knowledge
             of
             Christ
             ,
             was
             the
             very
             beginning
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             viz.
             of
             his
             Death
             and
             Redemption
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             It
             is
             most
             observable
             ;
             Here
             is
             given
             a
             full
             Description
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             throughout
             this
             Song
             in
             other
             Parts
             of
             it
             the
             Church
             is
             described
             ,
             it
             not
             agreeing
             with
             its
             Beauty
             ,
             of
             which
             two
             Reasons
             may
             be
             given
             ,
             1.
             
             The
             Church
             is
             not
             described
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Apostacy
             ,
             till
             the
             end
             of
             it
             ,
             2.
             
             Because
             nothing
             does
             more
             detect
             the
             Falshood
             of
             the
             Papacy
             ▪
             and
             its
             Antichristianism
             ,
             than
             to
             set
             the
             Description
             of
             Christ
             part
             by
             part
             in
             opposition
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             *
             From
             Head
             to
             Foot.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             There
             is
             nothing
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Opposition
             is
             made
             more
             notorious
             than
             in
             the
             Flourishing
             Youth
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             Reproaching
             the
             Papal
             Old
             Age.
             
          
           
             The
             Chorus
             by
             the
             Daughters
             of
             Salem
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             The
             first
             beginning
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             was
             the
             Acknowledgment
             of
             the
             Beauty
             of
             the
             sincere
             Profession
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             that
             Then
             was
             the
             True
             Church
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             This
             stirs
             up
             to
             that
             Inquiry
             that
             was
             made
             after
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             Knowledge
             of
             Him
             ,
             and
             does
             very
             illustriously
             describe
             the
             Reasonableness
             of
             the
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             [
             What
             is
             thy
             Beloved
             more
             than
             another
             Beloved
             ,
             Oh
             thou
             Fairest
             among
             Women
             ,
             that
             thou
             dost
             thus
             Charge
             Vs
             ?
             ]
          
           
             [
             My
             Beloved
             is
             White
             and
             Ruddy
             .
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             true
             Doctrine
             of
             Justification
             by
             Christ
             ,
             and
             of
             Sanctification
             by
             his
             Spirit
             ,
             who
             came
             by
             Water
             and
             by
             Blood
             ,
             very
             lively
             Expressed
             by
             his
             being
             White
             and
             Ruddy
             .
          
           
             [
             The
             Chief
             or
             the
             Standard
             among
             Ten
             Thousand
             ,
             or
             Myriads
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             The
             great
             Excellency
             of
             such
             a
             King
             and
             Saviour
             ,
             as
             Christ
             is
             Emblem'd
             by
             the
             Excellency
             of
             Personage
             ,
             Standard-bearers
             are
             chosen
             out
             of
             many
             ,
             and
             wherein
             Christ
             Excells
             Ten
             thousands
             .
          
           
             [
             His
             Head
             is
             of
             most
             fine
             Gold
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             To
             speak
             Christ
             a
             Head
             of
             Eternal
             Life
             ,
             his
             Head
             is
             compared
             to
             the
             finest
             and
             most
             substantial
             Gold
             ,
             and
             not
             like
             the
             Golden
             Bowl
             or
             Shell
             that
             breaks
             at
             the
             Well
             ,
             Eccles.
             12.
             6.
             
          
           
             [
             His
             Locks
             bushy
             ,
             and
             black
             as
             a
             Raven
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             The
             Compare
             of
             his
             Locks
             ,
             as
             bushy
             and
             black
             as
             the
             Raven
             ,
             is
             certainly
             allusive
             to
             the
             Strength
             and
             Vigour
             of
             Youth
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             known
             long
             Life
             of
             the
             Raven
             .
          
           
             [
             His
             Eyes
             as
             of
             Doves
             by
             Rivers
             of
             Water
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             The
             chast
             Eyes
             of
             the
             Dove
             ,
             reflected
             by
             the
             purest
             streams
             ,
             and
             wash'd
             with
             Milk
             ,
             are
             most
             fit
             Resemblances
             of
             the
             Purity
             ,
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             Grace
             of
             Christ
             ,
             so
             contrary
             to
             the
             impure
             and
             bloody
             Eyes
             of
             Antichrist
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Retines
             are
             that
             Net-work
             Coat
             of
             the
             Eyes
             ,
             that
             catch
             the
             Objects
             for
             sight
             ;
             Even
             as
             the
             gracious
             Eyes
             of
             Christ
             take
             Souls
             with
             those
             Rays
             of
             Light
             ,
             as
             of
             Jewels
             set
             in
             Rings
             ,
             that
             draw
             them
             in
             .
          
           
             [
             Fitly
             set
             ,
             or
             sitting
             in
             Fulness
             ,
             as
             precious
             Stones
             in
             the
             Foyl
             of
             a
             Ring
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             The
             Cheeks
             of
             Christ
             as
             Beds
             of
             Spices
             and
             Flowers
             ,
             Expressing
             all
             the
             Grace
             and
             Salvation
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             are
             justly
             oppos'd
             to
             wither'd
             and
             faded
             Antichristianism
             .
          
           
             [
             His
             Cheeks
             are
             as
             a
             Bed
             of
             Spices
             ,
             as
             sweet
             Flowers
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             Truth
             of
             Christ
             in
             his
             Word
             ,
             into
             whose
             Lips
             Grace
             is
             powred
             ,
             is
             most
             contrary
             to
             the
             Impurity
             and
             Falshood
             ,
             the
             Cursing
             and
             Bitterness
             in
             Antichristian
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             Censures
             ,
             that
             Breath
             Sulphur
             Fire
             ,
             Blood
             ,
             and
             Death
             ,
             like
             the
             Lake
             of
             Sodom
             called
             Asphaltites
             .
          
           
             [
             His
             Lips
             are
             like
             Lillies
             ,
             Dropping
             sweet
             smelling
             Myrrh
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             The
             Truths
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             are
             like
             gracious
             Enclasping
             of
             Hands
             ,
             set
             off
             with
             Beams
             of
             Light
             ,
             as
             Rings
             of
             Gold
             ,
             and
             attemper'd
             to
             Reason
             and
             Understanding
             ,
             as
             the
             light
             and
             pleasant
             Green
             of
             the
             Beryl
             ;
             Whereas
             the
             bold
             and
             unreasonable
             Falshood
             of
             Antichristianism
             ,
             forc'd
             on
             by
             Infallibility
             and
             secular
             Punishments
             ,
             are
             like
             Iron
             gripes
             .
          
           
             [
             His
             Hands
             are
             as
             Gold
             Rings
             ]
          
           
             [
             Set
             with
             the
             Beryl
             ]
          
           
             [
             His
             Belly
             is
             as
             bright
             Ivory
             overlaid
             with
             Sapphirs
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             There
             is
             a
             Fruitful
             Hill
             ,
             where
             ever
             True
             Christianity
             is
             planted
             and
             Flourishes
             ;
             Emblem'd
             by
             a
             Belly
             of
             Ivory
             overlaid
             with
             Sapphirs
             ,
             as
             Veins
             of
             purest
             Water
             ,
             enriching
             a
             cleanest
             Soil
             ,
             whereas
             Barrenness
             and
             Cruelty
             are
             the
             very
             Nature
             of
             Antichristianism
             ,
             and
             Countries
             over-powered
             by
             it
             .
          
           
             [
             His
             Legs
             are
             Pillars
             of
             Marble
             set
             upon
             Sockets
             of
             fine
             Gold
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             Feet
             of
             Marble
             upon
             Sockets
             of
             Gold
             ,
             are
             a
             very
             fair
             Opposition
             to
             the
             Legs
             of
             Iron
             upon
             Feet
             of
             Clay
             in
             the
             Image
             ,
             Dan.
             2.
             which
             Feet
             of
             Clay
             being
             struck
             ,
             the
             Image
             falls
             ,
             and
             all
             its
             Metals
             are
             beaten
             to
             the
             Dust
             of
             the
             Threshing
             Floor
             ;
             Shewing
             the
             certain
             Ruine
             of
             all
             other
             Monarchies
             ,
             and
             the
             stable
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             [
             His
             Countenance
             is
             as
             Lebanon
             ,
             Excellent
             as
             the
             Cedars
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             The
             whole
             Administration
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             is
             like
             the
             lofty
             Cedars
             of
             Lebanon
             ,
             rising
             to
             Eternal
             Glory
             ,
             and
             Papal
             Falshood
             like
             the
             Chaff
             that
             the
             Wind
             drives
             away
             .
          
           
             *
             Greatness
             .
          
           
             [
             His
             Mouth
             is
             most
             sweet
             ]
          
           
             [
             Yea
             ,
             He
             is
             altogether
             lovely
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             sweetness
             of
             Christs
             Mouth
             ,
             is
             a
             plain
             Signification
             of
             the
             Excellency
             of
             his
             Word
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             sweetest
             of
             Foods
             .
          
           
             [
             This
             is
             my
             Love
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             my
             Friend
             ,
             oh
             ye
             Daughters
             of
             Jerusalem
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             Christ
             is
             Loveliness
             it self
             to
             every
             Spiritual
             discerning
             Eye
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             The
             constant
             Descriptions
             of
             Antichrist
             ,
             are
             as
             if
             he
             were
             an
             abstract
             of
             Evil
             ,
             the
             Wicked
             One
             ,
             the
             Man
             of
             Sin
             ,
             the
             Beast
             .
          
           
             *
             Antichrist
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 6
             The
             False
             Prophet
             so
             intimate
             to
             ,
             and
             united
             with
             the
             Beast
             ,
             speaks
             as
             a
             Dragon
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Those
             three
             Churches
             make
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             It
             is
             not
             possible
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Reformation
             could
             be
             more
             notably
             described
             than
             by
             this
             Portraicture
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Churches
             harkning
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             seeking
             after
             Him.
             This
             State
             shall
             last
             till
             the
             Year
             1697
             ,
             as
             is
             made
             out
             by
             the
             Line
             of
             Time.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             one
             Church
             of
             the
             Reformation
             is
             Represented
             by
             three
             in
             regard
             of
             different
             Circumstances
             ,
             and
             especially
             different
             intervals
             of
             Time
             ,
             in
             which
             ,
             first
             Thyatyra
             ,
             then
             Sardis
             ,
             then
             Philadelphia
             ,
             have
             the
             ascendency
             successively
             ,
             and
             all
             with
             a
             Continuance
             near
             to
             the
             Glorious
             Kingdom
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             The
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Thyatyra
               ,
               Rev.
            
             2.
             18.
             attended
             with
             Burnings
             alive
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             The
             Protestants
             of
             
               Hungary
               ,
               France
            
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             Popish
             Countries
             ,
             are
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             the
             remaining
             sufferers
             till
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             in
             every
             Eye
             to
             this
             Day
             .
          
           
             *
             Revel
             .
             3.
             24.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 6
             How
             far
             those
             Sufferings
             may
             spread
             over
             other
             Protestant
             Countries
             is
             known
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             knows
             the
             Secrets
             of
             all
             future
             Events
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 7
             A
             certain
             Blessed
             End
             we
             know
             ,
             but
             what
             may
             fall
             out
             before
             ,
             is
             as
             to
             particulars
             concealed
             ,
             though
             we
             certainly
             know
             ;
             Then
             shall
             be
             a
             Church
             of
             Thyatyra
             ,
             of
             Sardis
             ,
             till
             the
             approach
             of
             Christs
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 8
             How
             much
             clearer
             and
             brighter
             shall
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Churches
             be
             ,
             when
             that
             Morning
             Star
             appears
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Sardis
             is
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Churches
             ,
             where
             they
             are
             protected
             by
             States
             and
             Laws
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             ready
             to
             believe
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             to
             be
             a
             higher
             and
             a
             more
             glorious
             State
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             except
             its
             undefiled
             Names
             ,
             who
             look
             principally
             to
             the
             Appearance
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             bewail
             the
             Low
             State
             of
             the
             Church
             till
             then
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Philadelphia
             rises
             out
             of
             the
             Suffering
             Saints
             in
             Thyatyra
             ,
             and
             those
             undefiled
             Names
             in
             Sardis
             ,
             who
             cannot
             be
             satisfied
             in
             any
             present
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             wait
             for
             Christs
             coming
             :
             It
             is
             settled
             upon
             the
             pure
             Laws
             and
             Ordinances
             of
             Christ
             ,
             resting
             upon
             the
             consent
             of
             Christians
             in
             that
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             Power
             and
             Favour
             ,
             working
             this
             brotherly
             Love
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             however
             it
             come
             to
             have
             the
             Favour
             of
             Princes
             and
             States
             also
             ,
             after
             it
             comes
             to
             its
             Interval
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             Synagogue
             of
             Satan
             is
             that
             which
             rises
             out
             of
             the
             worst
             part
             of
             Sardis
             ,
             that
             contend
             hard
             for
             the
             old
             Antiquity
             ,
             not
             resting
             wholly
             on
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             and
             finding
             fault
             for
             want
             of
             Fasts
             ,
             Feasts
             ,
             Episcopal
             Power
             ,
             &c.
             which
             is
             especially
             ,
             while
             the
             Church
             of
             Philadelphia
             is
             low
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             come
             to
             its
             proper
             Interval
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             The
             great
             Dispute
             hath
             been
             about
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             or
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Keys
             ,
             Christ
             will
             resolve
             that
             by
             shewing
             this
             supreme
             Key
             of
             David
             .
             5
             Philadelphia
             being
             ,
             as
             was
             said
             ,
             a
             Church
             that
             lyes
             scattered
             in
             the
             suffering
             Protestants
             of
             Thyatyra
             ,
             and
             the
             undefiled
             Names
             of
             Sardis
             ,
             its
             Door
             is
             endeavoured
             to
             be
             shut
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             acknowledged
             by
             the
             Synagogue
             of
             Satan
             ,
             they
             are
             zealous
             for
             the
             Rites
             and
             Customs
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             for
             the
             four
             first
             Centuries
             ,
             and
             would
             reduce
             all
             under
             pain
             of
             Excommunication
             ,
             and
             all
             severe
             Penalties
             to
             that
             Time
             ,
             not
             considering
             the
             Apostasie
             rose
             gradually
             from
             thence
             .
             6
             But
             when
             Philadelphia
             comes
             to
             its
             proper
             Time
             ,
             Christ
             shows
             David's
             Key
             ;
             His
             Key
             of
             Supreme
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             and
             that
             Synagogue
             sits
             low
             ,
             and
             learns
             of
             Phidelph
             .
             And
             All
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             ,
             seek
             Christ
             together
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             All
             Protestants
             agree
             concerning
             Christ
             ,
             the
             only
             Head
             and
             Supreme
             of
             his
             Church
             against
             Papal
             Tyranny
             ,
             but
             they
             differ'd
             where
             he
             was
             to
             be
             found
             ,
             whether
             in
             the
             present
             Order
             and
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             greater
             Glory
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             It
             hath
             been
             look'd
             upon
             hitherto
             by
             too
             many
             ,
             as
             Faction
             and
             Schism
             to
             desire
             a
             greater
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             than
             we
             see
             yet
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             When
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             comes
             to
             be
             Proclaimed
             at
             1697
             ,
             it
             shall
             then
             be
             agreed
             by
             all
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             to
             seek
             Him
             ,
             and
             wait
             for
             his
             coming
             in
             greater
             Glory
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             With
             how
             great
             Elegancy
             is
             Satan's
             Synagogue
             ,
             which
             gave
             the
             Elevation
             of
             the
             Apostasie
             in
             Smyrna
             ,
             again
             parallelled
             to
             that
             Over-zealous
             Contention
             ,
             to
             bring
             things
             in
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             to
             that
             state
             again
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             perfect
             state
             ,
             whereas
             the
             Apostasie
             rose
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             to
             show
             Christs
             Favour
             to
             all
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ;
             He
             brings
             these
             to
             acknowledge
             their
             Errour
             ,
             and
             to
             acknowledge
             also
             Christs
             Love
             to
             a
             Church
             settled
             by
             his
             Word
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             Antiquity
             ,
             which
             is
             here
             by
             this
             Song
             given
             in
             the
             Daughters
             of
             Jerusalem
             waiting
             so
             long
             to
             hear
             the
             Description
             of
             Christ's
             Person
             ,
             e'er
             they
             all
             agreed
             to
             seek
             him
             with
             the
             Philadelphian
             Church
             ,
             as
             we
             shall
             find
             they
             did
             agree
             in
             the
             following
             Chapter
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A27602-e30190
           
             [
             The
             Chorus
             by
             Salem's
             Daughters
             ]
          
           
             [
             Whither
             is
             thy
             Beloved
             gone
             ,
             Oh
             thou
             Fairest
             among
             Women
             ?
             Whither
             is
             thy
             Beloved
             turned
             aside
             ?
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             Here
             is
             the
             very
             Worshipping
             of
             the
             sleepy
             Sardians
             ,
             even
             superstitiously
             fond
             of
             Antiquity
             ,
             at
             the
             Feet
             of
             Philadelphia
             ,
             express'd
             by
             owning
             her
             the
             Fairest
             of
             Women
             ,
             by
             seeking
             Christ
             with
             her
             ,
             as
             the
             True
             Spouse
             .
          
           
             [
             That
             we
             may
             seek
             Him
             with
             Thee
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             Revel
             .
             3.
             2.
             the
             Things
             that
             remain
             ,
             are
             properly
             Express'd
             by
             Remainders
             in
             order
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             were
             to
             be
             strengthned
             in
             Sardis
             ,
             as
             ready
             to
             dye
             .
          
           
             [
             My
             Beloved
             is
             gone
             down
             into
             his
             Garden
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             It
             cannot
             but
             be
             observed
             by
             every
             Thoughtful
             Reader
             ,
             that
             the
             Account
             the
             Spouse
             gives
             of
             Christ
             Return'd
             ,
             is
             just
             opposite
             to
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Apostasie
             before
             Chap.
             5.
             to
             v.
             9.
             
          
           
             [
             To
             the
             Beds
             of
             Spices
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Before
             Christ
             had
             come
             into
             his
             Garden
             ,
             as
             a
             Time
             past
             ,
             and
             then
             could
             not
             be
             found
             .
          
           
             [
             To
             Feed
             in
             the
             Gardens
             ,
             and
             to
             gather
             Lillies
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             He
             had
             Eaten
             and
             gathered
             ,
             &c.
             and
             left
             all
             to
             other
             Beloveds
             :
             Now
             He
             is
             again
             returned
             to
             the
             Beds
             of
             Spices
             ,
             and
             to
             gather
             Lillies
             .
          
           
             [
             I
             am
             my
             Beloveds
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             Before
             the
             Church
             had
             put
             off
             its
             Coat
             ,
             and
             wash'd
             its
             Feet
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             open
             to
             Christ
             ,
             now
             it
             saith
             ,
             
               I
               am
               my
               Beloveds
            
             ,
             This
             is
             in
             
               Revel
               .
               c.
            
             14.
             1.
             the
             Servants
             of
             God
             ,
             having
             his
             Name
             on
             their
             Fore-head
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Before
             the
             Church
             could
             not
             find
             Christ
             ,
             now
             Christ
             is
             the
             Churches
             .
             2
             It
             is
             very
             observable
             ,
             ch
             .
             2.
             v.
             16.
             
             These
             Words
             are
             us'd
             ,
             but
             in
             another
             Order
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             first
             said
             ,
             
               My
               Beloved
               is
               mine
            
             ;
             For
             in
             the
             Captivity
             the
             Church
             was
             under
             Judgment
             ,
             not
             under
             Apostasie
             :
             So
             the
             first
             Remarkable
             was
             Christ
             Return'd
             to
             his
             Church
             in
             Mercy
             ,
             which
             thereupon
             cried
             out
             :
             
               My
               Beloved
               is
               Mine
            
             .
             Here
             the
             Church
             having
             been
             under
             Apostasie
             ,
             Expresses
             first
             its
             own
             Loyal
             Return
             to
             Christ
             ,
             
               I
               am
               my
               Beloveds
            
             ;
             And
             as
             that
             was
             the
             Triumphal
             Note
             of
             the
             Return
             from
             Litteral
             Babylon
             ,
             so
             now
             with
             this
             Remarkable
             Alteration
             ,
             it
             is
             taken
             up
             again
             as
             the
             Motto
             of
             its
             Return
             from
             Spiritual
             Babylon
             .
          
           
             [
             And
             He
             is
             mine
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             constant
             Allusion
             of
             this
             Song
             to
             the
             most
             Excellent
             Plants
             ,
             Spices
             ,
             and
             Trees
             water'd
             by
             the
             Purest
             streams
             ,
             is
             most
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Paradise
             of
             God
             ,
             with
             its
             Tree
             of
             Life
             ,
             bearing
             twelve
             sorts
             of
             Fruit
             ,
             and
             the
             River
             of
             Life
             running
             through
             the
             Streets
             of
             the
             
               New
               Jerusalem
            
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             Christ
             the
             True
             Schelom
             or
             Solomon
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             I
             account
             the
             proper
             Time
             or
             Interval
             of
             Philadelphia
             ,
             the
             last
             of
             the
             Six
             Churches
             ,
             that
             draw
             so
             many
             spaces
             of
             Time
             from
             the
             Resurrection
             to
             the
             
               New
               Jerusalem
            
             to
             begin
             1697.
             
          
           
             *
             Mother
             Cities
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 6
             It
             comprehends
             so
             many
             Years
             betwixt
             the
             Fall
             of
             the
             Tenth
             Part
             ,
             or
             decem
             Principality
             of
             the
             Great
             City
             ,
             as
             were
             between
             the
             Fall
             of
             Litteral
             Babylon
             ,
             and
             that
             completing
             Decree
             ,
             Ezra
             the
             7
             th
             ,
             when
             the
             Word
             for
             restoring
             Jerusalem
             was
             Perfect
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 7
             It
             comprehends
             also
             the
             Seven
             Voices
             ,
             and
             the
             Seven
             Vials
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 8
             As
             it
             were
             to
             declare
             the
             Conversion
             of
             both
             the
             House
             of
             Judah
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Israel
             with
             Philadelphia's
             Interval
             ,
             the
             Church
             is
             compar'd
             to
             Jerusalem
             ,
             the
             Metropolis
             or
             chief
             City
             of
             Judah's
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             to
             Tirzah
             the
             Metropolis
             or
             chief
             City
             of
             Israel's
             Kingdom
             ,
             both
             which
             unite
             in
             Christ's
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             *
             Mother
             Cities
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             Banner'd
             Armies
             ,
             are
             those
             Armies
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             come
             down
             to
             Armageddon
             in
             this
             Churches
             Time.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             There
             is
             both
             an
             agreement
             in
             the
             Description
             of
             the
             first
             Apostolick
             Church
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             this
             State
             ,
             to
             show
             one
             lyes
             at
             the
             Foundation
             ,
             the
             other
             is
             placed
             at
             the
             very
             Top
             and
             Heights
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             the
             
               New
               Jerusalem
            
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Tirzah
             ,
             the
             Beautiful
             City
             ,
             where
             Jeroboam
             settled
             his
             Kingdom
             over
             the
             Ten
             Tribes
             ,
             represents
             the
             Ten
             Tribes
             ,
             1
             Kings
             14.
             17.
             
             Jerusalem
             eminently
             the
             City
             of
             Two
             Tribes
             ,
             these
             united
             ,
             as
             the
             two
             Sticks
             ,
             Ezeck
             .
             37.
             
          
           
             [
             Thou
             art
             Beautiful
             Oh
             my
             Love
             as
             Tirzah
             ,
             Comely
             as
             Jerusalem
             ]
          
           
             [
             Terrible
             as
             an
             Army
             with
             Banners
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             (
             As
             between
             a
             furnish'd
             Armory
             ,
             and
             a
             Banner'd
             Army
             )
             betwixt
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             the
             Apostles
             days
             ,
             and
             the
             State
             of
             it
             in
             this
             Approach
             of
             Christs
             Kingdom
             :
             In
             the
             First
             ,
             There
             was
             a
             Visible
             Preparation
             to
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             Victory
             ;
             Here
             all
             things
             are
             ready
             for
             Execution
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             Preparation
             .
          
           
             [
             Turn
             away
             thy
             Eyes
             from
             ,
             for
             they
             have
             overcome
             me
             ]
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Hair
             is
             as
             a
             Flock
             of
             Goats
             ,
             that
             appear
             from
             Gilead
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             The
             Goats-Hair
             shading
             as
             Hair
             ,
             the
             overcoming
             Eyes
             ,
             speaks
             an
             admirable
             Glory
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             Tabernacle
             ,
             and
             yet
             cover'd
             with
             Goats-Hair
             ,
             till
             the
             very
             Temple
             Built
             ,
             and
             the
             Voice
             from
             the
             Throne
             ;
             
               It
               is
               Done
               ,
               Revel
            
             .
             27.
             6.
             
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Teeth
             are
             as
             a
             Flock
             of
             Sheep
             that
             go
             up
             from
             the
             Washing
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Then
             are
             the
             very
             same
             Expressions
             us'd
             to
             set
             out
             the
             Fruitfulness
             of
             this
             Time
             in
             the
             abundance
             of
             Converts
             to
             God
             and
             Christ
             ,
             that
             were
             us'd
             in
             the
             very
             Apostles
             Days
             ,
             when
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             came
             down
             from
             Heaven
             as
             Fire
             ,
             in
             the
             form
             of
             Cloven
             Tongues
             ,
             and
             the
             Seeds
             of
             Life
             ,
             which
             the
             Pomegranates
             Import
             .
          
           
             [
             Whereof
             every
             one
             beareth
             Twins
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             none
             Barren
             among
             them
             ]
          
           
             [
             As
             a
             piece
             of
             Pomegranate
             are
             thy
             Temples
             within
             thy
             Locks
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             The
             distribution
             of
             those
             who
             are
             gathered
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Philadelphian
             State
             and
             Interval
             ,
             and
             preserving
             that
             in
             a
             single
             ,
             and
             singular
             Consideration
             ,
             One
             ,
             and
             the
             onely
             One
             of
             her
             Mother
             ,
             is
             most
             natural
             and
             agreeable
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             First
             ,
             Reformed
             Churches
             justly
             deserve
             the
             Honourable
             Names
             of
             Queens
             ,
             because
             Reformed
             ;
             These
             gather
             to
             it
             from
             Thyatyra
             ,
             and
             Sardis
             .
          
           
             [
             There
             are
             Threescore
             Queens
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             Concubines
             may
             be
             understood
             very
             Elegantly
             such
             as
             pretend
             a
             ▪
             right
             to
             Christ
             by
             the
             Profession
             of
             his
             Name
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Religion
             ,
             and
             yet
             are
             not
             in
             such
             a
             holy
             State
             ,
             through
             the
             Corruption
             of
             that
             Profession
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             be
             esteemed
             in
             the
             Rank
             of
             Conjugal
             Honour
             ,
             being
             Apostatiz'd
             .
          
           
             [
             Fourscore
             Concubines
             ]
          
           
             [
             Virgins
             without
             number
             ]
          
           
             [
             My
             Dove
             my
             Vnfiled
             is
             but
             one
             ,
             She
             is
             the
             only
             One
             of
             her
             that
             bare
             her
             ;
             The
             Daughters
             saw
             her
             and
             Blessed
             her
             ;
             The
             Queens
             and
             Concubines
             ,
             and
             they
             Praised
             her
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             Converts
             from
             Paganism
             ,
             are
             also
             most
             Elegantly
             represented
             by
             Virgins
             ,
             who
             had
             not
             before
             professed
             Christ
             ,
             but
             are
             now
             Espoused
             to
             Him
             :
             The
             Reason
             of
             each
             Number
             is
             after
             to
             be
             given
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             The
             Philadelphian
             most
             pure
             and
             perfect
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             is
             the
             only
             One
             of
             her
             Mother
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             That
             only
             pure
             Church
             ,
             in
             whose
             state
             the
             great
             Promise
             to
             Christ
             ,
             the
             great
             Seed
             of
             the
             Woman
             shall
             be
             fulfilled
             ;
             This
             Emblem
             is
             most
             aptly
             taken
             from
             Solomon's
             many
             Wives
             and
             Concubines
             ,
             with
             a
             preference
             to
             Pharaoh's
             Daughter
             ,
             even
             as
             to
             Philadelphia
             ,
             the
             most
             Excellent
             state
             of
             the
             Gentile
             Church
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             All
             these
             do
             not
             Envy
             but
             Praise
             and
             Bless
             this
             Church
             ,
             as
             happy
             in
             it
             themselves
             .
          
           
             *
             Eve
             the
             Mother
             of
             all
             Living
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             This
             must
             needs
             be
             evident
             to
             every
             one
             that
             compares
             the
             Symbols
             of
             the
             Apostacy
             ,
             and
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             as
             Solomon
             hath
             here
             describ'd
             them
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             Solomon
             in
             this
             Song
             ,
             and
             the
             Apostle
             John
             in
             the
             Revelation
             ,
             do
             Admirably
             agree
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 6
             There
             will
             be
             found
             an
             Admirable
             Agreement
             betwixt
             the
             Apostolick
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             Philadelphia
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 6
             There
             will
             be
             found
             an
             Admirable
             Agreement
             betwixt
             the
             Apostolick
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             Philadelphia
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 7
             That
             Song
             ,
             Revel
             .
             14.
             3.
             
             &c.
             is
             the
             same
             Song
             of
             Redemption
             sung
             by
             the
             Apostolick
             Church
             ,
             Revel
             .
             4.
             
               ult
               .
               Revel
            
             .
             5.
             9.
             which
             is
             sung
             again
             as
             new
             ,
             but
             not
             new
             ,
             Revel
             .
             14.
             3.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 8
             There
             cannot
             be
             another
             Gospel
             ,
             Gal.
             1.
             v.
             7.
             
             But
             the
             Gospel
             cover'd
             with
             the
             Apostasie
             ,
             is
             as
             new
             in
             the
             Glory
             of
             the
             Church
             Appearing
             .
             9
             It
             is
             therefore
             Remarkable
             ,
             the
             Twelve
             Names
             of
             the
             Apostles
             of
             the
             Lamb
             are
             in
             the
             Foundations
             of
             the
             Wall
             of
             the
             
               New
               Jerusalem
               ,
               Revel
            
             .
             21.
             14.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             This
             both
             Agreement
             ,
             and
             yet
             variation
             of
             the
             Types
             in
             this
             Song
             show
             the
             oneness
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             difference
             of
             the
             Church
             in
             the
             Foundation
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             highest
             of
             its
             States
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Nothing
             can
             now
             be
             added
             nor
             taken
             from
             the
             Scripture
             seal'd
             up
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Yet
             the
             Apostolick
             Time
             was
             an
             Armory
             for
             after
             Use
             ;
             This
             ,
             as
             an
             Army
             in
             making
             that
             Use
             to
             Victory
             .
          
           
             *
             Revel
             .
             14.
             6.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             It
             is
             one
             great
             Objection
             of
             the
             Atheist
             ,
             that
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             possesses
             the
             least
             part
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             of
             the
             Romanist
             ,
             that
             the
             Reform'd
             Religion
             holds
             such
             a
             small
             part
             of
             the
             Christian
             World
             in
             Union
             with
             it
             in
             comparison
             of
             the
             Roman
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             To
             this
             there
             cannot
             be
             a
             greater
             Answer
             ,
             than
             ,
             that
             Prophecy
             of
             Scripture
             hath
             told
             us
             both
             before
             ,
             as
             Christ
             says
             ,
             
               Lo
               I
               have
               told
               you
               before
               .
            
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 6
             There
             is
             no
             end
             of
             the
             number
             of
             Convert
             Heathens
             ,
             the
             Heathen
             World
             being
             so
             numerous
             before
             Conversion
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 7
             The
             Truth
             of
             Prophecy
             ,
             assuring
             the
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Fulness
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             shall
             not
             be
             resisted
             in
             its
             own
             Time
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             none
             ought
             to
             be
             affrighted
             with
             the
             Ghost
             of
             this
             Objection
             .
          
           
             *
             Bugbears
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             Popish
             World
             ,
             compar'd
             with
             the
             Protestant
             ,
             is
             here
             given
             ,
             as
             Eight
             to
             Six
             ,
             till
             the
             Great
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Reformation
             in
             the
             Philadelphian
             Church
             ,
             which
             takes
             away
             that
             Objection
             also
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Now
             follows
             the
             Call
             and
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Jews
             within
             the
             time
             of
             this
             Philadelphian
             Church
             ,
             as
             before
             Explained
             :
             First
             ,
             The
             Two
             Tribes
             ,
             then
             the
             Ten.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Solomon
             was
             the
             great
             peacable
             Prince
             of
             both
             the
             Ten
             and
             Two
             throughout
             his
             Reign
             ,
             which
             none
             before
             him
             nor
             after
             of
             the
             Kings
             was
             ;
             Herein
             Solomon
             was
             an
             Eminent
             Type
             of
             Christ
             ,
             in
             whose
             Kingdom
             both
             shall
             Unite
             .
          
           
             [
             The
             Spouse
             ,
             or
             Christian
             Church
             to
             the
             Jews
             ,
             or
             Two
             Tribes
             coming
             into
             Vnion
             with
             it
             ]
          
           
             [
             Who
             is
             this
             that
             looketh
             forth
             as
             the
             Morning
             ,
             Fair
             as
             the
             Moon
             ,
             Clear
             as
             the
             Sun
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             The
             compare
             of
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             to
             the
             Beauty
             of
             the
             Moon
             ,
             and
             then
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             is
             most
             significant
             of
             its
             Exaltation
             from
             those
             Types
             and
             Feasts
             so
             dependent
             on
             the
             Moon
             ,
             to
             the
             Clearness
             of
             a
             Gospel
             state
             ,
             and
             the
             looking
             forth
             as
             the
             Morning
             speaks
             ,
             the
             Dawn
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             near
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             The
             Calling
             of
             the
             Jews
             was
             as
             dreadful
             as
             an
             Army
             with
             Banners
             ,
             for
             immediately
             upon
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             East
             having
             their
             way
             made
             ,
             the
             Spirits
             went
             out
             to
             congregate
             the
             whole
             World
             to
             the
             Battel
             ,
             Revel
             .
             16.
             12.
             
          
           
             [
             Terrible
             as
             an
             Army
             with
             Banners
             ?
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             went
             down
             into
             the
             Garden
             of
             Nuts
             to
             see
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Vallies
             ,
             and
             to
             see
             whether
             the
             Vine
             flourished
             ,
             and
             the
             Pomegranates
             Budded
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             Prophecies
             of
             Scripture
             are
             fitly
             compar'd
             to
             a
             Garden
             of
             Nuts
             ,
             because
             of
             Divine
             Truth
             wrapped
             up
             in
             Parables
             and
             Riddles
             ,
             especially
             in
             Ezekiel
             and
             Daniel's
             Prophecy
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Many
             Excellent
             and
             Spiritual
             ,
             yet
             very
             plain
             Doctrines
             among
             those
             Prophecies
             ,
             are
             as
             the
             Fruits
             that
             are
             not
             lock'd
             up
             in
             Shells
             ,
             but
             of
             an
             inviting
             Beauty
             and
             Pleasantness
             ,
             and
             which
             shall
             be
             in
             an
             exceeding
             Flourish
             at
             this
             time
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             These
             Truths
             and
             Prophecies
             inlightning
             one
             another
             ,
             there
             arise
             at
             the
             same
             time
             most
             earnest
             Desires
             and
             Prayers
             for
             the
             Return
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             Princely
             People
             ,
             or
             Kings
             of
             the
             East
             .
          
           
             [
             Or
             ever
             I
             was
             aware
             ,
             my
             Soul
             made
             me
             ,
             as
             the
             the
             Chariots
             of
             Ammi-nadib
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Shulamite
             ,
             or
             Salemite
             ,
             is
             a
             Distinction
             of
             the
             Converted
             Jews
             from
             all
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             True
             Church
             ,
             which
             are
             called
             Daughters
             of
             Jerusalem
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             They
             are
             re-ingraffed
             into
             their
             own
             Olive
             ,
             whom
             they
             pierc'd
             by
             Crucifying
             Him
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             were
             cut
             off
             by
             God
             ,
             and
             became
             a
             Taunt
             ,
             and
             Proverb
             to
             the
             whole
             World.
             
          
           
             [
             What
             would
             ye
             see
             in
             the
             Shulamite
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             Seeing
             these
             Salemites
             are
             those
             that
             have
             been
             so
             long
             under
             the
             Curse
             and
             Wrath
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             Reproach
             and
             Proverb
             of
             the
             Nations
             ,
             a
             People
             of
             no
             Reputation
             ,
             but
             for
             Traffick
             and
             getting
             Riches
             by
             Usury
             ,
             what
             would
             you
             now
             see
             in
             them
             ?
             This
             is
             a
             Question
             made
             on
             purpose
             to
             draw
             out
             this
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             Answer
             is
             ,
             'T
             is
             not
             for
             themselves
             ,
             but
             for
             those
             Eminent
             Appearances
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             shall
             be
             at
             the
             time
             of
             their
             Conversion
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             the
             Riches
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             as
             Life
             from
             the
             Dead
             ,
             and
             like
             Jacob's
             Vision
             of
             Angels
             ,
             when
             He
             call'd
             the
             Place
             ,
             Gen.
             32.
             2.
             
             Mahanaim
             .
             And
             it
             seems
             to
             relate
             to
             that
             Battel
             at
             Armageddon
             ,
             immediately
             on
             the
             Calling
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             even
             as
             Jacob's
             Vision
             of
             Angels
             was
             his
             defence
             against
             Esau's
             Hoasts
             .
          
           
             [
             As
             it
             were
             the
             company
             of
             two
             Armies
             or
             Mahanaim
             ]
          
        
         
           Notes for div A27602-e34880
           
             [
             How
             Beautiful
             are
             thy
             Feet
             with
             Shooes
             ,
             oh
             Princes
             Daughter
             ?
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Bare
             Feet
             are
             in
             Scripture
             Language
             an
             Emblem
             of
             Captivity
             ,
             even
             as
             shod
             are
             of
             Liberty
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             Joynts
             of
             the
             Thighs
             ,
             like
             Jewels
             fram'd
             by
             so
             cunning
             a
             Work-man
             ,
             denote
             a
             princely
             Gate
             and
             Motion
             ,
             and
             speak
             the
             Dignity
             put
             upon
             the
             Jews
             at
             their
             Conversion
             .
          
           
             [
             The
             Joynts
             of
             thy
             Thighs
             are
             like
             Jewels
             ,
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Hands
             of
             a
             cunning
             Work-man
             ]
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Navel
             is
             like
             a
             round
             Goblet
             ,
             that
             wanteth
             not
             Liquor
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             The
             Belly
             ,
             as
             a
             Hill
             of
             Wheat
             ,
             and
             the
             Navel
             ,
             as
             a
             Goblet
             full
             of
             Liquor
             ,
             speak
             the
             Abundance
             of
             Truth
             and
             Spiritual
             Plenty
             ,
             that
             shall
             be
             at
             that
             Time
             the
             Riches
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Belly
             is
             like
             a
             heap
             of
             Wheat
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             unveiling
             the
             Types
             and
             Prophecies
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             will
             be
             as
             a
             heap
             of
             Wheat
             set
             about
             with
             Lillies
             ,
             and
             a
             Goblet
             wanting
             no
             Liquor
             :
             Highest
             Nourishment
             with
             greatest
             Delight
             to
             Souls
             ,
             as
             the
             other
             is
             to
             Bodies
             .
          
           
             [
             Set
             about
             with
             Lillies
             ]
          
           
             *
             Rayl'd
             about
             with
             Ornament
             ,
             a
             term
             in
             Heraldry
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Upon
             which
             the
             two
             Testaments
             ,
             the
             New
             receiv'd
             with
             the
             Old
             ,
             become
             as
             two
             Breasts
             that
             are
             Twins
             of
             these
             new
             Converts
             ,
             and
             disperse
             Truth
             every
             way
             .
          
           
             [
             Thy
             two
             Breasts
             are
             two
             young
             Roes
             that
             are
             Twins
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             So
             Jerusalem's
             Gates
             and
             Walls
             have
             the
             Names
             of
             the
             Twelve
             Tribes
             ,
             and
             Twelve
             Apostles
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             The
             Neck
             ,
             Eyes
             ,
             Nose
             and
             Head
             ,
             the
             most
             conspicuous
             parts
             in
             Nature
             ,
             are
             here
             Character'd
             by
             some
             most
             Remarkable
             Points
             in
             Judaea
             ,
             to
             ascertain
             the
             Calling
             of
             the
             Jews
             is
             here
             meant
             .
          
           
             *
             Carriages
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             11
             ,
             12.
             15.
             
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Neck
             is
             as
             the
             Tower
             of
             Ivory
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             King
             Solomon's
             Ivory
             Throne
             describ'd
             ,
             2
             Chron.
             9.
             17.
             is
             here
             made
             the
             Emblem
             of
             the
             Royal
             Enthronization
             of
             Christ
             at
             the
             
               New
               Jerusalem
            
             state
             ,
             much
             exalted
             by
             the
             Jews
             Conversion
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Christ
             sitting
             on
             this
             Exalted
             Throne
             ,
             Judges
             the
             World
             with
             Equity
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Creation
             Bejoyces
             ,
             according
             to
             Psal
             .
             96
             ,
             97
             ,
             98.
             
             Rom.
             8.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             *
             Exalted
             to
             the
             Highest
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             highest
             Note
             in
             Musick
             .
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Eyes
             are
             like
             the
             Fish-pools
             of
             Heshbon
             by
             the
             Gate
             of
             Bath-rabbim
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Heshbon
             the
             Royal
             Seat
             of
             the
             
               Amorites
               ,
               Num.
            
             21.
             26.
             is
             call'd
             the
             Gate
             of
             Bath-Rabbim
             ,
             which
             signifies
             both
             Multitude
             ,
             and
             the
             Gate
             of
             the
             Wise
             Judges
             ,
             and
             Learned
             Masters
             in
             Knowledge
             ,
             and
             may
             fitly
             Type
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Lord
             Abounding
             ,
             as
             the
             Sea
             ,
             or
             Ezekiel's
             Holy
             Waters
             in
             which
             all
             things
             Live
             ,
             Ezek.
             47.
             9.
             
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Nose
             is
             like
             the
             Tower
             of
             Lebanon
             that
             looketh
             toward
             Damascus
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             The
             Tower
             of
             Libanus
             in
             allusion
             to
             Solomon's
             House
             of
             the
             Forest
             ,
             1
             Kings
             ,
             7.
             2.
             takes
             in
             the
             Cedar
             Perfumes
             ,
             and
             both
             Beautifies
             all
             within
             its
             prospect
             even
             to
             Damascus
             ,
             and
             by
             Repercussion
             sends
             back
             those
             sweet
             Airs
             :
             So
             the
             Jews
             Converted
             ,
             as
             they
             receive
             the
             Gospel
             themselves
             ,
             so
             shall
             Minister
             to
             the
             abundant
             Propagation
             of
             it
             to
             the
             World
             about
             ,
             Typ'd
             here
             by
             Damascus
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             Head
             that
             had
             Hair
             ,
             as
             of
             a
             Flock
             of
             Goats
             from
             Mount
             Gilead
             ,
             is
             now
             as
             cover'd
             with
             Scarlet
             or
             Crimson
             (
             as
             Carmel
             signifies
             )
             and
             Purple
             ,
             shewing
             the
             Exaltation
             of
             the
             meanness
             of
             the
             Gospels
             out-side
             to
             Princely
             Greatness
             at
             the
             Jews
             Conversion
             ,
             signified
             by
             these
             Royal
             Colours
             .
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Head
             upon
             Thee
             is
             like
             Carmel
             or
             Crimson
             ]
          
           
             [
             The
             Hair
             of
             thy
             Head
             is
             as
             Purple
             ]
          
           
             *
             Rooms
             of
             state
             have
             Ante-rooms
             before
             them
             .
          
           
             [
             The
             King
             is
             held
             in
             the
             Galleries
             ]
          
           
             [
             This
             Thy
             stature
             is
             like
             the
             Palm-Tree
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             I
             do
             not
             understand
             here
             by
             Love
             ,
             (
             as
             in
             this
             Song
             in
             other
             Places
             )
             Christ
             the
             Beloved
             of
             the
             Spouse
             ,
             but
             Love
             in
             the
             Abstract
             ,
             plac'd
             ,
             and
             seated
             in
             the
             Delights
             of
             a
             great
             Condition
             ,
             suitable
             to
             the
             Approaching
             bless'd
             Estate
             .
          
           
             [
             And
             thy
             Breasts
             to
             Clusters
             of
             Grapes
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             Palm-Tree
             I
             account
             the
             Emblem
             of
             the
             High
             Victorious
             State
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Gospel
             ,
             agreeable
             to
             Revel
             .
             7.
             9.
             when
             the
             Jews
             and
             the
             Gentiles
             shall
             be
             united
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             The
             so
             often
             Mention
             of
             Breasts
             and
             Clusters
             ,
             speaks
             the
             Admirable
             Fruitfulness
             of
             the
             Gospel-Light
             and
             Grace
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Height
             of
             Condition
             .
          
           
             [
             Behold
             I
             will
             go
             up
             to
             the
             Palm-Tree
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             will
             take
             hold
             of
             the
             Boughs
             thereof
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             By
             the
             Height
             of
             the
             Jewish
             Palm-tree
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             understood
             any
             Dominion
             of
             the
             Jews
             alone
             ,
             but
             the
             state
             of
             most
             Excellent
             Grace
             and
             Glory
             ,
             accruing
             to
             all
             the
             Saints
             from
             Christs
             Exalted
             Kingdom
             at
             their
             Conversion
             in
             which
             the
             Jews
             may
             be
             first
             ,
             but
             yet
             no
             more
             than
             equal
             with
             all
             Saints
             .
          
           
             [
             Now
             also
             thy
             Breast
             shall
             be
             as
             Clusters
             of
             the
             Vines
             ]
          
           
             [
             And
             the
             smell
             of
             thy
             Nose
             like
             Apples
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Mention
             of
             Apples
             ,
             and
             all
             Fruits
             as
             was
             said
             ,
             allude
             to
             the
             Paradise
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             [
             And
             the
             Roof
             of
             thy
             Mouth
             like
             the
             best
             Wine
             ,
             causing
             the
             Lips
             of
             those
             that
             were
             asleep
             to
             speak
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             Doctrine
             and
             Sacrament
             of
             it
             are
             fitly
             express'd
             by
             Wine
             ,
             as
             the
             Scripture
             Witnesses
             .
          
           
             *
             As
             we
             say
             to
             Rights
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             The
             Order
             God
             hath
             set
             betwixt
             the
             Jews
             and
             Gentiles
             in
             the
             Communications
             of
             his
             Mercy
             ,
             is
             very
             Admirable
             ,
             according
             to
             Rom.
             11.
             the
             Jews
             Falling
             ,
             of
             necessity
             God
             must
             have
             a
             People
             ,
             Christ
             a
             Church
             :
             The
             Gentiles
             then
             are
             called
             to
             supply
             their
             Vacancy
             ;
             So
             the
             Jews
             Fall
             is
             the
             Riches
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             *
             Supplied
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             Gentile
             Church
             hath
             yielded
             that
             Army
             of
             Martyrs
             ,
             first
             under
             Heathen
             ,
             then
             under
             Popish
             Powers
             ;
             These
             must
             be
             Recompenc'd
             in
             Christ's
             Kingdom
             :
             Christ's
             Kingdom
             cannot
             be
             without
             the
             Conversion
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             whose
             are
             the
             Promises
             ,
             and
             of
             whom
             Christ
             Blessed
             for
             ever
             came
             ;
             So
             then
             because
             the
             Gentile
             Martyrs
             must
             be
             Crown'd
             through
             Mercy
             ,
             the
             Mercy
             promis'd
             to
             them
             ,
             assures
             and
             hastens
             Mercy
             to
             the
             Jews
             in
             its
             time
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Riches
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             Life
             from
             the
             Dead
             ,
             may
             come
             in
             at
             the
             Fulness
             of
             the
             Jews
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Rom.
             11.
             
             Vlt.
             
          
           
             [
             My
             Beloved
             is
             mine
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             Royal
             State
             of
             Christ
             figur'd
             by
             the
             Jews
             Return
             ,
             as
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             East
             being
             given
             ,
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             one
             Spouse
             anew
             entitles
             it self
             to
             Christ
             .
          
           
             [
             And
             his
             desire
             is
             towards
             me
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             This
             particular
             Visitation
             of
             all
             parts
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Fruits
             appearing
             ,
             relate
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             shew
             the
             near
             Approach
             of
             it
             ,
             when
             all
             things
             were
             thus
             prepared
             .
          
           
             [
             Come
             my
             Beloved
             ,
             let
             us
             go
             forth
             ]
          
           
             [
             Into
             the
             Field
             ]
          
           
             [
             Let
             us
             Lodge
             in
             the
             Villages
             ]
          
           
             [
             Let
             us
             get
             up
             early
             to
             the
             Vineyards
             ]
          
           
             [
             Let
             us
             see
             if
             the
             Vine
             flourish
             ,
             whether
             the
             tender
             Grapes
             appear
             ,
             and
             the
             Pomegranate
             bud
             forth
             ]
          
           
             [
             There
             will
             I
             give
             thee
             my
             Loves
             :
             Or
             I
             will
             yield
             up
             my self
             to
             my
             Beloved
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             Words
             Translated
             ,
             My
             Loves
             ,
             I
             rather
             render
             by
             an
             Elegant
             Abundance
             ;
             I
             will
             give
             my self
             to
             my
             Beloved
             ,
             to
             Thee
             ,
             signifying
             the
             Spouses
             State
             ,
             even
             prepar'd
             as
             a
             Bride
             adorn'd
             for
             the
             Bridegroom
             ,
             by
             the
             universal
             Readiness
             of
             all
             things
             for
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             :
             On
             which
             follows
             a
             Representation
             of
             a
             Feastival
             Abundance
             waiting
             at
             the
             Gates
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             Marriage
             Supper
             in
             the
             next
             Canticle
             .
          
           
             [
             The
             Mandrakes
             ,
             or
             lovely
             Fruits
             give
             a
             smell
             ]
          
           
             [
             And
             at
             our
             gates
             are
             all
             manner
             of
             pleasant
             Fruits
             ,
             new
             and
             old
             ]
          
           
             [
             Which
             I
             have
             laid
             up
             for
             thee
             ,
             O
             my
             Beloved
             ]
          
        
         
           Notes for div A27602-e38240
           
             [
             O
             that
             thou
             wert
             ,
             or
             one
             would
             give
             thee
             ,
             as
             my
             Brother
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             After
             the
             Account
             of
             this
             complete
             Preparation
             to
             a
             Nuptial
             Banquet
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             in
             Paradise
             ,
             the
             Spouse
             desires
             the
             Appearance
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Glory
             of
             His
             Humane
             Nature
             ,
             or
             ,
             as
             the
             Great
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
             under
             the
             Modesty
             of
             desiring
             Him
             to
             be
             given
             as
             her
             Brother
             ;
             of
             the
             same
             Nature
             with
             her self
             .
          
           
             [
             That
             sucked
             the
             Breasts
             of
             my
             Mother
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             would
             Kiss
             thee
             when
             I
             should
             find
             thee
             without
             ,
             yet
             I
             should
             not
             be
             despised
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             To
             which
             also
             relates
             the
             bringing
             him
             into
             the
             House
             of
             her
             Mother
             ,
             as
             the
             Incarnation
             was
             before
             Express'd
             ,
             Chap.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             The
             spiced
             Wine
             and
             Juice
             of
             the
             Pomegranate
             ,
             is
             that
             first
             great
             Promise
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             to
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             Woman
             ,
             &c.
             in
             which
             the
             Spouse
             would
             be
             visibly
             and
             experimentally
             Instructed
             by
             Christ
             Appearing
             .
          
           
             [
             I
             would
             lead
             thee
             and
             bring
             thee
             into
             my
             Mothers
             House
             ,
             who
             would
             instruct
             me
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             would
             cause
             thee
             to
             drink
             of
             the
             spiced
             Wine
             ,
             of
             the
             Juice
             of
             the
             Pomegranate
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             This
             and
             the
             next
             Expression
             are
             us'd
             just
             at
             the
             Deliverance
             from
             Literal
             Babel
             ,
             and
             so
             here
             from
             Spiritual
             ,
             of
             which
             That
             was
             a
             great
             Type
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             Ezekiel's
             Temple
             .
          
           
             [
             His
             left
             Hand
             should
             be
             under
             my
             Head
             ,
             His
             right
             Hand
             should
             embrace
             me
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             charge
             you
             oh
             ye
             Daughters
             of
             Jerusalem
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             This
             Adjuring
             the
             Daughters
             of
             Salem
             ,
             is
             us'd
             three
             Times
             in
             this
             Song
             .
             1.
             
             Before
             Christ
             Appearing
             in
             Liberty
             by
             Cyrus
             ,
             that
             so
             Eminent
             Type
             of
             him
             ,
             Chap.
             2.
             7.
             2.
             
             Before
             the
             Incarnation
             ,
             Chap.
             3.
             5.
             and
             3.
             here
             before
             his
             Appearance
             to
             his
             Glorious
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             here
             it
             is
             very
             Remarkable
             ,
             it
             is
             without
             that
             Intimation
             of
             Terrour
             by
             the
             Roes
             and
             Hinds
             of
             the
             Field
             ,
             now
             brought
             in
             subjection
             to
             Christ
             :
             Thus
             in
             Prophetical
             Scripture
             it
             is
             a
             Rule
             ;
             Likeness
             of
             Expression
             ,
             signifies
             some
             especial
             Resemblance
             of
             Times
             and
             States
             .
          
           
             [
             That
             ye
             stir
             not
             up
             nor
             awake
             my
             Love
             till
             he
             please
             ]
          
           
             [
             Who
             is
             this
             that
             cometh
             up
             from
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
             leaning
             on
             her
             Beloved
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             The
             Desart
             ,
             and
             coming
             up
             the
             from
             Wilderness
             ,
             leaning
             on
             the
             Everlasting
             Arms
             of
             her
             Beloved
             ,
             as
             Israel
             of
             Old
             ,
             Deut.
             33.
             27.
             is
             a
             High
             Expression
             of
             this
             long
             Exil'd
             State
             of
             the
             Ten
             Tribes
             ,
             and
             Deliverance
             from
             it
             .
          
           
             [
             I
             raised
             Thee
             up
             under
             the
             Apple-Tree
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             The
             Apple-Tree
             calls
             to
             mind
             the
             Promise
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Church
             was
             first
             Conceived
             after
             Paradise
             Lost
             ,
             and
             fitly
             here
             Remembred
             .
          
           
             [
             There
             thy
             Mother
             brought
             thee
             forth
             ;
             There
             she
             brought
             Thee
             forth
             that
             bare
             Thee
             ]
          
           
             [
             The
             Spouse
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Ten
             Tribes
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             This
             was
             the
             universal
             Temper
             ,
             and
             earnest
             Desire
             of
             the
             Spouse
             in
             all
             parts
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             be
             in
             the
             most
             immediate
             Enjoyment
             of
             Christ
             personally
             Appearing
             .
          
           
             [
             Set
             me
             as
             a
             Seal
             on
             thy
             ]
          
           
             [
             As
             a
             Seal
             on
             thy
             Arm
             ]
          
           
             [
             Thy
             Love
             is
             strong
             as
             death
             ;
             Jealousie
             is
             cruel
             as
             the
             Grave
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             All
             these
             passionate
             Expressions
             ,
             signifie
             a
             jealousie
             of
             any
             Absence
             of
             Christ
             ,
             Vehement
             as
             Fire
             ,
             and
             Cruel
             as
             the
             Grave
             .
          
           
             [
             The
             Coals
             therof
             are
             as
             Coals
             of
             Fire
             ,
             which
             hath
             a
             most
             vehement
             Flame
             ]
          
           
             [
             Many
             Waters
             cannot
             quench
             Love
             ,
             nor
             the
             Floods
             drown
             it
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             It
             hath
             been
             too
             shamefully
             the
             Sin
             of
             Christian
             Churches
             ,
             especially
             the
             Grand
             Apostate
             ,
             the
             Roman
             Church
             ,
             to
             take
             worldly
             Glory
             for
             Christ's
             Kingdom
             ,
             even
             as
             a
             Desire
             of
             a
             Carnal
             ,
             Pompous
             Messiah
             ,
             was
             the
             Sin
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             not
             understanding
             this
             Exalted
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             in
             its
             Spiritual
             ,
             yet
             Visible
             Glory
             .
          
           
             [
             If
             a
             Man
             would
             give
             all
             the
             Substance
             of
             his
             House
             for
             Love
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             utterly
             contemned
             ]
          
           
             [
             We
             have
             a
             little
             Sister
             ,
             and
             she
             hath
             no
             Breasts
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             Christ
             having
             so
             far
             own'd
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             Ten
             Tribes
             ,
             the
             whole
             Church
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             (
             or
             the
             Two
             Tribes
             )
             with
             the
             Fulness
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             apply
             themselves
             to
             it
             with
             earnest
             Desires
             of
             being
             all
             manner
             of
             ways
             Serviceable
             to
             it
             ,
             both
             by
             Prayers
             and
             Consultations
             for
             the
             Advancement
             of
             her
             Full
             Gospel
             state
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             Breasts
             not
             yet
             grown
             ,
             signifie
             a
             State
             yet
             unformed
             in
             the
             Knowledge
             and
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             [
             What
             shall
             we
             do
             for
             our
             Sister
             in
             the
             day
             she
             shall
             be
             spoken
             for
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             A
             Wall
             signifies
             knowledge
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             but
             low
             ,
             as
             the
             Fundamentals
             ;
             The
             Silver
             Palace
             ,
             the
             highest
             Improvement
             so
             as
             to
             shine
             into
             all
             Eyes
             .
          
           
             [
             If
             she
             be
             a
             Wall
             ]
          
           
             [
             We
             will
             build
             upon
             her
             a
             Palace
             of
             Silver
             ]
          
           
             [
             If
             shebe
             a
             Door
             ,
             we
             will
             enclose
             her
             with
             Boards
             of
             Cedar
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             As
             Christ
             is
             supremely
             a
             Door
             ,
             so
             every
             Church
             Society
             is
             subordinately
             a
             Door
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Flock
             go
             in
             and
             out
             ,
             and
             find
             Pasture
             ,
             John
             ,
             10.
             9.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             A
             Door
             enclosed
             with
             Boards
             of
             Cedar
             speaks
             Princely
             State
             and
             Safety
             ,
             with
             sweetest
             Pleasure
             and
             Enjoyment
             .
          
           
             [
             The
             Spouse
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Ten
             Tribes
             ]
          
           
             [
             I
             am
             a
             Wall
             ,
             and
             my
             Breasts
             like
             Towers
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             World
             of
             Worlds
             ,
             is
             in
             Scripture
             Phrase
             ,
             the
             thousand
             Years
             Happy
             State
             of
             no
             value
             without
             Christ
             .
          
           
             [
             Then
             was
             I
             in
             his
             Eyes
             ,
             as
             one
             that
             found
             Favour
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             The
             Ten
             Tribes
             ,
             whose
             Return
             is
             last
             describ'd
             so
             sudden
             and
             unthought
             of
             ,
             yet
             it
             being
             in
             the
             Time
             of
             greatest
             Effusion
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             it
             rises
             suddenly
             to
             all
             Perfection
             ,
             and
             found
             Favour
             ,
             as
             the
             Spouse
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             This
             Vineyard
             of
             Baal-Hamon
             ,
             is
             in
             every
             part
             most
             admirably
             described
             ,
             to
             set
             out
             the
             Glory
             of
             Christ's
             Kingdom
             ,
             much
             Excelling
             Solomon's
             .
          
           
             
               [
               Solomon
            
             had
             a
             Vineyard
             at
             Baal-Hamon
             ]
          
           
             [
             He
             let
             out
             the
             Vineyard
             to
             Keepers
             ]
          
           
             [
             Every
             one
             for
             the
             Fruit
             thereof
             ,
             was
             to
             bring
             a
             thousand
             pieces
             of
             Silver
             ]
          
           
             [
             My
             Vineyard
             ,
             which
             is
             mine
             ,
             is
             before
             me
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             The
             Vineyard
             of
             Christ
             ,
             in
             his
             Eye
             speaks
             Christ's
             Personal
             Reign
             ,
             however
             His
             Throne
             is
             Above
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             visible
             ,
             as
             Stephen
             saw
             his
             Glory
             ,
             on
             Earth
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             Settlement
             of
             the
             Revenue
             of
             the
             Vineyard
             is
             Admirable
             ;
             The
             absolute
             thousand
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             its
             Glory
             and
             Power
             is
             Christ's
             .
          
           
             [
             Thou
             ,
             O
             Solomon
             ,
             a
             thousand
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             keep
             the
             Fruit
             thereof
             two
             hundred
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             Every
             Saint
             ,
             as
             a
             Keeper
             under
             him
             hath
             two
             hundred
             ,
             not
             depending
             on
             the
             hazard
             of
             his
             own
             Improvement
             ,
             but
             upon
             the
             absolute
             Care
             of
             Christ
             ,
             who
             secures
             both
             his
             own
             thousand
             ,
             and
             every
             Saints
             two
             hundred
             :
             As
             therefore
             the
             Equality
             ,
             each
             two
             hundred
             ;
             So
             that
             there
             can
             be
             no
             Forfeiture
             ,
             makes
             the
             Allowance
             great
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             Seeing
             all
             the
             Saints
             in
             this
             state
             are
             Priests
             of
             God
             and
             Christ
             ,
             we
             may
             fairly
             compute
             ;
             out
             of
             Ten
             intire
             to
             Christ
             ,
             his
             Communication
             of
             two
             in
             ten
             to
             each
             Saint
             is
             by
             way
             of
             Eminency
             ▪
             when
             the
             Allowance
             to
             the
             Priest-hood
             under
             the
             Law
             was
             but
             one
             in
             ten
             to
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             Priests
             .
          
           
             *
             Tythe
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             The
             Gardens
             as
             many
             ,
             and
             the
             Mount
             of
             Spices
             as
             one
             ,
             speaks
             those
             Gardens
             rising
             to
             one
             Paradise
             of
             God
             ,
             like
             the
             Mount
             of
             the
             
               New
               Jerusalem
            
             .
          
           
             [
             Thou
             that
             dwellest
             in
             the
             Gardens
             ]
          
           
             [
             Let
             me
             hear
             the
             Companions
             hearkning
             to
             thy
             Vrice
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             Translation
             of
             the
             Words
             ,
             Let
             me
             hear
             ,
             or
             cause
             me
             to
             hear
             the
             Companions
             hearkning
             to
             thy
             Voice
             (
             as
             the
             Hebrew
             is
             )
             is
             the
             very
             same
             Sense
             ,
             and
             almost
             those
             same
             Words
             of
             the
             Revelation
             ;
             The
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             Bride
             say
             ,
             Come
             ,
             and
             let
             him
             that
             heareth
             say
             Come
             ,
             as
             easily
             appears
             to
             any
             one
             considerng
             those
             Words
             ,
             
               Let
               him
               that
               heareth
               say
               ,
               Come
               ,
            
             Revel
             .
             22
             ▪
             17.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             And
             the
             Conclusion
             is
             of
             the
             very
             same
             Importance
             ,
             I
             Come
             quickly
             ,
             even
             so
             Come
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             with
             this
             ,
             
               [
               Make
               Haste
               ,
               ]
               &c.
               v.
            
             20.
             
          
           
             [
             Make
             haste
             ,
             my
             Beloved
             ,
             and
             be
             thou
             like
             to
             a
             Roe
             ,
             or
             a
             young
             Hart
             on
             the
             Mountain
             of
             Spices
             ]
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             To
             be
             like
             a
             Roe
             and
             a
             young
             Hart
             on
             the
             Mountain
             of
             Spices
             ,
             is
             oppos'd
             to
             being
             like
             a
             Roe
             ,
             or
             a
             young
             Hart
             on
             the
             Mountains
             of
             Bether
             ,
             or
             of
             Division
             :
             For
             that
             Division
             spoke
             Evening
             and
             Morning
             :
             The
             Mountain
             of
             Spices
             is
             All
             Morning
             and
             Day
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             haste
             like
             a
             young
             Roe
             ,
             or
             young
             Hart
             upon
             it
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             always
             ,
             and
             every
             where
             present
             on
             that
             Mountain
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             The
             Royal
             Oyntment
             to
             an
             Endless
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             the
             Mount
             of
             Spices
             well
             Agree
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A27602-e41420
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 1
             In
             a
             Protestant
             Land
             ,
             but
             within
             the
             1260
             Days
             of
             Sackcloth
             ,
             and
             the
             Beast's
             Remaining
             Forty
             Two
             Months
             ,
             of
             which
             one
             Ten
             of
             Years
             Remains
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 2
             That
             Song
             ,
             Revel
             .
             14.
             1.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 3
             I
             have
             a
             firm
             Assurance
             ,
             My
             Humble
             Endeavours
             on
             Prophecies
             will
             be
             ten
             Years
             much
             better
             Understood
             and
             Accepted
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 4
             In
             Death
             ,
             the
             Body
             is
             left
             as
             the
             Souls
             Widow
             .
          
           
             Notes explaining the Senſe. 5
             I
             Bless
             God
             for
             Enabling
             me
             in
             the
             Explanation
             of
             this
             Song
             ,
             above
             any
             other
             Undertaking
             ,
             and
             bind
             it
             to
             my Self
             as
             a
             Greatest
             Honour
             .