Christ Altogether Lovely

John Flavel

4 chapters · about 22 min

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The opening

Christ is to be Loved

“Yes, He is altogether lovely.” Song of Songs 5:16.

At the ninth verse of this chapter, you have a question put forth by the daughters of Jerusalem, “What is your beloved more than another beloved?” The spouse answers, “He is the chief among ten thousand.” She then recounts many of the things she finds so excellent in her beloved and then concludes with these words that I have read: “Yes, he is altogether lovely.”

The words set forth the transcendent loveliness of the Lord Jesus Christ, and naturally resolve themselves into three parts:

1. Who he is.

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