John Trapp on Song of Solomon 3:11

Verſ. 11. Go forth, O yee Daughters of Zion] i.e. All yee faithful ſouls which follow the Lord Chriſt, the Lamb that ſtands upon Mount Zion, Rev. 14.1, 4. Yee ſhall not need to go far (and yet far yee would go, I dare ſay, to ſee ſuch a gallant ſight as King Solomon in his Royalty: the Queen of Sheba did) behold hee is at hand, Tell yee the Daughters of Zion, behold thy King cometh, &c. Mat. 21.5. Go forth therefore, forth of your ſelves, forth from your friends, means, all, as Abraham did, and the holy Apoſtles, Confeſſours, and Martyrs, and as the Church is bid to do, Pſal. 45.10. forget alſo thine own people, and thy Fathers houſe. Good Nazianzen was glad that hee had ſomething of value (to wit, his Athenian learning) to part with for Chriſt. Horreo quicquid de meo eſt, ut meus ſim, ſaith Bernard. Hee that will come to mee, muſt go utterly out of himſelf, ſaith our Saviour. All Saint Pauls care was, that hee might bee ſound in Chriſt, but loſt in himſelf.Epiſt. ad Gabr. Vydym. Ambula in timore & contemptu tui, & ora Chriſtum, ut ipſe tua omnia faciat, & tu nihil facias, ſed ſis ſabbatum Chriſti, ſaith Luther, walk in the fear and contempt of thy ſelf, and reſt thy ſpirit in Chriſt; this is to go forth to ſee King Solomon crowned, yea this is to ſet the Crown upon Chriſts head.Camd. Eliſab. Anno 1585. When Queen Elizabeth undertook the protection of the Netherlands againſt the Spaniard, all Princes admired her fortitude: and the King of Sweden, ſaid that ſhee had now taken the Diadem from her own Head, and ſet it upon the doubtful chance of war. Hee that forſakes all for Chriſt, and puts himſelf by Faith under his protection, ſubmitting to the Scepter of his Kingdome, and ſending a Lamb to this Ruler of the Land, Iſa. 16.1. in token of homage and fealty, his eyes ſhall ſee the King in his beauty; and inſtead of a Vivat Rex, hee ſhall break forth into this glorious acclamation, The Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Law-giver, the Lord is our King, and hee will ſave us, Iſa. 33.17.22. It was St. Augustines wiſh, that hee might ſee Romam in flore, Paulum in ore, & Chriſtum in corpore, Rome, as of old, flouriſhing, Paul, as hee did once, preaching, and Chriſt, as in the daies of his fleſh, going up and down doing good. There are that hold, that by Solomon crowned here is meant Chriſt incarnated, taking fleſh, as a Crown, of his Mother Mary: and that this was the day of his Eſpouſals, when the Word was made fleſh, and the day of the gladneſs of his heart, when hee rejoyced in the habitable part of Gods Earth, (that is, in the humane Nature, wherein the fulneſſe of the Godhead dwelt bodily) and his delights were with the ſonnes of men, Proverbs 8.31. Some underſtand it of the Crown of Thorns ſet upon him by his Mother the Synagogue. Others the Reſurrection,Phil. 2.9. and that Name above all Names that hee gat by his Death. I am of Mercers mind, who expounds it of that glory that Chriſt hath when hee is preached up as the ſole and abſolute Saviour, and ſo beleeved on in the world,1 Tim. 3.16. that the obedience of Faith is yeelded unto him. When Faith and Obedience make a perfect pair of Compaſſes, then Chriſts head is compaſſed with a Crown. Faith as the one foot is pitcht upon the Crown of Chriſts head, whiles Obedience as the other walks about in a perfect circle of good duties, whereby hee is made glad, Pſal. 45.8.