...yourselves of all earthly cares. Now is the time whereof the spouse, in person of the church, said, Awake, 0 north wind, and come thou south, blow upon my garden that the tpice thereof may flow out. These winds now blow, and it is now time that the spice fall, and the virtues...

...19. xxxvii. 9. Is. xxi. 1. Zech. ix. 14. well as from the east, came the hot winds, and the samiel. It would appear, from our translation, that the spouse...prevented her beloved from visiting his garden, as she wishes in the end, of the verse, and would have shut him up in his apartment.* I may remark, however,...

...thought the north and south winds of advantage to her garden ; for she says in Cant. iv. 16, " Awake, 0 north wind, and come, thou south ; blow upon my garden,...prevented her beloved from visiting his garden, as she wishes in the end of the verse, and would have shut him up in his apartment.* I may remark, however,...

...Jacob to take root: and Israel to blossom and bud, and fill the whole earth with fruit. Awake then, O north wind ; and come thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. (t>) And that our souls may thus become fruitful, let us («) John, 5. 30. (c) Sol. Song, 4. 16. look...

...if in an enthusiasm of delight at his speaking so of the place she lives in, beautifully exclaims, " Awake, O north wind ; and come, thou south ; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may come out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits." AMARANTH. AMARANTHUS....

...I. Man's goings arc of the Lord. — Prov. xx. 24. Draw me, we will run after thee. —Cant. i. 4. Awake, O north wind, and come thou south blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out, &c. — Cant. iv. 16. See the effect of Christ's voice and importunity with his spouse.-Caut. v. Lord,...

...I. Man's goings are of the Lord. — Prov. xx. 24. Draw me, we will run after thee. —Cant. i. 4. Awake, O north wind, and come thou south blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out, £c. — Cant. iv. 16. See the effect of Christ's voice and importunity with his spouse.— Cant. v....

...and a joy to man, it must be by discipline and training. The bride, in the Song of Solomon, prays:1 "Awake, O north wind ; and come, thou south ; blow...my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out." The keen northern blast is needed as well as the soft summer breeze ; and this is the lesson of the...

...climate, must blow upon the garden of God, according to that beautiful prayer of the church, " Awake, О north wind, and come thou south ; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out." (Cant. iv. 1C.) Without the Spirit's influence, the word of God would be but a dead letter; the ordinances,...

...justification, Phil. iii. 10. He lives upon Christ for his sanctification : Awake, 0 north wind, and come t/iou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out, Cant. iv. 16. And he lives upon Christ for his consolation ; As the apple-tree among the trees of the...