Song of Songs 8:6
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Union and Communion ·
Section VI cites Cant. viii. 5-14
Unrestrained Communion Cant. viii. 5-14. We have now reached the closing section of this book, which, as we have seen is a poem d…
- All Things for Good ·
Of love to God cites Cant. viii. 6
…ng can conquer love, not any difficulties, or oppositions. “Love is strong as the grave” (Cant. viii. 6). The grave swallows up the strongest bodies: so love swallows up the strongest difficult…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.2 The Second Commandment cites Cant 8: 6
… your mother, plead; for she is not my wife.’ Hos 2: 2. ‘Jealousy is cruel as the grave.’ Cant 8: 6. As the grave devours men’s bodies, so God will devour image-worshippers. Use two. If God…
- All Things for Good ·
Why all things work for good cites Cant. viii. 6
…them upon the palms of His hands (Isa. xlix. 16). He sets them as a seal upon His breast (Cant. viii. 6). He will give kingdoms for their ransom (Isa. xliii. 3). This shows how near they lie to…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Christ's government is victorious cites Cant. viii. 6
…uch water cannot quench it, and therefore it is called a vehement flame, or flame of God, Cant. viii. 6, kindled in the heart by the Holy Ghost: that little that is in us is fed with an everlas…