forth her greene figges: the florishing vineyards haue geuen their ſauour. Ariſe my loue, my beautiful one, & come. 14† My doue in the holes of the rocke, in the holow places of the wal, shew me thy face, let thy voice ſound in mine eares: for thy voice is ſweete, and thy face comely. 15† h h commandeth his paſtors to deſtroy hereſies. Catch vs the litle foxes, that deſtroy the vineyards: for our vineyard hath florished. 17† i i And ſo she repoſeth in him. til the day breake, and the shadowes decline. Returne: belike, my beloued, to a roe, and to the fawne of hartes vpon the mountaynes of Bether.
Chap. III
11IN a a The Church finding Chriſt not in darke ignorance nor in philoſophie but by his reueiling him ſelfe to her, holdeth him for euer: my litle bed in the nightes I haue ſought him, whom my ſoule loueth, I haue ſaught him, and haue not found. 2† I wil riſe, and wil goe about the citie: by the ſtretes and high waies, I wil ſeeke him whom my ſoule loueth: I haue ſaught him, and haue not found. 3† The watchmen which kepe the citie found me; Haue you ſeene him, whom my ſoule loueth. 4† When I had a litle paſſed by them, I found him_, whom my ſoule loueth: I held him: neither wil I let him goe, til I bring him into b b euen til the Iewes ſhal at laſt alſo find him. my mothers houſe, and into the chamber of her that bare me. 5† c c Chriſt ſpeaketh as before ch 2. v. 7 I adiure you ô daughters of Ieruſalem by the roes, and hartes of the fildes, that you rayſe not vp, nor make the beloued to awake, til herſelfe wil. 6† d d The Church of Chriſt admireth her owne conuerſion from Gentilitie, What is she, that aſcendeth by the deſert, as a litle rod of ſmoke of e e now ful of good workes. the aromatical ſpices of myrtrhe, and frankincenſe, & of al powder of the apothecharie? 7† f f She alſo profeſſeth that the aſcending to eternal reſt, is by fighting manfully, in obſeruing the ten commandments, in the ſix dayes of this life: Behold threeſcore valiants of the moſt valiant of Iſrael, compaſſe the litle bed of Salomon: 8† al holding ſwordes, and moſt cunning to battels: euerie mans ſword vpon his thigh for feares by night. 9† King Salomon hath made him a portable throne of the wood of Libanus: 10† the pillers therof he hath made of ſiluer, the ſeate of gold, going vp g g euen to bloud, if nede be, of purple: the middes he hath paued with h h which is the higheſt degree of charitie. charitie for the daughters of Ieruſalem. 11† i i And inuiteth al others to come vnto Chriſt, Goe forth ye daughters oſ Sion, and ſee king Salomon in k k who in fleſh which he tooke of his mother, was crowned in heauen after his Paſſion. the diademe, wherewith his mother hath crowned him in the day of his deſpouſing, and in the day of the ioy of his heart.
