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CHAP. II.

1 The mutuall loue of Christ and his Church. 8 The hope, 10 and calling of the Church. 14 Christs care of the Church. 16 The profession of the Church, her faith and hope.

¹ I Am the rose of Sharon, and the lillie of the valleys.

² As the lillie among thornes, so is my loue among the daughters.

³ As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloued among the sonnes. I sate downe vnder his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweete to my taste.³

⁴ Hee brought me to the banketting house, and his banner ouer mee, was loue.⁴

⁵ Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples, for I am sicke of loue.⁵

⁶ His left hand is vnder my head, and his right hand doeth imbrace me.⁶

Christ, and his Church.

⁷ I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes, and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till she please.⁷

⁸ ¶ The voice of my beloued! behold! hee commeth leaping vpon the mountaines, skipping vpon the hils.

⁹ My beloued is like a Roe, or a yong Hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh foorth at the windowe, shewing himselfe through the lattesse.⁹

¹⁰ My beloued spake, and said vnto me, Rise vp, my Loue, my faire one, and come away.

¹¹ For loe, the winter is past, the raine is ouer, and gone.

¹² The flowers appeare on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.

¹³ The fig tree putteth foorth her greene figs, and the vines with the tender grape giue a good smell. Arise, my loue, my faire one, and come away.

¹⁴ ¶ O my doue! that art in the clefts of the rocke, in the secret places of the staires: let me see thy countenance, let me heare thy voice, for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

¹⁵ Take vs the foxes, the litle foxes, that spoile the vines: for our vines haue tender grapes.

¹⁶ ¶ My beloued is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lillies.¹⁶

¹⁷ Untill the day breake, and the shadowes flee away: turne my beloued and be thou like a Roe, or a yong Hart, vpon the mountaines of Bether.¹⁷

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Song of Solomon Chapter 2 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):

³ Heb. I delighted and sate downe, &c. , Heb. palate
⁴ Heb. house of wine.
⁵ Heb. straw me with apples.
⁶ Chap.8.3.
⁷ Heb. I adiure you. , Chap.3.5. and 8.4.
⁹ Verse 17. , Heb. flourishing.
¹⁶ Chap.6.3. and 7.10.
¹⁷ Chap.4.6 , Chap.8. 14. , Or, of diuision.

* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania