Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

In the two first verses you have the description that Christ gives, first of himself, then of his Church. Of himself v. 1. that is, what he is to his Spouse: I am the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily of the Valleys. The Lord ^dChrist is in the Scripture compared to all things of Eminency in the whole Creation. He is in the Heavens the Sun, and the bright morning star: As the lion among the beasts, the Lyon of the tribe of Judah. Among the flowers of the field, here, he is the Rose, and the Lily. The two Eminences of Flowers, sweetness of savour, and beauty of colour are divided between these. The Rose for sweetness, and the Lily for beauty (Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these) have the preeminence. Further he is the Rose of Sharon, a fruitful plain, where the choicest herds were fed. 1 Chr. 27. 29. so eminent that it is promised to the Church, that there shall be given unto her the ^eExcellency of Sharon: Isa. 35. 2. This fruitful place doubtless brought forth the most Precious Roses. Christ in the Savour of his love, and in his Righteousness (which is as the Garment wherein Jacob received his blessing, giving forth a smell as the smell of a pleasant field Gen. 27. v. 27.) is as this excellent Rose, to draw and allure the Hearts of his Saints unto him. As God smelled a sweet Savour from the blood of his Atonement, Eph. 5. 2. So from the Graces wherewith for them he is anointed, his Saints receive a refreshing cherishing savour: Cant. 1. 2. A sweet savour expresses that which is acceptable and delightful: Gen: 8. 21. He is also the Lily of the Valleys, that of all flowers is the most eminent in beauty Mat. 6. 29. most desirable is he for the comeliness & perfection of his person incomparably fairer then the children of men, of which afterwards. He then being thus unto them, abundantly satiating all their spiritual senses, their refreshment, their ornament their delight, their Glory; in the next verse He tells us what they are to him: As the Lily among the thorns, so is my beloved among the Daughters, That Christ & his Church are likened unto, &