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

Now follows the two last parts of her carriage in the beloveds absence; First, after she hath (as it were) read over his Epistle, she comforts her self in his love, and her interest in him, though he be absent. (It's good use of his word, when it is made use of, for strengthening our faith in him, when sense is away) There are two parts of this consolation, 1. Her faith is clear for the present, vers. 16. 2. Her hope is solid in the expectation of an excellent day coming, vers. 17. Next, vers. 17. she puts up a prayer for a gracious visit, which she knows he will allow upon her until that day come; and this is the last thing here recorded of the Brides carriage in the Bridegrooms absence.

Now follows the two last parts of her carriage in the beloveds absence; First, after she hath (as it were) read over his Epistle, she comforts her self in his love, and her interest in him, though he be absent. (It's good use of his word, when it is made use of, for strengthening our faith in him, when sense is away) There are two parts of this consolation, 1. Her faith is clear for the present, vers. 16. 2. Her hope is solid in the expectation of an excellent day coming, vers. 17. Next, vers. 17. she puts up a prayer for a gracious visit, which she knowes he will allow upon her untill that day come; and this is the last thing here recorded of the Brides carriage in the Bridegrooms absence.

In the 16. verse, the faith of her interest in him, is, 1. Asserted, ⟨p. 149⟩my beloved is mine, and I am his. 2. It's vindicated, or established against an objection in the following words, he feeds, &c. The assertion holds out an union betwixt him and her, I am his, &c. Or, as it is in the Original, I am to him, and he is to me; Such as is the union betwixt married persons, Hos. 3. 3. which the tie of marriage brings on: Even such is this which follows covenanting with God; for, this union presupposeth it, and is founded on it, Ezek. 16. 8