John Trapp on Song of Solomon 7:8

Verſ. 8. I ſaid, I will go up to the palm-tree, &c.] I ſaid it, and I will do it: for Chriſti dicere eſt facere, together with Chriſts word there goes forth a power, as it did, Luk. 5.17. David ſaid hee would confeſs his ſins, and take heed to his waies, Pſal. 32.5. & 39.1. and accordingly hee did it. Shall Chriſt purpoſe and promiſe mercy to his people, and not perform it? Is hee yea and nay? 2 Cor. 1.19. can hee ſay and unſay? doth not the conſtant experience of all ages fully confute any ſuch fond conceit of him? The Saints will not lye, Iſa. 63.8. Chriſt cannot, Tit. 1.2. Hee will not ſuffer his faithfulneſs to fail, nor alter the thing that is gone out of his lips, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Pſal. 89.33. All his ſayings are the iſſue of a moſt faithful and right will, void of all inſincerity and falſhood. Now when Chriſt promiſeth to climb his palm-tree, and to take hold of the boughes thereof, hee meaneth, that hee will dwell moſt familiarly with his Church, even in the branches thereof: pruning and trimming it, and accepting the fruits of his Spirit in his Spouſe. Or thus, Hee will ſo joyn himſelf unto his Church, as hee may cauſe her to bee fruitful, hee will lay hold on her boughes, which are very fit, and apt to climb; ſo covertly and elegantly noting the work of ſpiritual generation. The effect follows.

Now alſo thy breaſts ſhall bee as cluſters of the vine] Whatſoever they have been heretofore, now at this time, and for ever hereafter they ſhall be delightful to mee, and nouriſhable to thy children, who ſhall ſuck and be ſatisfied, Iſa. 66.11. Albeit ſome Interpreters of good note conceive, that all this is nothing elſe but a figurative deſcription of Chriſts perfect conjunction with his Church in the Kingdom of heaven, and of the unſpeakable pleaſure which Chriſt will take in her for ever.

And the ſmell of thy noſe like apples] i. e. The breath that comes out of thy noſtrils is ſweet as ſpice-apples. The breath that the Church draweth into her lungs, and ſends out again, is the ſpirit of grace: without which ſhee can as little live, as wee can without ayr. This ſweet Spirit is the joy of her heart, and the breath of her noſtrils: and thereby ſhee draws many into her company. If that bee true that one here noteth, that the fruit of the palm partaketh of the nature, both of the grape, having a ſweet and pleaſant juyce, and of the apple, for pleaſant meat, it may well ſignifie, that the Word of God is both meat and drink to the ſoul.