John Trapp on Ezekiel 42:1

CHAP. XLII.

Ver. 1. THen he brought me forth into the utter Court] ſc. Of the Temple, at both ends and on either ſide whereof there were ſpacious places, in manner of our Church-yards, ſaith One. Sequitur locus valdè confuſus & muliò impeditiſſimus, ſaith Caſtalio: this is a very dark and difficult Chapter, the ſenſe whereof I would fain learn of ſome other: for I know not what to make of it: Thus He. Oecolampadius alſo to like purpoſe, (after R. Solomon) and thus prayeth, Suggerat Dominus conanti quae ad gloriam illius, certè quae non officiant, precor, &c. i. e. The Lord help our honeſt endeavours, that we may do what may be for his glory, and not for the hurt of any Reader. That was an holy prayer of his Colleague Zuinglius in like caſe; and may it be ours alſo, Deum Opt. Max. precor ut vias noſtras dirigat, &c. I beſeech Almighty God to direct our wayes: and if at any time,Zuing. Epiſt. l. 3. (Balaam-like) we ſhall obſtinately reſiſt the truth, let him ſet his Angel againſt us, who with the terrour of his ſword may ſo daſh this aſſe (our ignorance I mean, and preſumptuous boldneſſe) againſt the wall, that we may feel our feet (that is, our carnal ſenſe and reaſon) cruſht and broken; that we no longer diſhonour the name of our Lord God.