John Trapp on Isaiah 4:3-4

Ver. 3. He that is left in Zion] See on ver. 2.

Shall be called holy] Heb. holy ſhall be ſaid to him or of him: he ſhall have the Name and Note of a Saint, the comfort and the credit of it. Chriſts holineſs ſhall be both imputed and imparted unto them: He ſhall both expiate their ſins, and heal their Natures, pay their Debts, and give them a ſtock of grace and holineſs; ſo that men ſhall call them an holy people, chap. 62.12.

Even every one that is written among the Living] written in Gods book of Life, which is matter of greater joy then to have the Devils ſubdued unto us, Luk. 10.26. for a man may caſt out Devils, and yet be himſelf caſt to the Devil, Mat. 7.22, 23. but in Gods book of Life, there is no blots, no croſſings out: but as many as are ordain-to eternal Life believe,1 Pet. 1.4. See Ezek. 13. and the ſame are kept (as in a Gariſon) by the power of God through faith unto ſalvation. The Prophet ſeemeth her to allude to that cuſtom in Jeruſalem, of enrolling the names of all the Citizens, Pſalm 48.3. Chriſt Jeſus is the Maſter of the Rolls in Heaven, Rev. 13. wherein none are recorded but ſuch as are deſigned to glory and vertue, 1 Pet. 1.2. 2 Theſſ. 2.13. All others are ſaid to be dead in treſpaſſes and ſins,Ezra 2.63. Eph. 2.1. and to be written in the earth, Jer. 17.13. Thoſe Prieſts that could not produce their genealogy, were caſhiered by the Tirſhata: ſo ſhall thoſe one day be by Chriſt, whoſe names are not found written among the Living in Jeruſalem.

Sordes quae excunt & excer nuntur è corpore hominis per vari[illegible: 1 letter]s meatus.Ver. 4, When the Lord ſhall have waſhed away the filth] the ordure or excrement; ſin is the excrement of the ſoul, the ſuperfluity or garbage of naughtineſs, the Devils vomit. From this abominable filth Chriſt hath loved and waſhed his with his own blood, that he may make them Kings and Prieſts unto God and his Father, Rev. 1.5. He not only waſheth his people from their ſins, but taketh away their ſwiniſh Natures, whereby they would elſe return to their former wallowing in the mire, as ſo many Borboritae.

Of the Daughters of Zion] Whoſe pride in apparel, wantonneſs, luxury, &c. thoſe Peccadillo's as they are commonly counted, are here rightly called filth and blood by theſe Penitentiaries, whoſe property is to aggravate and lay load upon their former evil practices, which now ſwell like Toads in their eyes; neither can they find words had enough to call them by.

By the ſpirit of judgement] By pouring upon them the clean water of the Holy Spirit, whereby alſo they are enabled to make a right judgement of things that are excellent (or that differ) and to judge themſelves worthy to be deſtroyed for their many and mighty ſins.

And by the ſpirit of burning] ſo called becauſe it burneth up our corruptions; carnis vitia & carcinomata: and ſecondly, becauſe it enflameth our hearts with a zeal of Gods glory, making us all on a light fire, as Chryſoſtom ſaith that Peter was like a man made all of fire walking amongſt ſtubble. And of one that deſired to know what kind of man Baſil was, it is ſaid, there was preſented in a dream a Pillar of fire with this Motto, Talis eſt Baſilius, ſuch an one is Baſil.