Matthew Poole and continuators on Song of Solomon 5:16
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Song of Solomon5:16
16 His mouth is ‖ most sweet , yea, he is altogether lovely . This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem .
Which was said before in other words, v. 13. and is here justly repeated, because it was a principal part of Christs beauty, and the chief instrument of the Spouses Comfort and Happiness, which wholly depends upon his sweet and excellent Speeches, his holy Precepts, and gracious Offers and Promises contained in the Gospel.
Not to run out into more particulars, in one word there is no part of him which is not exquisitely beautiful.
And therefore you have no cause to wonder or to blame me if I am transported with Love to so excellent a personage.
Marginal references: Heb. his palate.; Heb. desires.; † Heb. sweetness.
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