Clavis cantici, or, An exposition of the Song of Solomon

Vers. 14. My beloved is unto me as a cluster of Camphire in the Vineyards of En-gedi.

The third Part of the Chapter follows in these three verses, 12. 13. 14. In it, the Bride expresseth how refreshful Christ was to her, and how she did solace her self in him: This she holds forth, not only in the sweet and warm title she gives him; But further in these three things, 1. She declares the comfortableness of the fellowship she had with him, vers. 12. 2. By two comparisons she illustrates it, in the beginning of the 13. and 14. vers. 3. She sets forth the warmness of her own affections to him in the end of vers. 13.

The third Part of the Chapter followes in these three verses, 12. 13. 14. In it, the Bride expresseth how refreshful Christ was to her, and how she did solace her self in him: This she holds forth, not only in the sweet and warm title she gives him; But further in these three things, 1. She declares the comfortablenesse of the fellowship she had with him, vers. 12. 2. By two comparisons she illustrats it, in the beginning of the 13. and 14. vers. 3. She sets forth the warmnesse of her own affections to him in the end of vers. 13.

The titles she gives him are two, 1. The King, whereby his Sovereignty and Majesty is set forth. The second is beloved or well-beloved, a title importing much love and affection: It differs from that title, my love, which he gave her, vers. 9. for that is a compellation given to her by him, as from a Superior to an in•e•ior, or as from an Husband to a Wife; this title which she here gives him, is as from an inferior, as a wi•e to her husband. The first, holds forth condescending tenderness; the second, respective ⟨p. 100⟩