To see the fruits of the valley, &c. there had been much be∣stowed upon the Spouse to make her fruitfull, and now Christ takes a view of her fruitfulnesse, to see whether shew answered the labour and cost he did be∣stow upon her.
Fruits here properly meane, the greene, or first ripe fruits, such as are come to maturitie at the beginning of the yeare, or spring time; so that after the cold stor∣mie winter of darknesse, ignorance, and tribulation, comes the chearefull Spring of grace, and glorie in the Church. But it is added.