Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
I rather accept the expressions in this verse as referring first to the person of Christ in his human nature, and next in him to all his people. The desires of Jesus were wholly of this kind. They were all his own. His desire is towards me, saith the church. Song of Solomon 7:10. And it was for the sake of the church that Christ separated, that is sanctified, set apart, himself. John 17:19 And when a child of God is also set apart, and sanctified, is not his desire towards Jesus in all wisdom? Paul's account of himself suits all of Paul's sentiments. When it pleased God (saith he) who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace to reveal his Son in me, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood. Galatians 1:15-16.