Watch — men — The governors of the church, who, though by their place they are obliged to comfort the faithful, do frequently discourage them. Smote — With bitter calumnies and persecutions. The keepers — The same with the watchmen, whose office it is to keep the gates and walls of the city. My vine — Which was an ornament of her sex, and an ensign of her relation to Christ. And so the taking of this veil away, signifies their contemptuous usage of her, and endeavours to represent her, as one that had no relation to Christ.
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Song of Solomon 5:7
7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.