John Trapp on Song of Solomon 2:7

Verſ. 7. I charge you, O yee daughters of Jeruſalem] A vehement obteſtation, (or rather an adjuration, I charge you, and that by an Oath) taken from the manner of Country-ſpeech. For in this whole Chapter the Allegory is ſo ſet, as if the feaſt or meeting were made and repreſented in a Country-houſe or Village. Theſe Daughters of Jeruſalem therefore, the particular Congregations, and all faithful men and women, (as Luk. 23.28.) are ſtraightly charged, and as it were in conſcience bound by the Church, the Mother of us all, Gal. 4.26. not to diſeaſe or offend (much or little) her Well-beloved Spouſe, that reſteth in her love, Zeph. 3.17. and taketh pleaſure in the proſperity of his Servants, Pſal. 35.27. until hee pleaſe, that is, not at all: for hee is not a God that taketh pleaſure in wickedneſs, Pſal. 5.4. his holy Spirit is grieved by it, Epheſ. 4.30. Or, until hee pleaſe, that is, till hee waken of his own accord: bee not over-haſty with him for help, but hold out faith and patience, let him take his own time, For hee is a God of Judgement, Iſa. 30.18 and waiteth to bee gracious. If through impatience and unbeleef you ſet him a day, or ſend for him by a Poſt, hee will firſt chide you before hee chide the waves that afflict you, as hee dealt by his Diſciples that wakened him ere hee was willing, Mark 4.37.40. Thoſe that are ſuddenly rouſed out of a deep and ſweet ſleep, are apt to bee angry with thoſe that have done it. Great heed muſt bee taken by our ſelves, and Gods charge laid upon others, that nothing be ſpoken or done amiſs againſt the God of Heaven, Dan. 3.39. Their ſorrows ſhall bee multiplied that haſten after another God, Pſal. 16.4. The Lord ſhall trouble thee, thou troubler of Iſrael, 1 Cor. 10.22. Joſh. 7.25. Do yee provoke the Lord to wrath? are yee ſtronger than hee? will yee needs try a fall with him? Pſal. 18.26. Hath ever any yet waxed fierce againſt God and proſpered? Job 9.4. Surely as Ulyſſes his companions told him when hee would needs provoke Polydamas, ſo may wee ſay much more to thoſe that incenſe the Lord to diſpleaſure.

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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Heb. 10. Had men the feet of Roes and Hindes of the field, they could not out-run his wrath, witneſs Jonah. Or if they could, yet the Roes and Hindes, thoſe loving creatures, (Prov. 5.19.) would bee ſwift witneſſes againſt them for their baſeneſs and diſloyalty, ſith they do ſuch things as thoſe poor creatures would not; ſee Deut. 30.19. Iſa. 1.2. Bee thou inſtructed therefore, Oh Jeruſalem, leſt Chriſts ſoul bee diſ-joynted from thee, leſt (as well as hee loves thee now) hee make thee deſolate, a land not inhabited, Jer. 6.8. Let him bee that Love of thine (as ſhee here emphatically calls him) that taketh up thy whole heart, ſoul and ſtrength, [non-Latin text not transcribed] with a love, not onely of Deſire, but of Complacency, with a God-like love. True it is, that wee cannot, neither are wee bound to love God, in quantum est diligibilis, ſo much as hee is loveable (for ſo God onely can love himſelf) but wee muſt love nihil ſupra, aeque, or contra, nothing more, or ſo well, or againſt God. Other perſons wee may love with his allowance, but it muſt bee in him, and for him, as our friends in the Lord, our foes for the Lord: Other things wee may alſo love, but no otherwiſe than as they convey love to us from Chriſt, and may bee means of drawing up our affections unto Chriſt. This true love will keep us from doing any thing wilfully that may diſeaſe or diſpleaſe him: it will alſo conſtrain the Daughters of Jeruſalem to abide with the Roes, and with the Hindes of the field, (ſo ſome read this Text) as Rachel did by her Fathers Herds, to glorifie Chriſt in ſome honeſt and lawful vocation, and not to vex him by idleneſs, and unprofitableneſs: ſith as puniſhment hath an impulſive, ſo love hath a compulſive faculty, 2 Cor. 5.14.