Song of Solomon 2:5

Stay me; or, support me; keep me from sinking or fainting. The spouse speaks this to her bridemaids, the daughters of Jerusalem, as it is expressed, Song of Solomon 2:7, or to the servants or friends of the Bridegroom there waiting, and to the Bridegroom himself; as a person ready to faint cries to any or all that are near to him or her for help. With flagons; with wine, which is a good cordial, Psalms 104:15 Proverbs 31:6,7, and which was there present, Song of Solomon 2:4. Flagons are here, and 1 Chronicles 16:3, put for flagons of wine, as it is fully expressed, Hosea 3:1, or for the wine contained in them, as the cup is put for wine, Luke 22:20, by a common metonymy. Comfort me with apples; with odoriferous apples, such as pomegranates, or the like, the smell whereof was grateful and useful to persons ready to faint. By these metaphors understand the application of the promises, and the comfortable and quickening influences of the Spirit. I am sick of love; either,

1. With transports of joy, which sometimes causes a fainting of the spirits, as Genesis 45:26 1 Kings 10:5. Or,

2. With grief for his departure from her, of which we read Song of Solomon 3:1,2, or for fear of it. Or rather,

3. With ardent desire of a stricter union, and clearer discoveries of his love, and perfect and uninterrupted communion with him in glory. That sickness is sometimes the effect of love hath been oft observed by physicians.