John Trapp on Ezekiel 2:5

Ver. 5. And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear] Some refractaries will not ſo much as hear a Miniſter of God; but bid him, as thoſe old Italians once did the Roman Embaſſadour, ad quercus dicere, ſe interim alia acturos, ſpeak to the poſts, they had ſomewhat elſe to do then to give ear to them. See 1 Cor. 1.22. Of thoſe alſo that do hear, ſcarce the hundreth man believeth our report, ſaith Calvin: nay ſcarce the thouſandth man ſaith Chryſoſtom.

For they are a rebellious houſe] This was ſmall encouragement. Hence Prophets have ſo hung off, as Moſes, Iſay, Jonah, Jeremy, &c. Knox when called firſt to preach, burſt forth into abundance of tears. Bradford was hardly perſwaded by Bucer to enter into the Miniſtery, &c.

Act. & Mon. Yet ſhall know that there hath been a Prophet amongſt them] Let them prove incorrigible, they ſhall alſo prove inexcuſable, and ſelf-condemned. See 2 Cor. 2.16. with the Notes.Hieronym. Convinced they ſhall be, if not converted: and who knows how the word, now ſlighted, may hereafter work upon them? Saepe fit ut audientes verbum moleſte, Act. & Mon. ſuſcipiant fructuoſe: they may better bethink themſelves.