John Trapp on Ezekiel 47:1

CHAP. XLVII.

Ver. 1. AFterward he brought] Chriſtus Myſtagogus me duxit. [non-Latin text not transcribed],Chriſto ducente & docente. Follow God whitherſoever he leadeth thee: this was an ancient rule among the Heathens.

And behold waters iſſued out] i. e. The Goſpel of grace, and the gifts of the Holy Ghoſt thereby conveyed into the hearts of believers, and poured out upon the world by the death of Chriſt, The Prophet ſeems to allude to thoſe waters which by conduits were conveyed to the Altar to waſh away the blood of the ſacrifices, and filth of the Temple: which elſe would have been very offenſive and noiſom. See the like, Zach. 14.8. where the Eaſtern and Weſtern Churches alſo are pointed out. See Rev. 22.1.

From under the threſhold] Quod gloria Dei dudum triverat. Chriſt is that door,Oecol. Joh. 10.7. and fountain of living water, Jer. 2.13. Iſa. 12.3. & 55.1. and from the Temple at Jeruſalem flowed forth the waters of ſaving truth to all nations; and firſt Eaſtward, not Rome-ward, though the faith of the Romans was not long after ſpoken of throughout the whole world, Rom. 1.8.