John Trapp on Micah 4:4

Verſe 4. But they ſhall ſit every man under his vine] ſeeding upon the fruit that ſhall even fall into his mouth, ſaith à Lapide. Sit they ſhall under Chriſt, the true Vine, ſaith Hugo, and under the holy Ghoſt, as a fig-tree, whoſe fruit is farre ſweeter then any honey. But theſe are coynt interpretations ſaith Gualther. I ſhould rather expound this Text by that 91. Pſalm; wherein the ſafe and happy condition of the godly is at large deſcribed. Vineyards and fig-yards were ordinary in thoſe countreys: and hence this proverbiall expreſſion, to ſet forth doubtleſſe, the ſpirituall ſecurity, and that peace of conſcience chiefly, that is granted to Chriſts ſubjects: a peace, farre beyond that under Solomon, which is here pointed at: or that under our Queen Elizabeth, not to be paſſed over without one touch at leaſt upon that ſtring, which ſo many years together ſounded ſo ſweetly in the ears of our Fathers. Then it was, if ever, that the mountains brought forth peace, and the little hills righteouſneſſe, Pſal. 72.5. The great ones defended their inferiours,Westmer. in Pſal. 72. and the inferiours bleſſed their ſuperiours; the Magiſtrate righted the ſubject, and the ſubject reverenced the Magiſtrate.

and none ſhall make them afraid] God, they know, will not hurt them, man cannot: he may take away their heads, but not their crowns; their lives, but not their hopes: for the righteous hath hope in his death: his Poſie is not onely, Dumſpiro ſpero, but Dum expiro. Let the wicked have a trembling heart, and failing eyes while he lives, Deut. 28.65. and when he dies crie out, as a great man was heard to do, Spes & fortuna valete, Farewell life and hope together. The ſervant of Chriſt, as he ſits mediis tranquillus in undis all his life long: ſo when he dies, he can call his ſoul to reſt: and ſing old Simeons Nunc dimittas, Lord, now let thy ſervant depart in peace, &c.

for the mouth of the Lord of hoſts,] And what better aſſurance can we deſire, ſith God can neither die, lie, nor denie himſelf: Sith, ſecondly, he is the Lord of Hoſts, and ſo armed with power to make good what he hath ſpoken. Peter had a will to deliver Chriſt from the Jews, but wanted power. Pilate had power to have done it, but wanted will. God wanteth neither of theſe to do for his people, and to deliver them out of danger. Courage therefore.