John Trapp on Habakkuk 3:13

Verſe 13. Thou wenteſt forth for the ſalvation of thy people] q. d. Thou waſt Generaliſſimo in [illegible: 1 letter]our expeditions, in the dayes of the Judges, who therefore were ſo ſucceſſefull. How could they be otherwiſe, when God came with them into the field?Camd. Eliſab. If Q. Elizabeth could take for her Motto, Cui adhaereo, praeſt, He to whom I adhere, prevaileth, how much more may Almighty God ſay as much?

even for ſalvation with thine anointed] i. e. with David, 1 Sam. 16.12, 13. 2 Sam. 5.3, 16. and 19.22. and 22.51. Pſal. 20.7. a lively type of Chriſt, that Meſſiah the Prince, the myſtery of which promiſed Saviour, the ancient Jew-Doctours confeſſed to be contained in this text, It is not altogether unlikely, that the Prophet might intend here to point at Jeſus Chriſt, when he ſaith, for ſalvation (Jeſhang, whence Jeſus) for thine anointed, or thy Chriſt. There are that read the words in the Future-tenſe, thus: Thou ſhalt go forth for the ſalvation of thy people, ſc. when Meſſiah that great Soſpitator cometh: thou ſhalt wound the head of the wicked, ſc. of the Devil, Rom. 16.20. Thou ſhalt make naked the foundation of his kingdom, unto the neck. Selah: thou ſhalt utterly deſtroy ſin, death, and hell. A remarkable mercy indeed, a myſtery of greateſt concernment, and moſt worthy to be conſidered. Gualther carries the ſence this way: and yet addeth, that if any pleaſe to refer the words to the hiſtory of the old Teſtament, they muſt be underſtood of thoſe tyrants that perſecuted the true Church, and whom God for Chriſts ſake ſubdued and ſubverted, together with their kingdomes.