Section 478
I. She gives the same title or character to Christ here, which she had in the former verse, "my beloved"
Which teaches us, 1. That Christ being once the believer's beloved, is always so; he has always an interest in Christ, and can never lose it; it is true, he may not always have the manifestations of Christ's love, but he has always an interest in him, as his beloved; for nothing can "separate him from the love of Christ." 2. This shews, that her faith in him, and her love towards him, still continued; these two graces are never separate; they are implanted in the heart at one and the same time; they grow up and increase together, "faith works by love;" they continue together, and can never be lost; they are not indeed always alike in exercise, but they are always in being; but here they were in exercise as before, and rather increased, while she was contemplating and commending her beloved's excellencies. 3. From hence it appears, that she was not ashamed of Christ under this character, and therefore she repeats it, and indeed she had no reason: for her Maker was her husband, "the Lord of hosts is his name, the God of the whole earth shall he be called;" he had more reason to be ashamed of her, she being a poor, sinful, and despicable creature in herself, and he the Creator of all things, and the holy One of Israel; and indeed, she was so far from being ashamed of Christ as her beloved, that she took a pleasure in looking on him, and conversing with him as such. 4. Her repeating it, shews not only the vehemence of her love to him, but also the singular esteem that she had for him; that he was her beloved, and none else; that she chose, approved of, and valued him above all others; he was to her "the chiefest among ten thousands," and preferable to all other beloveds.