Matthew Poole and continuators on Song of Solomon 4:7

7 Thou art all fair , my love, there is no spot in thee .

It is needless to mention the several beauties of all thy parts, for in one word thou art wholly beautiful, and it may be said more truly of thee than it was of Absalom, 2 Sam. 14. 25. that from the sole of thy Foot to the crown of thy Head there is no blemish in thee.

Which is not to be understood simply and absolutely, as if the People of God were really perfect, and free from all sin, but either 1. Comparatively, no such spot or blemish as is in wicked Men, or, as is inconsistent with true Grace, of which Moses speaks, Deut. 32. 5. Or 2. In regard of Gods gracious acceptation, in which respect he is said, not to behold iniquity in Jacob, Num. 23. 21. God doth not look upon them with a severe Eye, as they are in themselves, but in and through Christ, in whom he accepts them as if they were perfect, partly because it is their chief design, desire, and endeavour to be so, and partly because Christ hath undertaken to make them so, Eph. 5. 25, 27. and they shall one day be such.

Marginal references: Eph. 5. 27.