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Introduction.

SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I. 1.

2-17.

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Brief view of the subject in initials, 2-4. Salient points of the history during the Withdrawal of the King, 5—14; with hints of prosperity and establishment, 15—17. . 26

CHAPTER II.

A complex parallel in the form of epanodos* begins with this chapter, and ends at iii. 5. It contains an initial view of the Gentile Church, 1-7. A representation of the lone Jewish Church, 8, 9. The call to the Church generally by the preaching of the Gospel, 10-13, which verses form the centre of the epanodos. The lone Gentile Church is represented at 14, 15, as the lone Jewish at 8, 9. The Gentile Church and Jewish are both among the shadows at 16, 17; the latter waiting for the first coming of Christ, and the former for His second

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CHAPTER III.

Initial view of the Jewish Church, 1-5. Corresponding to that of the Gentile, ii. 1-7. The calling and reception by Christ of the elect Gentiles, 6, and their union with the Jews in the Christian Church, follows the incarnation of Christ represented at verse 4. This complex union, natural and spiritual, human and divine, constitutes the espousals of the Song, 4—11

CHAPTER IV.

The double united Church of Jew and Gentile, built up together in one body, is described as the Fair Love, *See Note E.

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