John Trapp on Song of Solomon 2:9

Verſ. 9. My Beloved is like a Roe, or a young Hart] Viz. For ſweetneſs and ſwiftneſs, as in the former verſe. His help ſeems long, becauſe wee are ſhort. In the opportunity of time hee will not bee wanting to thoſe that wait for him. The Lion ſeems to leave her young ones till they have almoſt killed themſelves with roaring and howling; but at laſt ſhee relieves them: and hereby they become the more couragious. God ſeems to forget his people ſometimes, but it is that they may the better remember themſelves, and reminde him. Hee ſeems, as here to have taken a long journey, and to bee at a great diſtance from them, when as indeed hee is as near us, as once hee was to Mary Magdalen after his Reſurrection, but ſhee was ſo bleared ſhee could not ſee him. If hee at any time abſent himſelf for trial of our Faith and love to him, and to let us know how ill wee can bee without him, yet hee is no further off, than behinde ſome wall or ſcreen. Or if hee get out of doors from us, yet hee looks in at the window to ſee how wee take it, and ſoon after ſhews himſelf thorow the Latteſs, that wee may not altogether deſpond or deſpair of his return. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Apparuit inſtar floris exoricutis. Yea hee flouriſheth or bloſſometh thorow the Latteſſes, like ſome flower or fruit-tree that growing under or near unto a window, ſends in a ſweet ſent into the room, or perhaps ſome pleaſant branches: to teach, that Chriſt cometh not to his without profit, and comfort to their ſouls.