Matthew Poole and continuators on Song of Solomon 2:2

2 As the lilly among the thorns , so is my love among the daughters .

Compared with Thorns, which it unspeakably exceeds in Glory and Beauty.

So far, and much more, doth my Church or People, excel all other Assemblies or People. The title of Daughter is oft given to whole Nations; whence we read of the Daughter of Babylon, and of Egypt, and of Edom, &c. Isa. 47. 1. Ier. 46. 11. Lam. 4. 21. These are Christs words, to which the Spouse makes the following Reply. And it is observable here, that as Christ is here represented as a Shepherd, and the Spouse as a Country Virgin, so the similitudes here used are agreeable to that estate.