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

Again, the Pronoun, us, Let us go, is not without good purpose added; It's not, Go thou, nor, I will go: but, Let us go, as bearing in it a double motive, and evidence of her affection. 1. That she offers her self to bear him company. Obs. When Christ's company is loved and respected, the soul will be content ⟨p. 407⟩to leave all others, and go with him, for the entertaining of it. 2. It implies, that though she had an errand, and desire to be abroad; yet, she could not endure to go about it without him: therefore (saith she) Let us go. Obs. 1. The fields, and most pleasant recreations, are heartless and wearisome without Christ's company, in the believers esteem. 2. His company is the believers great encouragement to undertake any thing, and that which makes his out-going and in-coming pleasant: She is content to go with him, and cannot abide to go without him. Lastly, it shows her respecting that which was her part in the exercise, as well as his, and her resolution to conform her practice to her prayers; for, as she desires him to go, so she is willing to go her self: If we would expect the answer of prayer, our practices should be like our prayers.

Again, the Pronown, us, Let us go, is not without good purpose added; It's not, Go thou, nor, I will go: but, Let us go, as bearing in it a double motive, and evidence of her affection. 1. That she offers her self to bear him company. Obs. When Christ's company is loved and respected, the soul will be content ⟨p. 407⟩to leave all others, and go with him, for the entertaining of it. 2. It implyes, that though she had an errand, and desire to be abroad; yet, she could not endure to go about it without him: therefore (saith she) Let us go. Obs. 1. The fields, and most pleasant recreations, are heartlesse and wearisome without Christ's company, in the believers esteem. 2. His company is the believers great incouragement to undertake any thing, and that which makes his out-going and in-coming pleasant: She is content to go with him, and cannot abide to go without him. Lastly, it shews her respecting that which was her part in the exercise, as well as his, and her resolution to conform her practice to her prayers; for, as she desires him to go, so she is willing to go her self: If we would expect the answer of prayer, our practices should be like our prayers.