...trembling ;" and again, "be not high-minded, but fear." Remember the caution of the bride, and say, " Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes." 2. But if cautious fear be a mark of a believer in such a season, still more is appropriating love....

...— — ' 10U! hear thy voice ; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 15 Take us b estimony of his own gratitude to God, and for the instruction of future ages. Verses 16 IT ' My beloved is mine, and I am his ; he feedelh among the lilies. 17 k Until the day break, and...

...see thy face, Let me hear thy voice ! For sweet is thy voice, And thy face lovely." 15 Take ye for us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines, For our vines are now in blossom. 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his ; He feeds among the lilies. IT When the day...

...vines ; and, therefore, she will not go forth without leaving this command of caution to her maidens, " Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes." She then renews the covenant of her espousals with her beloved, in these words of appropriating affection...

...discourse, to a large, attentive, and highly respectable congregation, from the Song of Solomon, ii. 15, " Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes." The sermon, which occupiud nearly an hour in the delivery, was characterized by great ability, earnestness,...

...deceit, the character of the fox, to which Jesus compared Herod. Luke xiii. 32. Sol. Song, ii. 15. Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines : for our vines have tender grapes. The foxes are now snared and taken. See Isa. viii. 15; xxviii. 13. They are the false prophets. See...

...3. " Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house..." SONG OF SOLOMON, ii. 15. " Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes." ISAI. V. 1. " My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill " (read to verse 7.) xvi. 10....

...and their countenance to him is comely, for he loveth them with an everlasting love. Verse 15. — Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines : for our vines have tender grapes. Corruptions unmortified and unsubdued are like so many young foxes to destroy the vines which have...

...precaution and care that 1080 " Lamia '" cheats not you ; " The lips of Apollo declare that !" (155) " Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines : for our vines " have tender grapes." (Solomon's Song, II. 15.) Every one must recollect the fable of the fox and the grapes. (156) As has...

...J<t< 1. Let ns guard against falling into temptation, not merely to open, but to secret sin. We must " take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes."' Christ says, and the message is addressed to believers, " Behold, I stand at the door, and knock :...