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John Trapp on Isaiah 11:2

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Isaiah11:2

Ver. 2. And the Spirit of the Lord ſhall reſt upon him] After ſuch a deſcription of Chriſts perſon, as ver. 1. followeth here a Declaration of his Kingdom, which is ſet forth to be Firſt, Spiritual, ver. 2. Secondly, Juſt, ver. 3 4.5. Thirdly, Peaceable, ver. 6.7, 8, 9. Fourthly, Ample, as made up of Gentiles and Jews, ver. 11, &c.

Shall reſt upon him] His Humanity ſhall be filled topful with the Gifts and Graces of the Holy Ghoſt,Diodat. Annot. to be as it were an Everlaſting Treaſure and Ciſtern full of them for the uſe of the Church, John 1.16. & 3.34. Acts 2.33. And this was typified by the Holy Ghoſts deſcending in the likeneſs of a Dove at the time of his Baptiſm, and reſting upon him. Matth. 3.16. John 1.32, 33.

The spirit of wiſdome and underſtanding] Theſe ſix Princely Vertues (for the Schoolmen, miſled by the vulgar Tranſlation, falſly found their ſeptiformem gratiam spiritus ſancti) were eminently and tranſcendently in Chriſt, they ſhould be alſo found in ſome meaſure in all Rulers, Deut. 1.16. Exod. 18.25. Lev. 19. 1 King. 3.12.

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