John Trapp on Isaiah 66:2

Ver. 2. For all thoſe things hath my hand made] And could not I then have made my ſelf an houſe without your help, if I had lifted or needed? Required I a Temple for any other uſe or purpoſe but for the furtherance of your faith in Chriſt, and love one to another? Theſe things have I made, yet theſe all I regard not, in compariſon: but

To this man will I look] viz. With ſpecial intimation of my care and kindneſs, q, d. To thee be it ſpoken, I have an eye to thee. [non-Latin text not transcribed].

Even to him that is poor and of a contrite ſpirit] Sept. Humble and quiet, Vera Sabbata agens, that being poor in ſpirit hath a Sabbath of spirit, comforting himſelf in the Lord his God: to ſuch God looketh. He cannot look upwards, ſaith One, becauſe he hath none above him: nor on either ſide,Humilitas eſt thronus ſapphirinus in quo Deus cum majeſtate reſidet. becauſe he hath none equal unto him: therefore he is ſaid to look down, and that alſo upon the humble and broken-hearted, with ſingular delight and complacency.

And trembleth as my Word] viz. With a filial fear flowing from faith in Chriſt, trembling at the threatnings before they come into execution. This is a point of ſingular prudence: for God therefore threateneth that he may not inflict puniſhment: but they that tremble not in hearing, ſhall be cruſht to peeces in feeling, ſaid that Martyr. What then will be the end of ſuch as hear the menaces of Gods mouth no otherwiſe, then they do the ſtories of forrain wars, or the predictions of a Prognoſtication, which they think may come to paſs, and it may be not?