Christ awakes the church with his calling,1 The church having a taste of Christ's love is sick of love,2-8 A description of Christ by his graces

come 4:16 6:2,11 8:13 Isa 5:1 51:3 58:11 61:11 Joh 14:21-23

my sister 4:9-12 8:1 Heb 2:12-14

I have gathered 4:13,14 Ps 147:11 Isa 53:11

eat De 16:13-17 26:10-14 2Ch 31:6-10 Ps 16:3 Isa 23:18 55:1,2 62:8,9 Isa 65:13 66:14 Mt 25:40 Ac 11:29 2Co 9:11-15 Eph 5:18 1Th 3:8,9

friends Lu 12:4 15:6,7,9,10 Joh 3:29 15:14,15

yea drink abundantly o beloved Zec 9:15-17 Re 22:17

2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

sleep 3:1 7:9 Da 8:18 Zec 4:1 Mt 25:4,5 26:40,41 Lu 9:32 Eph 5:14

the voice 2:8,10 Joh 10:4

knocketh Re 3:20

open Ps 24:7-10 81:10 Pr 23:26

my dove 2:14 6:9 Ps 119:1 Re 3:4 14:4

my head 8:7 Ge 29:20 31:40,41 Isa 50:6 52:14 53:3-5 Mt 8:17 25:35-45 Mr 1:35 Lu 6:12 22:44 2Co 5:14,15 Ga 2:20

3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

have put Pr 3:28 13:4 22:13 Mt 25:5 26:38-43 Lu 11:7 Ro 7:22,23

I have washed

4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

put 1:4 Ps 110:3 Ac 16:14 2Co 8:1,2,16 Php 2:13

my bowels Ge 43:30 1Ki 3:26 Isa 26:8,9 1Jo 3:16,17

for him

5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

rose 5:2 Lu 12:36 Eph 3:17 Re 3:20

my hands 5:13 3:6 4:13,14 2Co 7:7,9-11

sweet smelling

6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

but my Ps 30:7 Isa 8:17 12:1 50:2 54:6-8 Ho 5:6,15 Mt 15:22-28 Re 3:19

my soul 5:2,4 Ge 42:28 2Sa 16:10 Ps 69:3 77:3 Isa 57:16 Mt 26:75 Mr 14:72 Lu 22:61,62

i sought 3:1,2 1Sa 28:6 Ps 22:1,2 28:1 80:4 88:9-14 Isa 58:2:4,7-9 La 3:8 Zec 7:13

7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

watchmen 3:3 Isa 6:10,11 Ho 9:7,8 Ac 20:29,30 2Co 11:13

they smote Ps 141:5 Ho 6:5 Joh 16:2 Ac 26:9,10 Php 3:6 Re 17:5,6

the keepers 8:11 Isa 62:6 Mt 21:33-41 23:2,29-36

took Lu 6:22 Ac 5:40,41 1Co 4:10-13 Heb 11:36,37 12:2 1Pe 4:14-16

8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

charge 2:7 8:4

if ye Ro 15:30 Ga 6:1,2 Jas 5:16

that ye Ps 42:1-3 63:1-3 77:1-3 119:81-83

9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

what is Isa 53:2 Mt 16:13-17 21:10 Joh 1:14 2Co 4:3-6

o thou 1:8 6:1,9,10 Ps 45:13 87:3

10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

beloved 2:1 De 32:31 Ps 45:17 Isa 66:19 Heb 7:26

the chiefest or standard bearer Isa 10:18 59:19 Ro 9:5 Php 2:9-11 Col 1:18 Heb 2:10

11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

head Da 2:37,38 Eph 1:21,22

his locks 7:5 Da 7:9 Re 1:14

12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

his eyes 1:15 4:1 Heb 4:13

fitly set

13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

cheeks 1:10 Isa 50:6

as a Ps 4:6,7 27:4 89:15 Re 21:23

sweet flowers 3:6

his lips 4:11 Ps 45:2 Isa 50:4 Lu 4:22

dropping 5:5

14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

hands Ex 15:6 Ps 44:4-7 99:4 Isa 9:7 52:13

his belly 7:2 Ex 24:10 Isa 54:11 Eze 1:26-28

15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

legs Re 1:15

sockets Ex 26:19

his countenance 2:14 Jud 13:6 Mt 17:2 28:3 Ac 2:28 Re 1:16

as lebanon 4:11 Ps 92:12 Ho 14:7 Zec 9:17 1Ti 3:16

16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

mouth 1:2 Ps 19:10 119:103 Jer 15:16

most 1:16 2:1,3 Ps 45:2 89:6 148:13 Isa 9:6,7 Php 3:8 1Pe 2:6,7

my beloved 2:16 6:3 Ga 2:20

friend Jer 3:20 Ho 3:1 Jas 2:23 4:4