Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Song of Solomon 1:13

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 32, footnote 24 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 537 (In-Text, Margin)

... way which leadeth unto life.” So the Song goes on: “I sought him but I could not find him: I called him but he gave me no answer.” And would that failure to find Him were all. You will be wounded and stripped, you will lament and say: “The watchmen that went about the city found me: they smote me, they wounded me, they took away my veil from me.” Now if one who could say: “I sleep but my heart waketh,” and “A bundle of myrrh is my well beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts”;[Song of Solomon 1:13] if one who could speak thus suffered so much because she went abroad, what shall become of us who are but young girls; of us who, when the bride goes in with the Bridegroom, still remain without? Jesus is jealous. He does not choose that your face ...

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