Living Theology of the Heart (1736) - Page 12

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SONG OF SOLOMON 4. verse 9. original: "Hoogelied." Literally "High Song," the Dutch title for the Song of Solomon. This book was the primary source for "Bridal Theology," which viewed the relationship between Christ and the believer as a spiritual marriage.

You have taken my heart, my sister,
oh Bride! you have taken my heart,
with one of your eyes, with one chain
of your neck.

Chap. 8. verse 6. Set me as a Seal upon your
heart, as a Seal upon your arm; for
love is strong as death: jealousy original: "yver." In 18th-century Dutch bibles (Statenvertaling), this refers to an intense, unyielding passion or divine ardor that refuses to share the beloved with anything else. is
hard as the grave: its coals are fiery
coals, flames of the Lord.