Clavis cantici, or, An exposition of the Song of Solomon

She sets forth the comfortableness of Christs fellowship, vers. 12. Where, we are to consider these three things, 1. The privilege of his sweet company, which she enjoyed, in these words, The King sitteth at his Table. 2. The effect thereof, held forth in this similitude, my spikenard, &c. 3. The connection of these two, in this expression, while the King sitteth, &c.

She sets forth the comfortableness of Christs fellowship, vers. 12. Where, we are to consider these three things, 1. The priviledge of his sweet company, which she injoyed, in these words, The King sitteth at his Table. 2. The effect thereof, held forth in this similitude, my spikenard, &c. 3. The connexion of these two, in this expression, while the King sitteth, &c.

First, The King here spoken of, is Christ, as was cleared, vers. 4. His Table or feasting-hou•e is the Gospel, Prov. 9. 1, &c. where the feast of fat things is prepared, Isa. 25. 6. His sitting at his Table, or her sitting with him at it, imports familiar fellowship with him by the Gospel; So the Table of the Lord is taken, 1 Cor. 10. 21. and Matth. 22. 4. The comfortable fellowship that is to be had with him by the Gospel, is held forth under the similitude of a great feast; as fellowship in glory and enjoying of him there, is set out by eating and drinking with him at his Table, Luke 22. 29, 30. Now this is most friendly, when Christ not only furnishes a Table, Psal. 23. 5. but he comes and sits down, and sups with them, and admits them to sup with him,