John Trapp on Song of Solomon 1:12

Verſ. 12. While the King ſitteth at his table, &c.] Heb. at his round table, or Ring-ſitting. In accubitu circulari: in orbem enim antiquitus ad menſam ſedebant, 1 Sam. 16.11. Send and fetch him, for wee will not fit round till hee come hither.Turk-hiſt. The manner of the Turks at this day is, to ſit round at meat on the bare ground, with their leggs gathered under them. By the King is here meant Meſſias the Prince, Dan. 9.25. Chriſt the Lord, Act. 2.36. Et omnes ſancti in circuitu ejus, all his Saints ſit round about him, Pſal. 76.11. (as the twelve Tribes were round about the Tabernacle Numb. 2.2. as the four and twenty Elders are round about the Throne, Rev. 4.4.) they are a people near unto him, Pſal. 148.14. they are thoſe Bleſſed that eat and drink with him in his Kingdome, firſt of grace, and then of glory.Luk. 14.15 And whiles they thus ſit with their King (a ſign of ſweeteſt friendſhip and fellowſhip: it was held a great honour and happineſs to ſtand before Solomon) in his circled ſeſſion.1 King. 10.8

My ſpikenard ſendeth forth the ſmell thereof] Saith the Church, that is, my faith is actuated, and all mine other graces exerciſed and encreaſed at the Lords Table, that heavenly Love-feaſt: Ubi cruci haeremus, Cyprian. ſanguinem ſugimus, & inter ipſa Redemptoris noſtri vulnera figimus linguam, whereat wee climb the croſs, as it were, ſuck Chriſts blood, ſuck hony out of the Rock, (Deut. 32.13.) feed heartily and hungerly upon his fleſh, as Eagles do upon the ſlain, Matth. 24, 38. This Luther calls crapulam ſanctum, a gracious gourmandiſe;Luther. whiles wee lean upon his boſome, and feed without fear; ſending forth our ſweet odours, our pillars of incenſe, by lifting up many an humble, joyful and thankful heart to him, living by his Laws, and being a ſavour of life to others. But what ſhall wee think of thoſe that ſtink above ground, poiſon the very air they breathe upon, defile the viſible Heavens, which muſt therefore bee purged by the fire of the laſt day: and by their rotten communication, and unclean converſation, ſpread their infections, and ſend the Plague to their neighbours, as thoſe Aſhdodites, Gittites and Ekronites did, 1 Sam. 5.