John Trapp on Isaiah 61:9

Ver. 9. And their ſeed ſhall be known among the Gentiles] i. e. Shall be noted and noticed for eximious and exemplary: non aliundè noſcibiles quàm ex vitae emendatione, as it was ſaid of the Primitive Chriſtians, famous among the very Heathens,Tertul. ad Scapul. for their holy converſation. Pliny giveth a very honourable teſtimony of their innocency, in his ſecond Epiſtle to Trajan. Thoſe that ſtood with the Lamb had his Fathers name in their foreheads, Rev. 14. they led convincing lives, ſo that their friends could never ſufficiently praiſe them, not their foes juſtly find any fault with them. Such a one was Luther, Bucer, Bradford, &c. Chriſtians ſhould ſhine as lamps, ſhew forth the power of godlineſs in their whole practice, do more then others poſſibly can do, Matth. 5.47. that all may ſee and ſay, Theſe are the ſeed that the Lord hath bleſſed, theſe are his darlings, his earthly Angels. What a ſhame was it to thoſe flagitious Jews that it ſhould be asked Are theſe the people of Jehovah? Ezek. 35.20. And the like to profligate Profeſſours, that Papiſts ſhould ſay, Are theſe your new Goſpelers? For certain, (ſaid One when be had read Chriſts Sermon in the Mount) Either this is not Goſpel, or we are not right Goſpelers.Linaker.