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Song of Songs 2:4 (WEB)
He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.

Fathers and councils · 5

John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVI.14Conference XVI
“Something of this sort too we have in the character of the bride in the Song of Songs, where she says: “Set in order love in me.”” — editor's note: Cant. ii. 4.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 7
“For by what other arrows was she stricken, who saith, “Bring me into the house of wine, place me among perfumes, crowd me among honey, for I have been wounded with love”?” — editor's note: . Song ii. 4, 5
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Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 50
“What is, “Set in order love in me”?” — editor's note: Cant. ii. 4, Sept.
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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XV.22Book XV
“So that it seems to me that it is a brief but true definition of virtue to say, it is the order of love; and on this account, in the Canticles, the bride of Christ, the city of God, sings, “Order love within me.”” — editor's note: Cant. ii. 4.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 46
“In the Song of Songs the precept is given as a hard one: “Regulate your love towards me.”” — editor's note: Cant. ii. 4 b, Vulg. Hebrew = A.V.
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