Augustine of Hippo, on Song 4:12

“My sister, my spouse, is a garden enclosed, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed up.”

“Taking all these things, therefore, into consideration, I think that I am not rash in saying that there are some in the house of God after such a fashion as not to be themselves the very house of God, which is said to be built upon a rock. [The church] is called the one dove, which is styled the beauteous bride without spot or wrinkle, and a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed, a well of living water, an orchard of pomegranates with pleasant fruits. [This] house also received the keys, and the power of binding and loosing.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.