John Trapp on Isaiah 10:1

CHAP. X.

Ver. 1. VVOe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees] Having denounced Woe to wicked of all ſorts, the Prophet here threatneth wicked Princes in particular; as the chief cauſes of Gods judgements by their miſgovernment. Periculoſiſſimum Prophetae factum, Sculter. & cui ſeditionis dica ſcribi poterat! This was boldly done of the Prophet: and there wanted not thoſe doubtleſs, that would ſay it was ſedition. Luther, for like cauſe, was called the Trumpet of rebellion, ſc. for declaring againſt the Popes decrees and decretals, though never ſo unrighteous and vexatious; not much ſhort of that made by Nero, Whoſoever confeſſeth himſelf a Chriſtian (ſo, a Proteſtant) let him, without further defence of himſelf, be put to death as a convicted enemy of mankind?

And that write grievouſneſs] Or, and to the writers that write grievous things, viz. the publike Notaries, regiſters, and other under-Officers; ſuch as were thoſe Perſian Scribes and Poſts, Eſth. 3.12, 13. who ſhould, in ſuch a caſe, have obeyed God rather then men.