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A15991	Three partes of Salomon his Song of Songs, expounded The first part printed before: but now re-printed and enlarged. The second and third partes neuer printed before. All which parts are here expounded and applied for the readers good. By Henoch Clapham.; Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon. English. Clapham.	Clapham, Henoch.	1603 (1603)	STC 2772; ESTC S116334	255,503	332

are to obserue the title is giuen to him and that is King enlarged by an Article of Demonstration That King secondly the Thing it selfe graunted and is an introduction into Messiahs neere-roomes He hath brought mee c. Saying Hammèlec as Mathew in his 22. chapter and 7. verse H● Basileus That King The Church so teacheth first that he to whome she prayeth is of supreame place Hee is a King and therefore the duetie of all to Feare before him But secondly that King euen that particular one who before by his spirites breathing had assured her of his loue and therefore her feare not slauish When this Messiah teacheth his Disciples to pray Our Father which arte in heauen c. he teacheth the same thing By the word Father hee would haue them assured of his Fathers Loue and by the word Heauen hee would haue them take Knowledge of his Maiestie occasionating Feare The Knowledge of his Feare it is for leading vs from Presumption the consideration of his Loue it is for driuing away blacke Desperation two extreame Rockes betweene which the faithfull must sayle vprightly neither enclyning towardes sinne presumptuous by presuming of mercy sinning which indeed is the vinuersall sinne of our age nor yet bend the sailes towardes desperate infidelitie bicause of sin already committed The knowledge of his Loue must cause vs like and loue only Holines and Righteousnesse because that only entreth and is glorified in heauen the notice had of his Feare it must force vs to the hatred of iniquity and impiety As he is our Sauiour so let vs loue but as he is our King so let vs feare Not feare as slaues who stand in no awe without respect of stripes but feare as children feare to offend a louing father and so Blessednes to the man that feareth alway Pro. 18.14 Touching the thing granted namely an introduction into Messiahs chambers I obserue first the maner hee hath brought me secondly the matter into his chambers The maner of this conduction is this the louing Messiah that speciall King he conuayes her he leads her yea indeede hee sweetely draweth her Comes in via pro vehiculo est A companion in our voyage standeth vs instead of a chariot But no fellow to Iesus no companion to Messiah Aske the two Emmauites whom Iesus accompanied what they got thereby Oh they will tell thee and Saint Luke will ioyne with them Chap. 24.25 c. that first hee will snub soules for ignorance and infedility touching holy scripture secondly that he is ready to expound Law and Prophets to such as he trauells with thirdly that he will not onely auoide the dawbing vp of soules with vntempered morter but also will apply the scriptures so faithfully vnto his willing hearers as it shall cause their frozen affections to burne againe within them fourthly that he will not leaue the willing soule till he haue opened the eyes and enabled it to know Iesus from an ordinary passenger And no maruell of these glorious effects for he is the Sauior that kingly conductor of the faithfull What doth the Church here testifie of his Conduct He hath brought me into his chambers Some not seeing how this preterit time can be apt they turne it when hee shall haue brought mee c. we will reioyce c. But as I see not that the word Hèbiáni is so to be translated so that preterite time may two wayes be made apt For if she should speake of the cause of her prayer Draw me it is as if she said I cannot but pray for power to further obedience because I am introduced into so Kinglike chambers Or if as I rather take it she make it an effect of her prayer it is aptly to be paraphrazed thus I haue prayed to my Kingly Beloued for further sence of his Loue and further meanes of holy obedience and loe what followeth Hee hath brought mee into his chambers At first I stood vpon the threshold of his house and that was a degree of happinesse highly extolled of Dauid Psal. 84.10 but since he hath as Mary speaketh Luke 1.52 exalted me from low degree for he hath brought me into his Inner roomes This state of exaltation followeth my prayers my feruent incessant prayers And thus let this degree of exaltation be either a cause or an effect of prayer the ordinary translation is apt But what are these Chambers Gregorius Magnus a most corrupt Pope of any before him but better then any of them after him he asketh the Question as his vsuall forme of expounding mysteries is and answereth thus By the Cellars of this spouse who also is a King what vnderstand we sauing the hid things of holy-Writ which we are diligently to search after sauing the mysteries of holy contemplation with whose delights if we be refected forthwith we become thorow well without doubt whosoeuer is brought into these Cellers he forthwith contemneth temporary things for that he is enriched with things of eternall nature Then the which what can be better spoken first in respect of the things figured by chambers secondly in respect of the good effect these things bring forth in the parties so possessed Touching the Chambers Cellars or Inner-roomes they import a sight and possession of Kingly blessings more then ordinary Kings haue excellent things in the outward parts of their buildings but the more excellent and soueraigne Monuments are laid vp in their treasuries and curiously couched in their chambers The Church is the house of God 1. Tim. 3.15.1 Pet. 2.5.1 Cor. 3.16 and the Temple of the Holy-ghost Many beauties are in the visible or outward partes of this house but precious gemmes laid vp in the inuisible and internall roomes thereof In this spirituall house as in the sides of the Tabernacles arke is the booke of God kept for which she is called the piller and ground of truth 1. Tim. 3.16 and in that Booke is Letter and Spirit the first killing the second quickening 2. Cor. 3.6 7 8. but all vayled to the vnbeleeuer and abhominable In these scriptures as in waters issuing the Temple Ezek. 47. there are diuerse depths and heights In some places one may wade by the anckles in some by the knees in othersome the waters rise so high as thorow them a man is not able to wade insomuch as Saint Paul setting foote into such mystery he is forced to crie out Oh the deepenesse of the riches both of the wisedome and knowledge of God! how vnsearchable are his iudgements and his wayes past finding out In such a chamber and height of mystery was the Apostle 2. Cor. 12.3 4. when hee heard secret things not to be spoken of man In which rapt-state the Church after in this Song acknowledgeth herselfe to be sometimes in None truely heare or see these vnwadeable things sauing the Sonne and to whom the Sonne reueales them And nee●e vnto Christ they come euen as it were into his secret chambers