...beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our bed is green. The beams of our house are cedar, And our rafters of fir. I AM the rose of Sharon, And the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. As the apple tree among the trees of the...

...xi. 10. 2 i St Peter i. 4. 3 Psalm xxiii. 6. Compare St John xiv. 2. 3. CHAP. 1 CHAP. IT. VER. 1. — I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. • HEUE is an elegant, and what may be called a ' florid ' description, and in language that carries...

...of him that was valued. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. I am the Rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord ; which is, and which was, and which...

...pleasant : also our bed ы green. 17 The beams of our house arc cedar, and our raflers of fir. CHAP. II. unted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he t I As the lily among thorn», so is my love among the daughters. A3 As the apple-tree among the trees...

...gives, first of himself, then of his church. Of himself, ver. 1. that is, what he is to his spouse: ' I am the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys.' The Lordd Christ is in the Scripture compared to all things of eminency in the whole creation. He is...

...beams of our house are cedar, and our * rafters AC 1001. of fir. •Or,gatlcria. SONG OF SOLOMON 11. 1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. 3 As the apple tree among the trees...

...pleasant : also our bed is green. 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our raftors of fir. CHAP. II. e sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold ; th 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. 3 As the apple-tree among the trees...

...me, as those that treated of these subjects. Those words Cant. ii. 1. used to be abundantly with me, I am the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily of the valleys. The words seemed to me, sweetly to represent the loveliness and beauty of Jesus Christ. The whole book...

...are greatly indebted to Solomon's song. "Thou art all fair,; there is no spot on thee." Chap, vi. 7. "I am the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys," &c. Chap. ii. 1. " My beloved is white and ruddy." v. 10. The lines in the 12th canto of book i. —...

...JOHN vi. 41. I am the bread which came down from heaven. JOHN xv. 1. I am the true vine. CANT. ii. 1. I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. JUDE 12, 13. These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves...