CHAP. I, II, Christ and his church, study is this is the whole day of man 14 For God shall bring every work conclusion into judgment, with every secret Fear God, thing, whether it be good, or whether The mutua, Love of there is no end; and much weariness of the flesh. 13 T Let us hear the of the whole matter: and keep his commandments: for it be evil. T The SONG of SOLOMON. THE Song of songs,which is Solo THE Tmon's. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth for thy love is better than vine. 13 Because of the savour of thy good intments, thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love the. [behold, thou art fair; thou hast dove's eyes. 16 Behold, thou art fair, my bc.oved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. CHAP II. 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. 4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king bath brought me into his 3 As the apple-tree among the treea chambers: we will be glad and rejoice of the wood, so is my beloved among in thee, we will remember thy love the sons. 1 sat down under his shadow more than wine: the upright love thee. with great delight, and his fruit was 5 I am black,but comely,O ye daugh-[sweet to my taste. ters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Ke-4 He brought me to the banquetii gdar, as the curtains of Solomon. bouse, and his banner over me was 6. Look not upon me, because I am love. black, because the sun hath looked 5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me upon me: my mother's children were with apples: for I am sick of love. angry with me; they made me the 6 His left hand is under my head, keeper of the vineyards; but mine and his right hand doth embrace me. own vineyard have I not kept. 7 I charge you, O ye daughters of 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul lov-Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the eth, where thou feedest, where thou hinds of the field, that ye stir not up makest thy flock to rest at noon: for nor awake my love, till he please. why should I be as one that turneth 8 T The voice of my beloved! bebold uside by the flocks of thy companions? he cometh leaping upon the moun 8 ¶ If thou know not, O thou fairest tains, skipping upon the hills. among women, go thy way forth by 9 My beloved is like a roe, or a young the footsteps of the flock,and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. 9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. 10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. 11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. 12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-be loved unto me: he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En gedi. 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. 10 My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one,and come away. 11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 12 The flowers appear 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 forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. 14 TO my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let Christ sheiveth his SOLOMON'S SONG. love to the church, me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy doves' eyes within thy locks; thy hair voice, and thy countenance is comely, is as a flock of goats, that appear from 15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, mount Gilead. that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. lo T.My beloved is mine, and I am his: be feedetli among the lilies. 17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. CHAP. III. 2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one beareth twins, and none is barren among them. 3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely; thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. By on my bed. I bought vitt builded for an armoury, whereon Y night on my bed I sought him Thy neck is like a tower of Da 3 The watchmen that go about the city found me to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 4 It was but a litle that I passed from them, but 1 found him whom my soul loveth: 1 held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. 5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. there hang a thousand bucklers, ali 6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the bill of frankincense. 7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. 8 T Cone with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. my 9 Thou hast ravished my heart, sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankin- 10 How fair is thy love, my sister cense, with all powders of the mer-my spouse! how much better is thy cliant? love than wine! and the smell of 7 Behold his bed, which is Solo-thine ointments than all spices! mon's ; threescore valiant men are. 11 Thy lips, O my spouse,drop as the about it, of the valiant of Israel. They all bold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh,becauseof fear in the night. 9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. 10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst fthereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. honeycomb: honey and milk are un[der thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. 12 A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a foun tain sealed. 13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits: campliire, with spikenard, 14 Spikenard and satiron; calamus ļand cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with al the chief spices: 11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and the day of the gladness of his heart.non. CHAP. IV. 15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters,and streains from Leba 16 TAwake,O north winds; and come EHOLD, thou art fair, my love; thou south; blow upon my garden, behold, thou art fair; thou hast that the spices thereof may flow ou BEHOLD, CHAP. V, VI, VII. The graces of the church. Let my beloved come into his garden, ¡upou sockets of fine gold; bis counte and eat his pleasant fruits. nance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars: CHAP. V. he I AM come into my garden, my sis. 16 ltis mouth is most sweet; yea, ter, my spouse: I have gathered is altogether lovely. This is my bemy myrrh with my spice; I have eat-loved, and this is my friend, O daugh en my honeycomb with my honey; 1ters of Jerusalem. have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink ahundantly, O beloved. CHAP. VI WHITHER is try beloved gone, O thou fairest among women 7 21 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it whither is thy beloved turned aside, is the voice of my beloved that knock-{that we may seek him with thee? eth, saying, Open to me, my sister, 2 My beloved is gone down into his my love, my dove, my undefiled for garden, to the beds of spices, to feed my head is filled with dew, and my in the gardens, and to gather lilies. Jocks with the drops of tue night. 31 am my beloved's, and my beloved 3. I have put oll my coat: how shall is mine :he feedeth among the lilies. I put it on? I have washed my feet; 4 ¶ Thou art beautiful, Ŭ my love,as how shall I defile them? Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible 4 My beloved put in his hand by the as an army with banners. 5 Turn away thine eyes from nole of the door, and my bowels were me, moved for him. they have overcome ine: thy hair is 5 I rose up to open to my beloved ;jasa flock of goats that appear from and my hands dropped with myrrh, Gilead. for and my fingers with sweet-smelling 6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep myrch, upon the handles of the lock. which go up from the washing,where6 I opened to my beloved ; but my of every one beareth twins, and there beloved had withdrawn himself, and is not one barren among them. was gone: my soul failed when be spake; I sought him, but I could not And him; 1 called him, but he gave ine BO Answer, 7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my vail from me. 7 As a piece of a pomegrauite are thy temples within thy locks. 8 There are threescore queeng, and fourscore concubines,aud virgins without nuvzber. 9 My dove, my undefiled is but one ; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her: Je-the daughters saw her,and blessed her; yen, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her, SI charge you, O daughters of rusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tellhim, that I am sick of love, 9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved,0 thou fairest among women ? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us ? 10T Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? 11 I went down into the garden of 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, nots to see the fruits of the valley, the chiefest ainong ten thousand. {and to see whether the vine flourish 11. His head is as the most fine gold ; fed, and the pomegranates budded. his locks are bushy, and black as a 12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminjadib. raven : 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set: 13 His cheeks are asa bed of spices, da sweet flowers; his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh : 14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl; his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with eapphires: 13 Return, return, O Shulamite ; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies. CHAP. VII. How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, Oprince's danguter! the 15 His legs are as pillars of marble set] joints of thy thighs are like jewels, The church's ISAIAH love to Carist. the work of the hands of a cunning instruct me: I would cause thee to workman: drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. 2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor; thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies: 3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins: 4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fish-pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim; thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon, which looketh toward Damascus : 3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should em brace me. 41 charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. 5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her be loved ? 1 raised thee up under the apple-tree there thy mother brought thee forth; there she brought thee 5 Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, 6 T Set me as a seal upon thy heart, 6 How fair and how pleasant art as a seal upon thine arin: for love is thou, O love, for delights! strong as death; jenlousy is cruel as 7 This thy stature is like to a palm-the grave: the coals thereof are coala tree, and thy breasts to clusters of [of fire, which hath a most vehement grapes. 8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof; now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; 9 And the roof of thy mouth like the beat wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. 10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the vil lages. flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it ; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. 8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? 9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver; and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. 10 I am a wall, and my breasts like 12 Let us get up early to the vine-towere: then waslin his eyes as one yards: let us see if the vine flourish, that found favour. whether the tender grape appear, and 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalthe pomegranates bud forth: there hamon; he let out the vineyard unto will I give thee my loves keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. 13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old,which I have laid up for thee, 0 my beloved. H CHAP. VIll. I that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee: yea, 1 should not be despised. 2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. 14 ¶ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hurt upon the mountains of spices. The Book of the Prophet ISAIAH. CHAP I. Judah and Jerusalem in the days of of THE An exhortation CHAP. 1. to repealance 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, Ojhands, I will bide mine eyes frour earth: for the Lond halli spoken, I you: yea, when ye make many prayhave nourished and brought up chilers, I will not hear: your hands are dren, and they have rebelled against full of blood. me. 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Ismael doth not know, my people doth not consider. 4 A sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corruptors they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the father less, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet,they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the 6 From the sole of the foot even unto mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. the head there is no soundness in it; 21 T How is the faithful city become but wounds and bruises, and patrify-a_harlot! it was full of judgment; ing sores: they have not been closed, righteousness lodged in it; but now neither bound up, neither mollified murderers. with ointment. 7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate as overthrown by strangers. 8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. 22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water. 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves : every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. 25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the 9 Except the LORD of hosts had left| Lord of hosts, the mighty One of IsInto us a very small remnant, we rael, Ah, I will ease me of mine ad should have been as Sodom, and we versaries, and avenge me of mine should have been like unto Gomorrah. enemies: 10 T Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterwards thou ebalt be called, The city of righteousness, The faithful city. 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judg. 12 When ye come to appear before|ment, and her converts with rightine, who hath required this at your eousness. hand, to tread my courts? LORD shall be consumed. 28 T And the destruction of the trans13 Bring no more vain oblations; ingressors and of the sinners shall be cense is an abomination unto me; the together, and they that forsake the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; as iniquity, even the solemn meeting, 14 Your new moons and your ap pointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth your] no water. 29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. 30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that bath |