m (i.e. ) Amongſt them that attend upon thy Spouſe,as the man» ner was in NuptialSolemnities 3 as men attended upon the Bridegroom, whence they were called Friends, John 3, 29. Inreference to Chriſt, as the Spouſe or Queen isthe Church in general, ſo theſe honourable Women are particular Believers, whoare daily added 'o the Church. Affs 2. 47 and ſubmit themſelves toits And although the Church i: made up ofparcicular Believers, yet she is diſtinguiſhed from them, for the Decency of the Parable as the whole is oft diſtioguifhed by our Minds, from the parts of which it Confifts, and as the Daughters of Jeruſalem are diſtinguiſhed from the Spouſe in the Book of the Can. ticles, though the Spouſe be wholly made up of them. And theſe Be- lievers may be ſaid to be Kings Daughters, Either, becauſe amongſt o- thers many perſons of Royal or princelie Races did embrace the Fatth, as was propheſied of them, 1ſatah 4g. 7. and 60+ 1c, 41. &c, or be cauſe they are in a ſpiritual Sence, Kings unto God, Revelations x, 6, n The moſt honourable place next to the Kings. See 1 Kings 2. 19, Matthew 26. 64. o Which is the poſture of a ſervant; to ſhew thar as the is a Queen, ſhe is a'ſo his SubjeR to ferve and obey him, or, is placed or ſeated : Which ſeems more agreeab'e to the perſon of a Queen, 1 Kings 2. 19. and ofa Spouſe at the Nuptial Solemnity. Clothed in the richeſt Garments made of the choiceſt Gold. By which he deſignsthe Graces wherewith the Church is;accompliſhed,
10 Hearken q, O daughter r, and conſider, and incline thine ears s: : forget alſothine own people, and thy fathers houſe 7.
q Theſe Words are ſpoken ; Either, i. In the perſon of the Atten- dants upon the Bride or Bridegroom. Or, 2, Of the Bridegroom Or rather, 3 By the Prophet hiniſfelf ; who having hitherto ſpoken to the Bridegroom, or King, now addrefleth his Speech to the Bride or Queen. r So he calls her, partly, in token of his ReſpeR and Affetion to her, and partly, becauſe ſhe is ſuppoſed to be young and beautiful, and therefore the Prophet ſpeaks like an Elder and graver perſon, and as her ſpifitual Father and Counſellor, s He uſeth ſeveral Words, ſignitying the ſame thins, to ſhew his ſerious and YVehement defire of her good, and the great importance and diffi- culty of praQtifing the following Counſel. # Not ſimply, but Com- paratively, ſo far as they oppoſe or hinder the diſcharge of thy Puty to thy Huzband z or fo far as they are Corrupted in Dofrine os Wor:
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ſhip, or praftice, He alludes to the Law of Matrimony, Gen.2. 24, and to what Solomon did ſay, or ſhould have ſaid to Pharaohs Davgh- ter. to wean her from the Idolatry and other Vices of her Fathers houſe. But thi: as well as the reſt of the Pſalm, reſpeRs Chriſt, and is a ſcaſonable and neceſſary Advice, and command to all perſons that defire to come to Chrift, whether Jews or Gentiles, that they would caſt off all their inveterate Errors and prejudices, all thoſe Superſti- tious or Idolatrous or wick:d Opinions or praftiſes, which they had received by long and antient, and therefore venerable Tradition from
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11 So ſhal the King greatly deſire thy beauty #: for he isthy Lord x, and worſhip thou him y.
# So dolng thou ſhalt be amiable and acceptable to thy Husband ; which will abundantly recompence thee, for the loſs of thy Fathers houſe, x As he 1s thy Husband, and alſo as he is thy King, and God, as he was called, v. 6. And this is added, as a Reaſon not of the laſt Words, why the King would defire her Beauty; but of the Advice given to her, v. 10. y By which he implies that her Husband was no meer
lation of that kaowa and immutable Precept of worſhipping God on- ly. |
12 And the daughter of Tyre z ſhal be there with a
gift a, even * the rich amongſt the people 6 ſhal in- treat | thy favour. |
x ( 7. e. ) The people or Citiz-ns of Tre; as the D ghter of Zion, or Jeruſalem, or Babel, 82, are put for their Fahabitadcs. 2 Kings 19. 21. Pſal, 137: 8 Zech. 9. 9, He mentionerh the Thrians ; Part= ly, becauſc they did give Preſents to Solomon, 1 Kinzs 5- 3, &c. to whom here 15 a continued alluſion thro-.g4 the whole Plalm 3 and part-= iy, becauſe they among others, and betore many others, were to be converted to Chriſt, as they were, Sce Mats tte 21, 22. Mark 32 81 and 7. 24+ Ads 21. 3, 4, 5. But they are here put Synecdochically for all the Genziles, whom that City ficly repreſents, as being the Mart ef the Nations, as ſhe is called. iſa, 23. 3 and beinga very rich and proud, and therefore a ſelf-conceited, and a ſtiff.necked people ; their Merchants being Princes, 1/a. 23. 8_ they may in a particular man» ner repreſcut all thoſe great and proud Princes and ſtubborn people of the Gentile- World, which thould be ſubdued toCheiſt by the preach, which was done by Gifts or Preſents, as ap»cars trom x Sam, io. 27. 2 Sam; 8. B.
&c: and partly to procure thins, and conſequently thy Husbands Fa- vour, as it here follows, b Of other Nations.