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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 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. If he be with me, may nothing disturb him — nothing cause him to withdraw himself. Our Lord Jesus is very jealous, and when he manifests...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. The hand with which he smites his enemies cannot smite me, for it is under my head, my sweet support; and his right hand, the hand with which he blesseth, the hand of his power and his glory, doth embrace each one of his people.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, Those lovely, but timid creatures that are so easily scared away, —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. If I have fellowship with him—if I am near his cross—if I am drinking in his love, oh! do not hinder me. Do not call me away. Do not break the spell; but let me go on with this blessed day-dream, which is truer than reality itself, till I see him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. The next passage we shall read is at the commencement of the third chapter, and presents quite a different scene. Perhaps you will scarcely think it is the same person that writes it, but, oh! we are very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. O ye carking cares, keep away from us! Ye distractions that are so apt to arise in our crowded assembly, ye aches and pains that come in and make the body drag down the spirit, keep away from us for a while.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The voice of my beloved! The spouse knows it at once, her ear is so trained that she recognizes it as soon as she hears it. Jesus said that his sheep follow him, for they know his voice, and he added, “A stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.” Son_2:8. Behold, he cometh leaping upon the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. When we observe the ordinances aright, they are like latticed windows; we cannot see our Lord through them as clearly as we would, but still, we do see him, and we are thankful for these windows until...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 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; the fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. Christ calls you out, you hidden ones, you who are half ashamed to be seen he bids you come to him. Come away from your doubting and your fearing, your halting...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. Drive away every sin that would keep Christ away. Ask for his grace to subdue every wandering thought, that he may be with you in undisturbed communion.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. 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.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? The same question...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Jacob’s wrestlings are succeeded by Jacob’s vows. Son_3:4. Until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. Fellowship that is sweet to me must be sweet to others of my brethren;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. This exposition consisted of readings from Son_2:1-7; Son_3:1-5.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. “I have found my Beloved, and I would not lose him again; he has come to me, so I will not grieve him, and drive him away.” That is the one of our reading: “Come near to me, I pray thee; and when thou comest near me, keep by me still.” Extracted from an exposition of Gen_45:1-13; Son_1:1-7;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; “Twice fair, first, through being washed in my blood, and next, through being sanctified by my Spirit!” Son_4:1. Thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: Jesus prizes the love of his people which flashes forth from their eyes as they look upon him. The good works of his people, like the locks...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy teeth — Those parts of our spiritual being with which we feed upon Christ, and masticate and assimilate the Word: “Thy teeth “ — Son_4:2. Are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. We should seek so to feed upon the Word as to become fruitful by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And well they may be, for what is there for the believer to talk about but the scarlet of the Saviour’s blood, that matchless bath in which we are washed whiter than snow? My mouth, be thou filled with the praises of the Lord, that my lips may be like a thread of scarlet! Son_4:3. And thy speech is comely:...