John Trapp on Isaiah 4:2

Ver. 2. In that day the branch of the Lord] Here the Prophet draweth to a cloſe of this excellent Sermon, and he concludeth it as he began, with a gracious promiſe of the coming and Kingdom of Chriſt, and of the felicity of his Subjects, which conſiſteth, firſt, in their ſanctity, ver. 3.4. Secondly, in their ſecurity, ver. 5.6. This is more amply ſet forth, chap. 11.

The branch of the Lord] The Lord Chriſt the Conſolation and Expectation of Iſrael, called elſwhere the Bud or Branch, Chap. 11.1. Zech. 3.8. & 6.12. (See the Notes there, Luke 1.78. The Day-ſpring from on high is by Beza rendred the Branch from on high) and the Branch of Righteouſneſs, Jer. 23.5. & 33.15. The Jew Doctors alſo underſtand it of the Meſſiah, Iſtud germen quod de virga Jeſſe virore virgineo pullulavit, ſaith Bernard. The Branch of the Lord he is called, ſaith Oecolampadius, becauſe being true God, he hath God to his Father in Heaven: and the Fruit of the earth, becauſe being alſo true man, he had the Virgin to his mother in earth. Ecce habet incarnationis myſterium. Lo here we have, ſaith he, the great Myſterie of God manifeſted in the fleſh. Others by the Fruit of the earth here do underſtand the body of the Church, which is as the Plant that groweth out of that Branch.

Shall be beautiful and glorious — excellent and comly] Heb. Beauty and glory, excellency and comlineſs, or gayneſs and goodlineſs, all in the abſtract, and yet all too little. All this Chriſt is and more to his Elect,Evaſores [illegible: 1 letter]rd. elis. who are here ſet forth by many Titles, as the eſcaped of Iſrael, the reſidue in Zion, the remnant in Jeruſalem, the written among the living there, &c. Saepe autem ad paupertatem aut pancitatem redigitur Eccleſia. Howbeit known to the Lord are all his, as well as if He had their Names ſet down in a book,