Song of Songs 5
Treated in 18 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 5:2 I was asleep, but my heart was awake. Listen! My beloved knocks: "Open the door for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my hair with the drops of the night." 4
- 5:10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy, marked out among ten thousand. 4
- 5:1 I have entered my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh and my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends; drink, and drink deeply, you lovers! 3
- 5:6 I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned away and was gone. My heart sank when he spoke. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him, but he did not answer. 2
- 5:9 How is your beloved better than any other, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than any other, that you make us swear like this? 2
- 5:16 His mouth is sweetness itself, and everything about him is delightful. This is my beloved, this is my friend, women of Jerusalem. 2
- 5:11 His head is the finest gold; his hair is wavy, black as a raven. 1
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Where it is preached
- All Things for Good ·
The worst things work for good to the godly cites Cant. v. 6
…The spouse complains of desertion. “ My beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone” (Cant. v. 6). There is a twofold withdrawing; either in regard of grace, when God suspends the…
- Communion with God ·
What it is wherein we have peculiar fellowship with the Lord Christ cites Cant. v. 10
…Christ proposed to consideration — The grace of Christ as Mediator intended, Ps. xlv. 2 — Cant. v. 10, Christ, how white and ruddy — His fitness to save, from the grace of union — His fulness…
- Communion with God ·
Of the fellowship which the saints have with Jesus Christ the Son of God cites Cant. v. 1
…delight he takes in the fruit of the Spirit is unspeakable. This he expresses at large, Cant. v. 1, “I am come,” saith he; “I have eaten, I am refreshed.” He calls it פְּרִי מְגָדִים, “The…
- Communion with God ·
Other consequential affections cites Cant. v. 1
…he “abounds toward us in all wisdom and prudence,” Eph. i. 8. Hence is that invitation, Cant. v. 1. If in any things, then, we are straitened, it is in ourselves; Christ deals bountifully…
- Holiness ·
Assurance cites Cant. v. 1
…“Eat and drink abundantly, O beloved.” “Ask and receive, that your joy may be full.” (Cant. v. 1; John xvi. 24.) (1) Let us remember then, for one thing, that assurance is to be desired…
- Union and Communion ·
Section IV cites Cant. v. 2
Communion again Broken—Restoration Cant. v. 2-vi.10. The fourth section commences with an address of the bride to the daughters of…
- Union and Communion ·
Section VI cites Cant. v. 2
…of service, fearless of dens of lions and mountains of leopards. The fourth section (Cant. v. 2-vi. 10), however, shows again failure; not as before through worldliness, but rather…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Grace is mingled with Corruption cites Cant. v. 2
…Jesus Christ our Lord. I sleep, saith the Church in the Canticles, but my heart wakes, Cant. v. 2. In the seven Churches, which for their light are called seven golden candlesticks, Rev.…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
When the heart is disquieted by sin, speak no peace to it until God speak it cites Cant. v. 2
…his lips are opened to them and are full of grace. The spouse was in a sad condition, Cant. v. 2, — asleep in security; but yet as soon as Christ speaks, she cries, “It is the voice of…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Unchangeableness of God cites Cant 5:6
…(2.) In case of sadness of spirit. God seems to cast off the soul in desertion, as in Cant 5:6, ‘My Beloved had withdrawn himself;’ yet he is unchangeable. He is immutable in his love…
- Communion with God ·
Of the way the saints hold communion with Christ as to personal grace cites Cant. v. 9
…preferring him in the judgment and mind above them all. In the place above mentioned, Cant. v. 9, the spouse being earnestly pressed, by professors at large, to give in her thoughts…
- Communion with God ·
How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites Cant. v. 9–16
…do they love him, honour him, delight in him; as Paul, Phil. iii. 8; and so the spouse, Cant. v. 9–16. And this is on this account, — (6.) They cordially approve of this righteousness, this…
- Communion with God ·
Digression I: some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration cites Cant. v. 10–16
…the description given of him by the spouse in the Canticles, to this very end and purpose Cant. v. 10–16, “My Beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most…
- Practical Religion ·
The Family of God cites Cant. v. 10
…holy and without blemish,—fair as the moon, and clear as the sun. (Eph. v. 27; Cant. v. 10.) Grace, even now, is a beautiful thing, when it lives, and shines, and flourishes in the…
- The Saint and His Saviour ·
Love's Logic cites Song v. 10
…Covenant. c Exposition of Sol. Song. d See his admirable Portions. e R. Erskine. f Sol. Song v. 10—16. g Sol. Song. iii. 11. h Owen. i See his Vital Christianity.
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.2 Love cites Cant 5: 11
…she might persuade others to be in love with him. ‘His head is as the most fine gold.’ Cant 5: 11. True love to God cannot be silent, it will be eloquent in setting forth his renown.…
- Practical Religion ·
The Best Friend cites Cant. v. 16
"This is my friend."—Cant. v. 16. A friend is one of the greatest blessings on earth. Tell me not of money: affection is…
- All Things for Good ·
Why all things work for good cites Cant. v. 16
…best. (4). This word, ‘thy God,’ implies the relation of a Friend. “This is my friend” (Cant. v. 16). A friend is, as Augustine says, half one’s self. He is studious and desirous how he may…