SONG OF SOLOMON CHAPTER 7 A further description of the church's graces, SONG OF SOLOMON 7:1. This design to visit the church, with the blessed effect thereof, SONG OF SOLOMON 7:8,9. She professeth her faith and desire, SONG OF SOLOMON 7:10. She inviteth him to communion with her, SONG OF SOLOMON 7:1... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy navel is like a round goblet, to which it is not unfitly compared, because it is of a round form, and hollow, and hath windings and circlings in it, WHICH WANTETH NOT LIQUOR; thy navel is not only comely, but fruitful. For the navel is the proper instrument of nourishing the child or children wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Which is repeated from SONG OF SOLOMON 4:5, where it is explained.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY NECK, of which SEE POOLE ON "SONG OF SOLOMON 4:4", IS AS A TOWER OF IVORY, clear, and smooth, and long, and straight, and erected. THINE EYES, SEE POOLE ON "SONG OF SOLOMON 1:15"; SEE POOLE ON "SONG OF SOLOMON 4:1", LIKE THE FISHPOOLS, full, and clear, and quiet, and pleasant. Possibly here were... [ Continue Reading ]
THINE HEAD, which may signify the church's mind or understanding, which is seated in the head, UPON THEE, which is upon thee, or above the rest of thy body, IS LIKE CARMEL, eminent and pleasant to the eye, and fruitful as Mount Carmel was, as hath been formerly noted; which may note that her mind wa... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW FAIR AND HOW PLEASANT ART THOU? it were infinite to reckon up all the particulars of thy beauty; in one word, thou art universally amiable beyond expression. FOR DELIGHTS; for those various lovely features which are in thee, and for the great and manifold delights which are or may be enjoyed in... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE TO A PALM TREE, tall and straight, or upright, as a tree. And he seems to mention the palm tree rather than any other, partly because it grows more directly upward than other trees; and partly because it is constantly green and flourishing, and groweth upward in spite of all pressures, and ther... [ Continue Reading ]
I SAID within myself, I resolved, I WILL GO UP TO THE PALM TREE; I will climb up, that so I may TAKE HOLD, as it follows, of the boughs, which do not grow out of the sides, as in other trees, but only at the top of it. I WILL TAKE HOLD OF THE BOUGHS THEREOF, partly to prune and dress them, and partl... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ROOF OF THY MOUTH; either, 1. Thy speech, the palate being one of the principal instruments of speech; or rather, 2. Thy taste, whereof the palate or roof of the mouth is the most proper and principal instrument, JOB 34:3. But then this is not to be understood actively of her taste, but passiv... [ Continue Reading ]
This and the following verses contain the words of the bride, in answer to the Bridegroom's most endearing expressions delivered in the foregoing verses. HIS DESIRE IS TOWARD ME; I perceive, and am fully satisfied, that he heartily loves me. It is my duty to have my desire towards him as my Husband,... [ Continue Reading ]
LET US GO FORTH INTO THE FIELD; that being retired from the crowd, we may more freely and sweetly converse together, and may observe the state of the fruits of the earth. In the villages; in one of the villages, as cities is put for one of the cities, JUDGES 12:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET US GET UP EARLY: the church having offended and lost her Beloved by her former laziness, now doubles her diligence, and discovers how earnestly she was set upon the following work. TO THE VINEYARDS; to particular congregations. See SONG OF SOLOMON 6:11 ISAIAH 5:1. LET US SEE IF THE VINES FLOURIS... [ Continue Reading ]
MANDRAKES: this Hebrew word is used GENESIS 30:14,15, and the signification of it is very much doubted and disputed by interpreters; of which see my Latin Synopsis on that place. But this is certain, that the word signifies sweet and pleasant flowers; and therefore if it be understood of mandrakes,... [ Continue Reading ]