John Trapp on Isaiah 60:9

Ver. 9. Surely the Iſles ſhall wait for me] They ſhall come off freely,Huic admirationi Meſſias ipſe reſpondet. & non quaſi angariati ad auditum verbi & Sacramentorum uſum. And this is taken to be Gods anſwer, declaring the cauſe of that wonderful concourſe, ver. 8.

And the ſhips of Tarſhiſh firſt] i. e. With the firſt, or in the beginnings, as the vulgar hath it. The Iſlands were converted aſſoon as any; as this of Britain is ſaid to have been by Joſeph of Arimathea; Omnium provinciarum prima Britannia publicitus Chriſti nomen recepit, ſaith Sabellicus; Of all Provinces, Enne[illegible: 1 letter]d. 7. lib. 5. Britain firſt embraced the faith of Chriſt. From the which alſo, as we firſt of all the ten Kingdomes, (Rev. 17.) revolted to the Pope, ſo we were the firſt that ſhook off that yoke: our Henry 8. being the firſt that broke the neck of the Popes uſurped authority.

Becauſe he hath glorified thee] By his gracious preſence, and the ſanctification of his Spirit by the Word.