Matthew Poole and continuators on Song of Solomon 4:16

16 Awake , O north-wind, and come thou south, blow upon my garden , that the spices thereof may flow out : let my beloved come into his garden , and eat his pleasant fruit .

Or, Arise, either 1. To be gone, as being commonly hurtful to Plants and Gardens: Or rather 2. To come, as the next clause explains it: For both the North-wind and the South-wind have their several uses in Gardens, the for[illegible: 1+ letters]er to purge and cool the Air, and to bring fair weather, the [illegible: 1 word] to [illegible: 1 word] and moisten the Earth, and cherish the Plants. And th[illegible: 1+ letters]se Winds may signifie the several Dispensations either of Gods Providence, or rather of his Spirit, which is compared to the wind, Ioh. 3. 8. whereby the following effects are produced.

This verse is spoken by the Spouse, as appears from the last clause of it. And the calls the Garden both hers and his, because of that oneness which is between them, ch. 2. 16. whereby they have a common Interest one in anothers person and concerns.

Th[illegible: 1+ letters]t my Graces may be exercised to thy Glory, the Edification of others, and my own comfort.

Let Christ afford his gracious presence more and more to his Church.

And let him delight himself in that Service and Glory which is given to him, both by the religious Worship, and by the holy conversations of his People.