John Trapp on Isaiah 25:1

CHAP. XXV.

Ver. 1. O Lord, thou art my God] Sunt verba fidelium in regno Chriſti, ſaith Piſcator: Theſe are the words of the Subjects of Chriſts Kingdom, who in the end of the former Chapter are called his Ancients or Elders: See Rev. 4.4. But that of Oecolompadius I like better; More ſuo in jubilum & hymnum [illegible: 1 letter]rumpit Propheta. The Prophet as his manner is, breaketh forth into a joyful jubilation: and being raviſhed, and as it were rapt beyond himſelf with the conſideration of ſo marvelous things, he firſt maketh a ſtop or breathing, and then ſweetly celebrateth Gods Power, Truth, Juſtice, and Mercy; the naked bowels whereof were ſeen (as it were in an anatomy) in the ſending of his Son, and the benefits thereby: concerning which, the Apoſtles afterwards diſcourſing more plainly and plentifully, do yet make uſe of ſome paſſages in this Chapter, as is to be ſeen, 1 Cor. 15. Rev. 7. & 21.

Thou art my God] So to ſay ex animo is the very pith of true Faith: the property whereof is to individuate God, and appropriate him to it ſelf.

I will exalt thee] This we do, when we bleſs and praiſe him for his bleſſings. But what a mercy is it of ſo great a Majeſty, that he ſhould count himſelf thus exalted and magnified by ſuch worthleſs worms as we are? and how ſhould this excite and edge us to ſo holy a ſervice?

For thou haſt done wonderful things] In the Worlds creation, but eſpecially in the Churches preſervation.

Thy counſels of old] Thy promiſes and threatnings are all fulfilled and verified: they are faithful and firm.