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John Trapp on Isaiah 54:2-3

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Isaiah54:2-3

Ver. 2. Enlarge the place of thy tent] Thus he ſpeaketh after the cuſtom of thoſe Countries, wherein was frequent uſe of tents: neither is it without a myſtery, fith we are all ſtrangers in this world,Epiſt. ad Diog. neither have we here any continuing City. Juſtin Martyr ſaith of the Chriſtians of his time, that every ſtrange Land was to them a Country, and every Country a ſtrange Land: they looked upon themſelves as Citizens of the new Jeruſalem.

M. Fuller hiſt. of Cambridge. p. 28.Ver. 3. For thou ſhalt break forth] i. e. Bring forth abundantly, and beyond belief. Margaret Counteſſe of Henneberg, brough forth at a birth in Holland 365 children, one skul whereof I have ſeen, ſaith mine Author, no bigger then a bead or bean. The Church brought forth three thouſand at one birth, Acts 2.41. and ſome whole Nations at another, Iſa. 66.8. Rom. 10.18.

And thy ſeed ſhall inherit the Gentiles] Shall ſpiritually become Lords of the world, peopling it with a new and holy generation of ſuch as ſeek Gods Face: this is Jacob, Pſal. 24.6. This text the Jews and Millenaries carnally conſtrue.

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