...image and the name of the person to whom they belonged. And therefore when Christ says to his spouse, " Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm ;" it is as much as to say, let my name and my image remain impressed there. Another proof that the...

...brought thee forth ; there she brought ihee forth that bare thee. 6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, ua ment : but they that seek the LORD understand all...walketh in his uprightness, than he that it perver & most vehement IBM, 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it : if a man would...

...resentment so strong, in milder, an affliction so heavy, that few things in the world equal either. " For love is strong as " death, jealousy is cruel as the grave, the coals " thereof are coals of fire."3 And with whatever vehemence they burn inwardly or outwardly, it can be no wonder, when perfidious...

...as is cruel as the Song of Solomon viii, 6. — Set me as a seal upon thine hsaarl, an'! as a ring upon thine arm : For love is strong as death ; jealousy is cruel as the grfwe. Behold the Lord God shall feed his he shall \vilh his arm, gather the and carry them in his...

...he also bears away my failings ; I am accepted in the beloved. [| The church prays, Cant. viii. 6, "Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm." My * 1 Cor. xv. 55 — 57. Heb. ii. 15. Psal. xxiii. 4. t 1 Thess. iv. 14. J Col. iii. 4. || Eph. i....

...mother brought thee forth in sorrow0, Here, bringing thee forth in sorrow, she bare thee. BRIDE. O set me as a seal upon thine heart, As a seal upon thine armd ! BRIDEGROOM. e Yea, love is strong as Death, b Perhaps, " resuscitated thee." -]'rmii?. c Petita...

...cruel, on account of the intensity and the duration of their torments. " Jealousy"1 is craei as */t«o/. The coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame."* Thus did the rich man in the gospel find it. If his torment be sorrow and misery, then the Old Testament...

...resentment so strong, in milder, an affliction so heavy, that few things in the world equal either. For love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as the grave, the coah thereof are coals of fire*. And with whatever vehemence they burn inwardly or outwardly, it can...

...utmost impatience of his absence, with3 desires still of nearer communion with him, chap. viii. 6. ' Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal' upon...coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.' The allusion is doubtless from the high-priest of the Jews, in his spiritual representation of the...

...this the spouse expresseth in herself, Cant. viii. 6. ' Love is strong as death ; jealousy is hard as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.' Love is the foundation ; the root; but yet it bears that fruit which is bitter, although it be wholesome;...