John Trapp on Song of Solomon 5:16

Verſ. 16. His mouth is moſt ſweet] Heb. His palat, (that is, his word and promiſes, which are as it were the breath of Chriſts mouth) is all ſweet. This ſhee had celebrated before, verſ. 13. but, as not ſatisfied therewith, ſhee repeats it, and rolls it again as ſugar under her tongue. Shee doubles this commendation, to ſhew, that that is the chief lovely thing in Chriſt, his Word; this fruit ſhee had found ſweet unto her palat, chap. 2.3. and ſhee ſpareth not to ſet it forth, as here, the ſecond time, Mallemus carere, &c. Wee had rather bee without Fire, Water, Bread, Sun, Air, &c. (ſaith a Dutch Divine) than that one ſweet ſentence of our bleſſed Saviour, Come unto mee all yee that are weary, &c.

Yea hee is altogether lovely] Totus totus deſiderabilis, wholly amiable: every whit of him to bee deſired. Moſes thought him ſo, when hee preferred the reproach of Chriſt, the worſt part of him, the heavieſt peece of his croſs, before all the treaſures in Egypt, that Magazin of the world, Heb. 11.26. Thoſe of this world ſee no ſuch excellency and deſireableneſs in Chriſt, and his waies, (Pſal. 22.7.) nor can do, till ſoundly ſhaken, Hag. 2.7. I will ſhake all Nations, and then the deſire of all Nations, that is Chriſt, ſhall come with ſtirring affections, ſaying, as Iſa. 26.9. with my ſoul have I deſired thee in the night: yea with my ſpirit within mee will I ſeek thee early. Loe this is the voice of every true childe of the Church; and theſe deſires of the righteous ſhall bee ſatisfied, Prov. 10.24.

This is my Beloved, &c.] q.d. You may ſee I have cauſe to ſeek after him; neither can you do better than to do likewiſe: howſoever, when you ſee him, do my errand to him, as verſ. 7. And here wee have moſt excellent Rhetorick, which in the beginning of a ſpeech, requires [non-Latin text not transcribed], milder affections: in the end of it, [non-Latin text not transcribed], ſtronger paſſions, that may leaved deepeſt impreſſions.