John Trapp on Hosea 1:11

Verſe 11. Then ſhall the children of Judah, and the children of Iſrael be gathered together] i. e. they ſhall unite into one body, and one religion, and ſhall all make one entire Kingdome,John 12. Ezek. 37.22, 24. Chriſt once lifted up, ſhall draw all things to himſelf: and wherever this carcaſe is,Mat. 24. there will the ſpiritual Eagles be alſo. Caiaphas, like another Balaam, propheſied that Jeſus ſhould die for that Nation: And not for that Nation only, but that alſo he ſhould gather together in one the children of God that were ſcattered abroad. John 11.51.52 Zeph. 3.9. This is the gathering together here mentioned: Chriſt ſhall be one amongſt his people, and his name one, Ze[illegible: 1 letter]h. 14.9. (See the Note there) they ſhall ſerve the Lord with one ſhoulder: It ſeems to be a Metaphor taken from Oxen that are yoked together, and that ſet their ſhoulders joyntly to the work. Surely, the more the Goſpel prevaileth, the more peace there will be. They ſhall be gathered together in that day: So when Chriſt ſhall be preached, and obedience yielded to his government, Eſay 9.7. then ſhall there be a bleſſed harmony of hearts: then ſhall they flie in flocks to the ordinances, as the doves to their windows: then ſhall they come to the Lords houſe upon horſes, and in charrets, and in litters, Eſay 66.20.

and appoint themſelves one head] The Lord Chriſt, called David their King, chap. 3.5. A multitude gathered under this one Head, and united to him is a Church. This head is indeed appointed, and ſet up over the Church by God, Pſal. 2.6. Eph. 1.22. But the Saints are ſaid to appoint Chriſt their head, and indeed, to ſet the Crown upon his head, as Cant. 3.11. when they chuſe him and embrace him for their Soveraign, when with higheſt eſtimations, moſt vigorous affections, and utmoſt endeavours of unfained obedience, they ſet him up in their hearts, and ſerve him in their lives; giving him the preheminence, and holding all in Capite in Chriſt: yea, holding of the head, as the Apoſtles expreſſion is, Col. 2.19. not of Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas. That Popiſh Buzzard was utterly out, who ſaid that he had found in the Dictionaries, that Cephas ſignifieth an Head, and that therefore Peter was head of the Church. For neither doth Cephas ſignifie an Head, but a Stone or Rock: nor, if it did, would that prove, what he alledgeth it for. Judah and Iſrael ſhall appoint to themſelves one head, not more then one. The Church is not bellua multorum capitum: neither is there any need of a miniſterial head of the Church: Indeed there is a contradiction in the very mention of it (as one well obſerveth) a Miniſterial Head; it is abſurd to ſpeak it.

and they ſhall come up out of the land] i. e. They ſhall be gathered into the heavenly Jeruſalem, ſaith Occolampadius; They ſhall come up from their miſerable life, ſaith Luther: from their earthly affections, ſaith Hierom. Rather, from Chaldea, or where ever they lie captivated and diſperſed, to Jeruſalem; there to joyn in the ſame way of worſhip (as once the twelve Tribes did before the ſchiſm under Jeroboam) with the Chriſtian Church, and ſo go on the way to the kingdom of heaven.

for great is the day of Jezreel] i. e. of Chriſt (ſaith Hierom) who is Gods ſeed, and ſhall ſee his ſeed, and ſo prolong his dayes by a ſucceſſion of Saints, Eſay 53.10. for whom God alſo will do great things in that day of his power, Pſal. 100.3. when there ſhall be a marvellous increaſe of his Church, which he ſhall ſow with the ſeed of men and of beaſts,Jer. 31.37. Ezech. 36.38. revealing his arm (another etymologie of the word Jezreel) for the ingathering of his Elect. Sic, Octogeſimus octavus mirabilis annus.