The Fountain Of The Gardens

Fons hortorum, malorum puteus aquarum viventium, quae fluunt impetu de Libano. Ostendit fructus, modo ponit unde ipse hortus habeat irrigationem, quasi diceret: In horto est fons, id est baptismus, vel divina sapientia: fons dico hortorum irrigans hortum ex Judaeis et hortum ex gentibus, et non talis fons qui possit cito evacuari, sed qui sit puteus, id est altus et profundus, quia quanto magis inquirit divina sapientia, tanto profundior invenitur. Profunda sunt ea quae, in baptismo significantur; puteus dico aquarum ex quo fluunt aquae, fluunt quidem ex divina sapientia aquae, quae lavant et mundas reddunt animas. Fluunt quoque ex baptismo aquae, id est dona Spiritus sancti, quae in baptismo recipiuntur. Aquarum dico viventium, id est animas vivificantium; quae currunt ad correctionem inferiorum de Libano, id est de majoribus et de perfectis qui sunt candidati in virtutibus. Fluunt dico et non parce, sed abundanter et impetuose. Anselmus Laudunensis, Enarrationes in Cantica canticorum, Caput IV Source: Migne PL 162.1209d-1210a

The fountain of the gardens, a well of living waters, which flow strongly from Mount Lebanon. 1 He shows the fruit, by the way of setting down how the garden is watered, as if he said, in the garden there is a fountain, that is, baptism, or Divine wisdom, a fount, I say, that waters the garden of gardens, the garden of the Jews and the garden of the Gentiles, and it is not a fountain that can be swiftly exhausted, but it is a well, that is, it is deep and rich, because the more that one seeks with Divine wisdom the more deeply one finds. Deep are the things which are signified by baptism, the well that I speak of, from which flow the water of waters, that flow from Divine wisdom, and they cleanse and fashion clean souls. The waters also flow from baptism, that is, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which are received in baptism. I speak of the living waters, that is, those which give life to the soul, which rush down from Mount Lebanon for the correction of lower things, that is, from greater things and from perfect things, which are resplendent with virtue. They flow, I say, and do not dry up, but they run abundantly and swiftly. Anselm of Laon, Commentary On The Song of Songs, Chapter 4 1 Song 4.15