John Trapp on Isaiah 50:4

Ver. 4. The Lord God] Heb. the Soveraign ſelf-being.

Hath given me] Me Iſaiah, but much more Jeſus Chriſt the Arch-Prophet of his Church, who ſpake as never man ſpoke, Joh. 7.46. See Matth. 7, 28, 29. Luke 4.22. Grace was poured into his lips, Pſal. 45.2. and it was no leſs poured out of his lips, whilſt together with his words there went forth a power, and he could perſwade as he pleaſed; for why? God had bleſſed him: ib.

The toung of the learned] A learned and elaborate ſpeech it had need to be that ſhall affect the heart. Matth. 13.52. Not every dolt can do it; but he who is an Interpreter, one amongſt a thouſand, 1 Theſ. 5.14. Job 33.23. who can ſpeak as the Oracles of God, 1 Pet. 4.11. ſell oyle to the wiſer Virgins, Matth. 25.9. comfort the feeble-minded, ſupport the weak, be patient or for bearant toward all men, O quam hoc non eſt omnium! Such a choice man, thus taught of God, is worth his weight in gold. Such an one was Luther, ſuch was Latimer, (who was Confeſſour general to all Proteſtants troubled in mind) Bradford, Greenham, Dod, Sibbs, &c.

That I might know how to ſpeak a word in ſeaſon] Tempeſtivare, to time or ſeaſon a word, to ſet it on the Wheels, as Solomon phraſeth it, Prov. 25.11. that it may be as apples of gold in pictures of ſilver, not only precious for matter, but delectable for order, Eccleſ. 12.10. Surely ſuch a ſpeaker hath joy by the anſwer of his mouth: and a word ſpoken in his ſeaſon how good is it? Prov. 15.23. This is the right Phyſick for the ſoul (as Heathens alſo hammered at) far beyond all Philoſophical diſcourſes, or any other conſolatiunculae creaturulae, as Luther fitly expreſſeth it.

Indeſinenter me informat ſpiritu, non autem per momenta, ut omnes Prophetas alios. Jun. He awakeneth morning by morning] He conſtaintly calleth me up betime, as a Maſter doth his ſcholar to his book and buſineſs, for the which the morn is fitteſt. Chriſts indefatigable aſſiduity in teaching his perverſe Country-men, left them without all excuſe, Joh. 15.22.

To hear as the learned] i. e. Attentively, as thoſe that would be learned, and are therefore [non-Latin text not transcribed] deſirous to hear. Ariſtotle calleth hearing the learned ſenſe.