Matthew Poole and continuators on Song of Solomon 2:5

5 Stay me with flagons , comfort me with apples ; for I am sick of love .

Or, Support me, keep me from sinking or [illegible: 1+ letters]ainting. The Spouse speaks this to her Bride-maids, the daughters of Ierusalem, as it is expressed v. 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 Wine, which is a good cordial, Ps. 104. 15. Pro. 31. 6, 7. and which was there present, v. 4. Flagons are here, and 1 Chr. 16. 3. put for Flagons of Wine, as it is fully expressed, Hos. 3. 1. or for the Wine contained in them, as the Cup is put for Wine, Luk. 22. 20. by a common Metonymy.

With odoriferous Apples, such as Pomgranates, 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.

Either 1. With transports of joy, which somtimes causes a fainting of the Spirits, as Gen. 45. 26. 1 Kin. 10. 5. Or 2. With grief for his departure from her, of which we read, Ch. 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 somtimes the effect of Love hath been oft observed by Physicians.

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