[86] Est ὀαριστὺς inter Salomonem et filiam regis Aegypti, interloquentibus etiam choris duobus tum juvenum tum virginum, qui in proximis thalamo locis excubabant. Nuptiarum arcana sub honestis verborum involucris hic latent: quae etiam causa est, cur Hebraei veteres hunc librum legi noluerint nisi a jam conjugio proximis. Creditur autem Salomon, quo magis perennaret hoc scriptum, ea arte id composuisse, ut sine multa distorsione ἀλληγορίαι in eo inveniri possent; quae Dei amorem adversus populum Israeliticum exprimerent; quod et sensit et ostendit Chaldaeus hic paraphrastes, nec aliter accepit Maimonides. Ille autem amor typus cum fuerit amoris Christi erga ecclesiam, Christiani ingenia sua ad applicanda ad eam rem hujus carminis verba exercuerunt laudabili studio. Nam et Apostoli Christi cum ecclesia conjunctionem matrimonio comparaverant. Eph. v. 32; 2 Cor. ii. 2; Apoc. vii. 8. Annot. in Vet. Test. [87] Vide Opera Cocceii, Tom. viii. fol. Amstel. Tom. ii. Synopsis et Medulla prophet. Cantici. [88] A brief Exposition of the whole book of Canticles (London, 1648), p. 4. [89] A Commentary upon the Book of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs (London, 1650), pp. 174, 175. [90] Comm. Apocalypticus in Canticum Canticorum, 1688. [91] Praef. in Cant. Paris, 1693. [92] Paraphrase and Annotations on the Song of Songs, in loco. [93] Preface to the Exposition of the Song of Solomon. [94] Clavis Cantici, or an Exposition of the Song of Solomon (Edinburgh, 1723), pp. 11, 12. [95] Exposition, pp. 103, 106. [96] A Supplement to Whiston’s late Essay towards restoring the true text of the Old Testament (London, 1723), pp. 5, 7. [97] An Exposition of the book of Solomon’s Song, &c. (London, 1854), p. 10. [98] See Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews, Lect. xxx.; p. 345, Gregory’s Translation, Third Edition. [99] Preface to the Song of Solomon, newly translated from the original Hebrew, with a Commentary and Annotations, London, 1764. [100] Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, by John Wesley, (Bristol, 1765.) Vol. III. p. 1926. [101] The Outlines of a new Commentary on Solomon’s Song, London, 1768; second edition, 1775, pp. 74, 75, 81. [102] Notes to Bishop Lowth’s Praelectiones. [103] Das durch eine leichte und ungekünstelte Erklärung von seinen Vorwürfen gerettete Hohelied, 1771. [104] Vide supra, pp. 46, 56. [105] Critical Remarks on Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Canticles, 1772. [106] Umschreibung des Hohenliedes, oder die Gemeine mit Christo und den Engeln im Grabe, nebst andern biblischen Erklärungen. Herausgegeben von D. Conrad Heinrich Runge. Bremen, 1776. [107] Salomon’s Lieder der Liebe, &c. Herder’s Sämmtliche Werke in vierzig Bänden, Dritter Band, pp. 82, 83. Stuttgart und Tübingen, 1852. [108] Sammlung der Gedichte Salomons, &c. Hamm, 1780. [109] A poetical Translation of the Song of Solomon, London, 1781.