2. Her satisfaction in Christ's fellowship, vers. 13. and 14. is illustrat in two similitudes, whereby her holy fondness (to speak so) on him appears. The 1. similitude is, a bundle of myrrh. Myrrh was a precious and savo•ry spice, made use of in the anointing oil, Exod. 30. •3. and in embalming Christ's body. A bundle of it, signifies abundance of it, not a stalk or a grain, but a bundle that must be of more worth, and virtue than a lesser quantity. The 2. similitude, to the same scope, is, a cluster of Camphire, or Cypress; a sweet, odoriferous and precious wood in these parts; and a cluster of it, implies a congeries of it, having much of it's excellency bound up together: and under these two similitudes (because one is not enough to set forth the thing) is understood a most precious, refreshful excellency which is to be found in Christ, and wherewith the most desirable excellency amongst the creatures being compared, he is much more excellent than they all; He is more sweet and precious than a cluster, even of that Camphire which grows in the Vineyards of En-gedi, where it's like the most precious of that kind grew. Now these expressions hold forth, 1. Christ's preciousness. 2. His efficacy and virtue. 3. His abounding in both; the worth and virtue that is in him, cannot be comprehended, nor told. 4. The Brides wisdom in making use of such things to describe Christ; and her affection in preferring him to all other things, and in satisfying her self in him; which is the last thing in these verses.
2. Her satisfaction in Christ's fellowship, vers. 13. and 14. is illustrat in two similitudes, whereby her holy fondnesse (to speak so) on him appears. The 1. similitude is, a bundle of myrrhe. Mirrhe was a precious and savo•ry spice, made use of in the anointing oyle, Exod. 30. •3. and in embalming Christ's body. A bundle of it, signifies abundance of it, not a stalk or a grain, but a bundle that must be of more worth, and vertue than a lesser quantity. The 2. similitude, to the same scope, is, a cluster of Camphire, or Cypresse; a sweet, odoriserous and precious wood in these parts; and a cluster of it, implyes a congeries of it, having much of it's excellency bound up together: and under these two similitudes (because one is not enough to set forth the thing) is understood a most precious, refreshful excellency which is to be found in Christ, and wherewith the most desirable excellency amongst the creatures being compared, he is much more excellent than they all; He is more sweet and precious than a cluster, even of that Camphire which growes in the Vineyards of En-gedi, where it's like the most precious of that kind grew. Now these expressions hold forth, 1. Christ's preciousnesse. 2. His efficacy and vertue. 3. His abounding in both; the worth and vertue that is in him, cannot be comprehended, nor told. 4. The Brides wisdom in making use of such things to describe Christ; and her affection in preferring him to all other things, and in satisfying her self in him; which is the last thing in these verses.
