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John Trapp on Song of Solomon 1:11

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Song of Solomon1:11

Verſ. 11: Wee will make thee borders of gold with ſtuds of ſilver] Wee, the whole Trinity will joyn together (as wee do in all our works ad extra) in framing for thee theſe glorious ornaments, in putting upon thee our own comelineſs, Ezek. 16.11, 12, 13, &c. in increaſing, and imbelliſhing thy graces, thy pure gold of holineſs, with ſilver ſpeks, ſtudds or imbroiderie. Thus the Spouſe promiſeth to make his Bride (though hee finde her fair and fine) much fairer and finer by an addition of more and more graces and gifts, both ordinary and extraordinary; till ſhee bee transformed into the ſame image from glory to glory. Hee will ſpare for neither gold nor ſilver to beautifie her, ſuch is his abundant love unto her. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Epheſ. 3 Hee cloathes her with the party-coloured Garment of multivarious graces, and this hee borders with gold and beſpangles with ſilver. Her cloathing is of wrought gold, far more ſtately and coſtly than that of Eſther in all her beauty and bravery; than that of Dionyſius, whoſe mantle was ſold to the Carthaginians for an hundred and twenty talents;Athenaus. than that royal Robe of Demetrius King of Macedony, that was ſo maſſie and magnificent, that none of his ſucceſſours would ever wear it, propter invidioſam impendii magnificentiam, for the unparalleld ſumptuouſneſs thereof.

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