 | John Flavel - 1689 - 412 strani
...hearken to thy voice; cause me to hear it;" so communion with Christ is the delight of his people : " I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." Sol. Song 2: 14; 8:13; 2:3. It is the pleasure of Christ to see the earnest countenances, the blushing... | |
 | Sarah Martin - 1799 - 152 strani
...searched : truly her delight was in the law of the Lord, and in his law did she meditate day and night. " I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste : " " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver," are the texts which... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 strani
...there a feast of fat things full of marrow, and can say, with the spouse in the Canticles, " I sat under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." 6. We may remark that, when Christ is compared to food, it intimates the constancy with which believers... | |
 | Thomas Williams - 1801 - 366 strani
...BRIDEGROOM. 2 As a lily among thorns, So is my consort among the daughters. SPOUSE. 3 As a citron tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. In his shade I delighted and sat down, And his fruit was sweet unto my taste. 4 He brought me into... | |
 | William Huntington - 1802 - 522 strani
...! Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Psal. xxxiv. 8. SEKMON I. CANT. ii. 3. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among...great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. AMONG all the metaphors whereby the wisdom of God hath seen fit to set forth the excellency and commodiousness... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1803 - 492 strani
...least three places in- the Old Testament, and its fruit in two or three more. Solomon sings, — " As the appletree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons." And again, — "Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples." The noblest part of man's noblest feature... | |
 | Maria De Fleury - 1804 - 302 strani
...This is the Saviour's language to his espoused. And what shall I say unto thee, O my king and my God ! as the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons : thou art superlatively excellent ; my beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 strani
...amber, but of very strong 1mell." Complete System, of Geography, vol. ii. p. 175. No. 221. — ii. 3. / sat down under his shadow with, great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.'] " Shade, accordingto Mr. Wood, in his description of the ruins of Balbec (p. 5.) is an essential article... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 strani
...the rallies. As 2 JL the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daugh3 ters. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with 4 great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and... | |
 | 1836 - 498 strani
...the house of God, and at the table of the Lord, how frequently has the believer had cause to say, " I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." The design of the transfiguration was to give the disciples a bright representation of the glory of... | |
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As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 
