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Song of Solomon 2

3 The Church deſireth to reſt vnder the ſhadowe of Chriſt. 8 She heareth his voyce. 14 She is compared to the dooue, 15 And the enemies to the foxes.
1.I Am the roſe of the field, & the lilie of the valleis.
2.Like a lilie among the thornes, ſo is my loue among the daughters.
3.Like the apple tre amõg the trees of the foreſt: ſo is my welbeloued among the ſonnes of men: vnder his ſhadowe had I delite, & ſate downe: and his frute was ſwete vnto my mouth.
4.He broght me into the wine celler, and loue was his banner ouer me.
5.Stay me with flagons, and comfort me with apples: for I am ſicke of loue.
6.His left hand is vnder min: head, & his right hand doeth imbrace me.
7.I charge you, ô daughters of Ieruſalém, by the roes & by the hindes of the field, that ye ſtirre not vp, nor wake my loue, vntil ſhe pleaſe.
8.It is the voice of my welbeloued: beholde, he cometh leaping by the mountaines, and ſkipping by the hilles.
9.My welbeloued is like a roe, or a yong heart: lo, he ſtandeth behynde our wall, loking forthe of the windowes, ſhewing him ſelfe through the grates.
10.My welbeloued ſpake & ſaid vnto me, Ariſe, my loue, my faire one, & come thy way.
11.For beholde, ye winter is paſt: the raine is changed, and is gone away.
12.The flowers appeare in ye earth: the time of the ſinging of birdes is come, & the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.
13.The figtre hathe broght forthe her yong figges: & the vines with their ſmall grapes haue caſt a ſauour: ariſe my loue, my faire one, and come away.
14.My dooue, that art in the holes of the rocke, in ye ſecret places of ye ſtaires, ſhewe me thy ſight, let me heare thy voice: for thy voyce is ſwete, and thy ſight comelie.
15.Take vs ye foxes, ye litle foxes, wc deſtroy the vines: for our vines haue ſmale grapes.
16.My welbeloued is mine, and I am his: he fedeth among the lilies,
17.Vntil ye day breake, & the ſhadowes flee away: returne, my welbeloued, & be like a roe, or a yong hart vpon the mountaines of Béther.

Notes

1:a.
Thus Chriſt preferreth his Church aboue all other thĩgs
3:b.
The ſpouſe teſtifieth her great deſire toward her houſband, but her ſtrẽgth faileth her, and therefore ſhe deſireth to be comforted, & felt it
4:c.
Chriſt chargeth them wt haue to do in the Church, as it were by a ſolemne othe, that thei trouble not the quietnes thereof
7:d.
This is ſpaken of Chriſt, who toke vpõ him our nature to come to helpe his Church.
8:e.
For aſmuche as his diuinitie was hid vnder the cloke of our fleſh
9:f.
So that we can not haue ful knowledge of him in this life
11:g.
That is, ſinne and error is driuen backe by the cõming of Chriſt wc hich is here deſcribed by ye ſpring time, when all things flouriſh
14:h.
Thou thãt art aſhamed of thy ſinnes, come & ſhewe thy ſelf vnto me
15:i.
Suppreſſe ye heretikes wc hiles thei are yong, that is, when thei beginne to ſhewe their malice & deſtroy ye vine of the Lord.
17:k.
The Church deſireth Chriſt to be moſte ready to helpe her in all dangers.