John Trapp on Hosea 2:21

Verſ. 21. And it ſhall come to paſſe in that day] In that time of grace and reconciliation, fitly ſet forth by the name of a day in regard of 1 Revelation. 2 Adornation. 3 Conſolation. 4 Diſtinction. 5 Speedy Preterition;

I will hear ſaith the Lord of Hoſts;] that is, I that have the command of both the upper and nether ſprings and forces, Sun, Moon, Stars, &c. Deut. 4.9. thoſe ſtorehouſes of Gods good treaſure which he openeth to our profit Deut. 28.12. and therehence makes a ſcatter of riches upon the earth by their influence. I that ſtop and unſtop thoſe bottles of the skie the clouds which there hang and move, though waightie with their own burden: I that make the earth to bring forth and bud, that it may give ſeed to the ſower, and meat to the eater, Eſay 55.10. &c.

I will hear the heavens] Heb. I will anſwer: that is I will ſo hear as that I will anſwer: ſo will not great ones ſometimes: or if they do, yet the poor man ſpeakes ſupplications, but the rich anſwereth him roughly. Solyman 2 The grand Signior, when many thouſands of his poor Chriſtian ſubjects,Prov. 18.23. to be eaſed of their heavie taxations fell down before him, and offered to turn Mahumetans, rejected their converſion, and doubled their taxations. God hath here a great ſort of ſuppliants.Blunts voyage. 111. Hom. (The Poets fam, that Litae or Supplications are alwayes about Jupiter) the heaven, the earth, the corn, &c. and he heareth and ſpeedeth them all. Never any humble petitioner went ſad out of his preſence: Never ſaid he to the houſe of Iſrael, Seek ye me in vain. The Heathen-idols may do ſo, but He ſcorns it. Are their any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cauſe rain? or can the heavens give ſhowers? Surely they cannot, till God have heard and anſwered them.Jer. 14.22. The genealogie of rain of corn and wine is here reſolved into Jehovah: and he promiſeth to endow his beloved Spouſe with them as part (though the leaſt part) of her joynture. All are yours for you are Chriſts 1 Cor. 3.23. In marrying with the heir you have right to All. Here is omnium rerum ubertas ob Deiſemen Chriſtum, ſaith Hier. plenty of all things for Chriſts ſake, who where ever he comes, cometh with a Cornucopia a horn of ſalvation, beſides a largeſſe of outward comforts. This was very neceſſary doctrine at all times to be taught in the Church, leſt preſſed with miſeries, men ſhould faint in their minds. Chriſt knowes we have need of theſe things alſo: and therefore not only bids us pray, but promiſeth to give us our daily bread by a concatenation of cauſes, by a ladder of providences which the Heathens called Deſtiny, but the Saints call it the harmony of the world; agallant deſcription whereof we have Ez[illegible: 1 letter]. 1. far different from the Stoikes Fate or the doctrine of Plato and Ariſtotle and other of the worlds wizzards concerning the divine providence, which they either denied or imbaſed.

and they ſhall hear the earth] which being chapt and ſcorcht ſeemeth to ſollicite ſhowers and fattening influences by an elegant Proſopopoeia, as if theſe inſenſible creatures underſtood what they did: when men are once in covenant with God, all the creatures will be ſerviceable to them, yea greedy to do them good: they wil even cry for it.Vinum pendulum, i.e. vuas.