John Trapp on Ezekiel 47:3

Ver. 3. And when the man that had the line in his hand] The Man Chriſt Jeſus, the ſole Architect of his Church, and Meaſurer of his Goſpel, and that by his Goſpel, which is the line in his hand, nec ſolum recta, ſed & regula.

He meaſured a thouſand cubits] It was not for nothing that Plato ſaid, [non-Latin text not transcribed], God is alwaies meaſuring the world.

The waters were to the ancles] Grace is but a ſmal thing at firſt, no more is the Goſpel, Matth. 13.31, 32, 33. The Church were at firſt but a very few, Act. 1. that is 120, of all the great multitudes which had formerly followed Jeſus: Sed vix diligitur Jeſus propter Jeſum: It was more for the loaves then any great love that the moſt followed him.