John Trapp on Song of Solomon 2:8

Verſ. 8. The voice of my Beloved! Behold!] An abrupt paſſage, proceeding from a pang of love, whereof ſhee was even ſick: and now lay languiſhing as it were, at Hopes Hoſpital, lingering and liſtening, hankering and kearkening after her beloved. Of the ear wee uſe to ſay, that it is firſt awake in a morning: Call one that is aſleep by his name, and hee will ſoon hear and ſtart up. Chriſt calls all his ſheep by their name, John 10.3. and they know his voice, verſ. 4. (ſo well are they verſed in his Word, and ſo habitually are their ſenſes exerciſed, Heb. 5.14.) yea they know his paſe, for Behold hee cometh] viz. to make his abode with mee, according to his promiſe, John 14.23. to fulfil with his hand what hee had ſpoken with his mouth, as Solomon phraſeth it in his prayer, 1 King. 8.15. Chriſt ſends his voice as another John Baptiſt, a forerunner, and this no ſooner ſounds in the ear, and ſinks into the heart, than himſelf is at hand to ſpeak comfort to the conſcience, Pſal. 51.8. Hee thinks long of the time till it were done, as the Mothers breaſt akes, when it is time the childe had ſuck.

Hee comes leaping upon the Mountains, skipping upon the Hills] Look how the jealous Eagle, when ſhee flieth higheſt of all from her neſt, and ſeems to ſeat her ſelf among the clouds, yet ſtill ſhe caſts an eye to her neſt where are her young ones; and if ſhee ſee any come near to offend, preſently ſhee ſpeeds to their help and reſcue: So doth the Lord Chriſt deal by his beloved Spouſe. Neither mountains, nor hills ſhall hinder his coming: neither the ſins of his people, nor the worlds oppoſition. As for the former, Chriſt blots out the thick cloud, as well as the cloud, Iſa. 44.22. that is, enormities as well as infirmities. Hee caſts all the ſins of his Saints into the bottom of the Sea, which can as eaſily cover mountains, as mole-hills. And for the ſecond, Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey (meaning, than all the Churches enemies▪ called for their ravenouſneſs, mountains of Lions and Leopards, Cant. 4.8.) The ſtout-hearted are ſpoiled, &c. Pſal. 76.4, 5. And who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou ſhalt become a plain, Zech. 4.7. And whereas mans ſoul hath naturally many mountains of pride and prophaneneſs in it (there is that Leviathan, Pſal. 104.26 and creeping things innumerable, as the Pſalmiſt ſaith of the Sea.) And for his body there is not a vein in it that would not ſwell to the bigneſs of the higheſt hill to make reſiſtance to the work of grace; every ſuch mountain and hill is made low before the Lord Chriſt, Iſa. 40.4. and every high thing caſt down, that exalts it ſelf againſt the knowledge of God, 2 Cor. 10. Hee comes with authority, and reigns over all impediments.