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On the Song of Songs

Hippolytus

Section 1

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Author: Hippolytus

1. Arise, O north wind, and come, thou

south

;

blow

upon

my

garden

,

that

the

spices

thereof

may

flow

out

(

Canticles

iv

.

16

)

.

As

Joseph

was

delighted

with

these

spices

,

he

is

designated

the

King’s

son

by

God

;

as

the

Virgin

Mary

was

anointed

with

them

,

she

conceived

the

Word

:

then

new

secrets

,

and

new

truth

,

and

a

new

kingdom

,

and

also

great

and

inexplicable

mysteries

,

are

made

manifest

.