3 b The spouse testifieth her great desire toward her housband, but her strength failethher, and therefore she desireth to be comforted, & felt it.
3 ! The Church desireth to rest vnder the shadowe of Christ.
7 c Christ chargeth them which haue to do in the Church, as it were by a solemne othe, that thei trouble not the quietnes thereof.
8 d This is spoken of Christ, who toke vpon him our nature to come to helpe his Church.
9 e For asmuche as his diuinitie was hid vnder the coke of our flesh.
11 g That is, sinne and error is driuen backe by the comming of Christ which is here described by the spring time, when all things florish.
14 h Thou that art ashamed of thy sinnes, come & shewe thy self vnto me.
15 i Suppresse the heretikes whiles thei are yong, that is, when thei beginne to shewe their malice & destroy the vine of the Lord.