“To what does this bed refer, upon which the church seeks the one whom its soul loves, if not to the bed of its heart in which wisdom rests, where it seeks our Lord and Savior through continuous meditation? If the bed is the secrecy of the heart, then what is the night in which the church sought the Lord but was unable…”
Gregory of Elvira, 4th c. — EXPLANATION OF THE SONG OF SONGS 5:2
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1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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— Song of Solomon 3:1 —
2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?