The Lord Jesus elegantly expresseth his own excellency, by comparing himself unto a Rose, the Rose of Sharon.
Christ in his humiliation was abased so low, as to be in subjection to the Father.
A Well is a fit receptacle for Water, and it is expected Water should be therein; but if it be empty, it greatly deceives and disappoints them that come to draw Water out of it: so ministers should be stored with much grace and heavenly doctrine. But those who come to a False-Teacher, to receive instruction and comfort for their souls, are grievously deceived.
The Fox is not only crafty, but cruel to harmless creatures; so are False-Teachers to the souls of men.
By Milk here, we must understand the doctrine of the Gospel, which is easily taught unto the capacities of such as are children in understanding.
As False-Teachers are compared to “Wells without Water,” so likewise they are to “Clouds without Rain, carried with a tempest.”
This simile alludes to the legal type of the High-Priest, who might marry none but a Virgin.
