Chapter 682 of 1261

Song of Solomon 6:2

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, toiled in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

These words contain the church's answer to the second question of the daughters of Jerusalem; they had asked her what her beloved was more than others; she told them: they then proceed to ask, whither he was gone; to which she here replies. In which may be considered,

I. The place whither she says he was gone; "my beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices."

II. The end of his going down, or what his business and employment was when there; which was twofold: 1st, "To feed in the gardens." 2dly, "To gather lilies."

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