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Show The Text opwed, ver. 7• ,.,,,liM b~1: they are two words in the ~nglifh, but in the Hebrew they only differ in the form, the root ts the faro~ .,1V fig· nifying to awai(r, excite, flir up , which are words whtch rela<e to fleep, or re]f, and import a diflmb~nce .of ~e!t. . So that that which the Spoufe .cautions people agat~fl, IS, dtllurbmg. the 1"" t ofChri}f a11d hi< Church, or the Reft wl11ch Cbrij~ bath wllh the be.· /ieving So,./, or which the believing Soul hath m Cbrift, [ Vntzl he pleafe, J fpoken after the manner of men. .wh;n we would not have one difquicted who is at ref\, or who ts latd to rtjl, we fay, I charge you do not awaken.him zmtil be pleafe. Only one thing I mull note, that the parll~le Vnt~l doth not ah~ays de· ncte a limitatiOil of time, after whtch a thtng may be winch moy not be before t!J't time, but by it fometimes a thing is denied EttrnaUy. Thus 2 Sam 6. 23. Michal had no tnore ch<ldren umzl tlu d•y of her death, i. e. !he never had more. Gen. 2 8. 1 S. I :"'U uotleave thee until I have done that whicb I have [poi<!n to thee of,t.e; I will never leave thee; for fo God hath faid , I will never /,.ve tim nor for(->kj thee : [o here, until he pleaf', i. e. that y~u never ,/;[q1<iet bim. For the true underflanding of this Verfe, we mull enquire and find out what" the refl, and fl"P of . Cbrz{f, and how he may be faid to be jfzrred up and difqumed; and mad~ to wai<!, ( as a man out of !Jeep ) ( to which I !lull fully fpeak tn ope~w.g the Doctrine.) There is yet one paff•ge more to be noted, It IS the form of the Speech: [ I adjure you by the Roer and the Rindt of the field if you, &c. I adjure you, J I make you to f wear. The Hebrew root is, tJ~tll Septem, fc:ven , thence the Verb tJ~tll to Swear: either becaufe in that folemn act of Sweanng the 'fewt were wont (as fome fay) to repeat the words of the Oath [even times or becaufe they were wont to take Ieven Witneffe> : hence (fay fome) when Abraham fware to Abimelech, he fer a fide feven /amb1 for a witntfs.The word in Scriptur~ is of~en ufed t?fl~nifie the act of Swearing. In the third ConjugatiOn ( whtch IS that ufed here ) it fignitieth to make to [wear; I adjure you, i. e. I m•i<! you to [wear, or rather, I charge you as flrictly, as if you were obliged by an Oath. But the greatefl difficulty lies yet be· hind viz. in the underftanding of that term : 1N l"l1~.::lN::l' ;"l.,tp';'l M1,'N:::Z ~ J'UYd.IJ.tVI Jb lxJ~tVI, 'TV c1{pw, whom the Jf.tbi· op. and Arab. Tranfiators follow,in, or by the flrengthand power of the Fields: we have the fame phrafein this Song, Chap.3. 5· Chap. 8. 4• It is a ctrtain form of a fevere charj¥!, cmfe, or ad- 1h.e Text opmed,·ver. ·7. juration. Juramwtum pajlorale, a pq(loral or Sbepbeards 0Jtb, ( fauh Mercer,) ~thers think otherwife; ~' ~. you daughters of Hmu{alem , lhat hve among the Rof!alld Hinds of the Field. To give you a little tafie of the variety of fenfes put by Interpreters on th<s Text: · 1. So~e here underfland by the Roes andHilzds oftbeField,tho(e hfalls finctly,that are fo called & make a divc:rfe fence from thence: E1ther, r. I charge you as flriCl:ly, as if you had fworn by the Rces ~nd Hmds of the Fuld; or thus. 2.yo11 dauf!.hteruf Hieru{ahm that hve amongfl ~he Roes and the Hmds of tbe Field; for you know the IfraelzteJ hved much of a Sbepbrardr Field-life: or thus, 2 .yo11 th.11 lzvezil the Fzrldr, and fee the Roes and the Hi11dsof the Field how lovmg they are, or how f wift they are: The notion of Roer and Hilzdr in Scripture is nfcd, 1. To exprcfs fwi(tn e[I A{abd and thcServams of David, ~or this are sompared to Roes,~ Sam. 2 : 18. r Chron. r 2 •. 8. Th~s tn tillS Song the notion is ufed, to tigmfy th; ba{fe whiCh Chnfl makes, or which the Spotlfe would have htm make unto her, Ca':'· 2. 9, 17. So cbap. 8. v. 14. Maf<! hajfe my beloved, and be thou l1kc to a Roe,. or to a young Hart , "f>on . tbe moulltam of Spzcu. 2. To expreJj agtl;ty, <ngetti11g out of danger, Prov. 6. 5· delivrr thy/fl[<lf a Roe from the hand of the Hunltr 3· Thech>]edRae, is a notion made ufe of to fer out a miferabl~ forlorn eflatc, If. 13, '4· It lhall be as the chafed Roe, and'" the wandrmg .fheep whzch no man tai<!tb rep. 4· To fignify a great tbirft and defire, PfaJ. 42. v, r. for thofe creatmes ordinarily Ii·ve in Mounta..,r,where the grafs hath little juice, and there is little water to be· found: 5. To exprefs great love, either to yok,e·frllo"'s, Pro. 5• l9· ( fpeaktng oft he wife,) Let ber be aJ a plea[ant Hind or'" a youn!l: Roe, let .her breajls [ati<fie tbee ; or to our Children Jer 14 5 for there is obferved in thofe creatures a great Love, b~th 1~ th~i; mates and to therr young ones. Betides this fome Naturaliflr obferve a great difpolition in thefe creatures t~ help"" afflJtber and make them ~n_emblem of that brotherly Love, (which fhould be amongfl Chnflrans,) beariltg one anothm b11rthms, and fuljillmg tbe Law ofChrifi, Thus much now we learn from E'cripture about the "~t11re, and q~talmu of thefe BeaUs: Now it is no eafy thin to ~tve a )U~ account of .all particul., phr-fes in Scripture; '!ach t ~untry /th fome particular phrafes, which cannot be interpre· ~ accor lng to the Letter, bur mutt (for the true knowkdg 0 them) be underfiood from an acquaintance with the people aud qr |