Song of Solomon 4:9. Thou hast ravished my heart, -
I think the Septuagint reads it, "Thou hast unhearted me," as if Christ’s people had taken away his heart, so that it was all theirs, and not his any longer. "Thou hast ravished my heart," -
Song of Solomon 4:9. My sister my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
The eye of love, and the neck of faith with its chain, hold captive the heart of Christ.
"So dear, so very dear to Christ,
Dearer I cannot be;
The love wherewith God loves his sons,
Such is Christ’s love to me."
Oh, what a miracle of mercy it is that Christ himself should be unhearted by such foul and loathsome creatures as we were, yet he loved us so that he would have us; and having determined to do so, he put a beauty upon us that is really now worthy of his love. I speak advisedly, for the righteousness of Christ and the sanctification of the Spirit have in them something really so fair that Christ does not now love that which is unworthy of his love, that righteousness which he has himself wrought in us now rightly claims his affection.
Song of Solomon 4:9. Thou hast ravished my heart, -
I think the Septuagint reads it, "Thou hast unhearted me," as if Christ’s people had taken away his heart, so that it was all theirs, and not his any longer. "Thou hast ravished my heart," -
Song of Solomon 4:9. My sister my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
The eye of love, and the neck of faith with its chain, hold captive the heart of Christ.
"So dear, so very dear to Christ,
Dearer I cannot be;
The love wherewith God loves his sons,
Such is Christ’s love to me."
Oh, what a miracle of mercy it is that Christ himself should be unhearted by such foul and loathsome creatures as we were, yet he loved us so that he would have us; and having determined to do so, he put a beauty upon us that is really now worthy of his love. I speak advisedly, for the righteousness of Christ and the sanctification of the Spirit have in them something really so fair that Christ does not now love that which is unworthy of his love, that righteousness which he has himself wrought in us now rightly claims his affection.