Song of Solomon 5:7

The watchman that went about the city The governors of the church, who, though by their place they are obliged to comfort the faithful, do frequently discourage them. Found me, and smote me With bitter calumnies and persecutions. The keepers of the walls The same with the watchmen, whose office it is to keep the gates and walls of the city. Took away my veil from me 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.