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Clavis cantici, or, An exposition of the Song of Solomon
Clavis cantici, or, An exposition of the Song of Solomon by James Durham ...
Edinburgh: printed by George Swintoun and James Glen, 1668
Clavis Cantici: OR, A KEY of the SONG, Useful for opening up thereof. › Chapter 1 › Verse 4
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The third thing in the vers. is, the return or grant of this suit; The King (saith she) hath brought me into his Chambers; He hath indeed brought me where I was desirous to be. The words, he hath brought me, being compared with the petition, draw me, and the effects following, whereby she changeth from praying to praising, and that with expressions holding forth a kind of surprisal, do evidence this to be a real return to her prayer, and a comfortable alteration upon, and change in her condition.
In this answer, consider, 1. what she receives, a noble privilege; she is admitted into the King's Chambers, to nearness with him, which she longed-for, and now she hath it. Chambers are the most intimate places of familiar fellowship, especially with Kings, where none but Courtiers indeed come. They were the place where the Bridegroom and the Bride rejoiced together; and it hath a tacit opposition to a salutation by the way, or admission to outer rooms, this to which she is admitted, is more, yet is it something here-away attainable; which we conceive, is the enjoying of that love she formerly sought-for, and which afterward she engageth to remember, as having now obtained it. In a word, she is where she would be, as the effects show.
In this answer, consider, 1. what she receives, a noble priviledge; she is admitted into the King's Chambers, to nearnesse with him, which she longed-for, and now she hath it. Chambers are the most intimat places of familiar fellowship, especially with Kings, where none but Courtiers indeed come. They were the place where the Bridegroom and the Bride rejoiced together; and it hath a tacit opposition to a salutation by the way, or admission to outer rooms, this to which she is admitted, is more, yet is it something here-away attainable; which we conceive, is the injoying of that love she formerly sought-for, and which afterward she ingageth to remember, as having now obtained it. In a word, she is where she would be, as the effects shew.