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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.
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.
First, If the scope and matter of this Song will agree to any one time, or if all of it will agree to Believers at any time, then it cannot be Prophetical; for, Prophecy supposeth a diversity of time, for diverse events, and cannot be said at any one time alike to be fulfilled; but all the subject of this Song may be fulfilled in one Believer or other, at any one time; there are still some enjoying Christ, some deserted, some praying, some suffering, &c. and so of what ever part of it we can think upon, it may be said of one time, as well as of another, that it hath its accomplishment in one Believer or other; and therefore, it is not properly Prophetical.
First, If the scope and matter of this Song will agree to any one time, or if all of it will agree to Believers at any time, then it cannot be Prophetical; for, Prophecy supponeth a diversity of time, for diverse events, and cannot be said at any one time alike to be fulfilled; but all the subject of this Song may be fulfilled in one Believer or other, at any one time; there are still some injoying Christ, some deserted, some praying, some suffering, &c. and so of what ever part of it we can think upon, it may be said of one time, as well as of another, that it hath its accomplishment in one Believer or other; and therefore, it is not properly Prophetical.
2. If all of it may now be applied to Believers, yea, and at any time before the end of the world, may be as well applied as being then fulfilled, as well as when it was written, then it is not Prophetical, seeing Prophesies have their▪ particular accomplishments; but all parts of this Song, even the first parts, may now be applied, and will still agree to Believers, as properly as it did in Solomon's time. Therefore, &c.
2. If all of it may now be applyed to Believers, yea, and at any time before the end of the world, may be as well applyed as being then fulfilled, as well as when it was written, then it is not Prophetical, seing Prophesies have their▪ particular accomplishments; but all parts of this Song, even the first parts, may now be applyed, and will still agree to Believers, as properly as it did in Solomon's time. Therefore, &c.