Song of Solomon 7

Song of Solomon 7:1

HOw beautifull] the Bridegroome speaks still more and more, extolling the praises of his Bride, listed up to him by faith and fervent love, as hath been set down in the former chapter [Thy feet] namely, all the parts of thy soule, evn the lowest and most abject, being adorned and sanctified by the gifts of the Spirit, fitted to each part of them, see Cant. 1. 10. & 4. 9 John 13:1-38. 0.[O Princes daughter] namely Gods, who is supreme King of the Vniverse, and hath adopted thee to be his Daughter, and regenerated thee by his Spirit, to make thee capable of being joyned with me in spirituall matrimonie, Psal. 45. 13. 14 [The joynts] or the compasse, or the golden bindings and ornaments, for the ancient ornaments which they did weare about their feet, especially women were very pompous and stately, Isaiah 3:18. and all this is referred to the Churches handsome and vigorous manner of gate.

Song of Solomon 7:2

Thy navill] thy belly is the place of thy bowels, which signifies the Churches hearty charity, accompanied with the gifts of liberality, figured by the heap of wheat, of comfort and consolation, figured by the boule of wine, of unfained and sweet humanity signified by the Lillies, see Son 5:14.

Song of Solomon 7:4

Thine eyes] thou haste a great divine sight which receivs the celestial objects, as the heaven is seen, as it were in a looking-glasse, in still and leer waters [The fish-pooles] the Scripture makes mention no where else, neither of these fish-pooles nor of this gate [Heshbon] a City of theMoabites which fell to the Tribe of Ruben. 〈…〉he tower] of this tower there is no mention made else where: It might be some beacon or high watch tower upon Mount Lebanon, the Northern frontier of the Countrey, Iosh. 1. 4. by which here may be understood the Churches watchfulnesse against the dangers of her forraign enemies.

Song of Solomon 7:5

Thine head] that is to say, thou art exalted in dignity, thoughts, knowledge, and in goods and gifts, above all the rest of the world, like unto Carmell, a high and most fruitfull hill, and of a most curious aspect, Isaiah 35:2 [Like purple] the Italian addeth, Royall purple, for purple was the colour of Kings and Princes.

Song of Solomon 7:8

I will goe up] a figurative descripion of Christs perfect conjunction with his Church in the Kingdome of heaven, and of the unspeakble pleasure which Christ will take in her for ever.

Song of Solomon 7:9

That goeth downe] the Italian, that goeth straightly to my friend, an Hebrew manner of speech taken from men who shew their valour & courage by the bravery of their gate. The meaning is, that it makes its strength and genoity appear in a banquet made to friends, Proverbs 13. 31 [To speak] it doth waken and enflame the spirits; so that the most slow and dull are thereby made good and eloquent speakers.

Song of Solomon 7:10

I am] there the Bride speaks.

Song of Solomon 7:11

Come] the brides desire to have Christ come and gather her up to himselfe into heaven, in the day of the blessed resurrection, which will be as it were the morne of the great day, and the spring of the everlasting yeare in which the fruit of life and glory for the Church shall bee made manifest, and shee shall have the full fruition of it, see Cant. 12. 11. 17. and 4. 6.

Song of Solomon 7:13

The mandrakes] a kinde of fruit which is most beautifull to the eye, and sweet to the smell,Genesis 30:14. which here signifies the pleasing fruits of justice and repentance, by which the Bride prepares her selfe to receive the Bridegroome at his last comming [New and old] a phrase signifying great abundance, as Levit. 26. 10. Or, the perseverance of the Saints, which bring forth fruit in all seasons, without failing, Psal. 1. 3. & 92. 14 Isaiah 65:22. see Matth. 13. 52.