A Commentary on the Song of SolomonWilliam S. Martien, 1853 - 527 pages |
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... Jesus and his redeemed . This union must be far more intimate and far more tender than the marriage relation . The attachment of two persons , strangers perhaps to each other pre- viously during almost their whole life , must , even in ...
... Jesus and his redeemed . This union must be far more intimate and far more tender than the marriage relation . The attachment of two persons , strangers perhaps to each other pre- viously during almost their whole life , must , even in ...
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... Jesus and his people , and makes it the basis of an argument for illustrating and enforcing the duties of the mar- riage relation . These were very much violated in the heathen world , as they are even at the present day ; they lie at ...
... Jesus and his people , and makes it the basis of an argument for illustrating and enforcing the duties of the mar- riage relation . These were very much violated in the heathen world , as they are even at the present day ; they lie at ...
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... Jesus are equally applicable here " It is the Spirit that quickeneth , the flesh profiteth nothing : the words that I speak unto you , they are spirit , and they are life . " John vi . 63. This is the key to the whole interpretation of ...
... Jesus are equally applicable here " It is the Spirit that quickeneth , the flesh profiteth nothing : the words that I speak unto you , they are spirit , and they are life . " John vi . 63. This is the key to the whole interpretation of ...
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... Jesus towards every believer , and at the corresponding exercises of every believer towards Jesus . In the glorious temple of revelation , a place which the Lord our God has chosen to cause his name to dwell there , even in brighter ...
... Jesus towards every believer , and at the corresponding exercises of every believer towards Jesus . In the glorious temple of revelation , a place which the Lord our God has chosen to cause his name to dwell there , even in brighter ...
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... Jesus's love . Verse 3-4 . 7. The pleasing conscious- ness of leaning on Jesus , and of being upheld by his everlasting arms . Verse 5. 8. Desire to lie continu- ally near the heart of Jesus , and to be sustained by his power . Verse 6 ...
... Jesus's love . Verse 3-4 . 7. The pleasing conscious- ness of leaning on Jesus , and of being upheld by his everlasting arms . Verse 5. 8. Desire to lie continu- ally near the heart of Jesus , and to be sustained by his power . Verse 6 ...
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affection allegory amid angels beauty behold beloved body bosom bride camphire chap Christ Christian Church cloud colour crown daughters of Jerusalem delight desire dwell earth emblem enjoy excellence expressed eyes feel flock flowers fragrance frankincense fruits fulness garden give glorious glory gold grace heart heaven heavenly Hebrew Hence Heshbon Holy Ghost Holy Spirit human illustration interpretation Jerusalem Jewish king language Lebanon light lilies Lord Jesus love of Christ loveliness manifestations meaning mind mount Gilead mountains myrrh nature ness oriental ornaments passage perfect perfume person pious pleasant pleasure pomegranate prayer precious present redeemed refreshing rejoice rich saint sanctification says Scriptures seek shadow Shechinah Shenir Solomon Song Song of Solomon Song of songs soul speaking spices spikenard splendour spouse spring sweet thee Theocritus Theodore of Mopsuestia things thou tion tower tower of David tree truth unto verse vine voice wine words
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Page 301 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Page 444 - I have seen A curious Child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped Shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard, — sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the Monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native Sea.
Page 234 - The eternal regions : lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground With solemn adoration down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold ; Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence To heaven removed where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft shading the fount of life...
Page 490 - That to the observer doth thy history Fully unfold. Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 188 - They shall not hunger nor thirst ; Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them : For he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, Even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Page 65 - I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. 6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Page 489 - Our tended plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 287 - The voice of my beloved ! behold he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 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 lattice.
Page 382 - With buds, and bells, and stars without a name, With all the gardener Fancy e'er could feign, Who breeding flowers, will never breed the same...
Page 486 - And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.