Song 2:7. "I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and
by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up nor awake my love till
he please." In the 2d verse of this chapter is represented the church
in her state of persecution; in the 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th verses is
represented the comfo... [ Continue Reading ]
Song 2:14. 'O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the
secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear
thy voice." There is probably respect here to the rock of mount Zion,
on which Solomon's house was built, or of the mountain of the temple,
and to the stairs by whic... [ Continue Reading ]