Canticles 8:7; Psalm 72:26
Many waters have not been able to quench charity: neither shall floods drown it. My flesh hath fainted, and my heart: O God, the God of my heart, and my portion forever.
Haydock
Canticles 8
Verse 7. Drown it. As other fires may be extinguished. He who sinks under persecution, has not real charity. Temptation does not weaken a person, but shews what he is. Ecclus. xxxiv. 9. C. — He shall. Worldlings will ridicule his parting with temporal delights, for those which do not appear: but the true lover will make no account of the former. C.
Psalm 72
Verse 26. Away. I am ready to die for love, and gratitude. H. — I esteem not myself, if I am deprived of Thee. We must love God with a most chaste, and disinterested affection, if we desire to enjoy him, (Bert.) GOD ALONE. Boudon.