MY welbeloved,] God, the Churches love, Ezekiel 16:8. to him he singeth, as David, Psalms 101:1. of his goodnes to her, her unthankfulnes to him.
a song] That it may be the better remembred, Deuteronomy 31:19; Deuteronomy 31:21.
a vineyard] His Church. Psalms 80:8. Jeremiah 2:21. Matthew 21:33. Mark 12:1. Luke 13:6. and Luke 20:9.
a very fruitfull hill.] Heb. the orn of the sonne of oyl, as Job 42:14. In a rich and fat soil. Deuteronomy 8:7.—9. and 11. 9.—12. Psalms 16:6. and Psalms 88:9.