John Trapp on Isaiah 32:1

CHAP. XXXII.

Ver. 1. BEhold a King] Hezekiah in the type, Chriſt in the Antytipe.

Shall reign in righteouſneſs] Regiment without righteouſneſs, is but robbery with authority.

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And Princes ſhall rule in Judgement] Not as Shebna, and thoſe other (placed in by wicked Ahaz) do now, whiles the King is young, and not ſo well able to weed them out. Evil under-rulers are a great miſchief to a State. Nerva was a good Emperor, and ſo was Aurelian; but ſo bought and ſold by bad Counſellors and inferior Magiſtrates, that the people were in a worſe caſe then when they were under Nero. Hezekiah would ſee to his Princes that they were right: Chriſt hath none about him but ſuch: All his people are righteous, Iſa. 60.21. his Miniſters and Officers eſpecially. Theſe are Princes in all lands, Pſal. 45 16. yea they are Kings, becauſe righteous ones. Mat. 13.17. compared with Luk. 10 24. Miniſters eſpecially are Plenipotentiaries under Chriſt, Mat. 18. John 20.