John Trapp on Micah 4:7

Verſe 7. And I will make her that halted a remnant] Yea a renowned remnant Zeph. 3.19. Not many Jewes were converted in compariſon of the Gentiles: hence they are called a remnant. They both killed the Lord Ieſus, and their own Prophets: they have alſo perſecuted us, ſaith the Apoſtle or caſt us out, as by an Oſtraciſme, and they pleaſe not God, and are contrary to all men, 1 Theſſ. 2.15, 16. forbidding us to ſpeak to the Gentiles &c. Thus the generality of them then: and ſo to this day they continue croſſe, and curſing Chriſt and his followers, thrice a day in their ſynagogues:Hieron in Eſai. l. 12. c. 49. & l 14. c. 42. Buxtorf. Synag. Howbeit at this preſent time alſo there is a remnant according to the election of grace Rom. 11.5. and that remnant became the ſeminary of the Chriſtian Church.

and her that was caſt far off, a ſtrong nation] Numerous and valorous. Vide fidem & paſſionem martyrum & de gente robuſta non ambiges, ſaith Hierome here. Conſider the faith and patience of the Martyrs, and you will eaſily yeeld them to be a ſtrong nation indeed: Chriſtians have ſhewed as glorious power in the faith of Martyrdome, as in the faith of miracles. They can do that which others cannot turn their hands to: they can ſuffer wrongs, beſt of any: Compell them to go a mile, they'le be content to go two: yea as far as the ſhooes of the preparation of the Goſpel of peace will carry them. There is nothing that they date not undertake and undergo for the glory of their God. Thi courage in Chriſtians, Heathens counted obſtinacy; Tertull. in Apologet. but they knew not the power of the ſpirit, nor the privy armour of proof that the Saints have about their heart, which maketh them inſuperable, more then Conquerours.

and the Lord ſhall raigne over them in mount Zion] i. e. In the Chriſtian Church, out of which went the law, that is, the Goſp[illegible: 1 letter]l ver. 2. See Eſa. 40.9. and 52.7. Heb. 12, 22. There ſhall Chriſt raigne, and ſo he did ever: but now he ſhall declare himſelf to be Meſſiah the Prin[illegible: 1 letter]e Dan. 9.25 Lord and h[illegible: 2 letters]ſt Act. 2.36. Saviour and Soveraigne. As king he 1. of rebels makes them ſ[illegible: 2 letters]jects, willing to be ruled by him. 2. He preſerves them in that priviledge by his ſpirit. 3. He gives them lawes far better then thoſe of the twelve tables [illegible: 2 letters] Rome, which yet far exceeded (ſaith Cicero) all the learned libraries of the Philoſ[illegible: 1 letter]ph[illegible: 1 letter]rs in worth and weight. 4. He ſweetly inclineth their wil[illegible: 1 letter] to ye[illegible: 2 letters]d univerſal obedience thereunto, and to croſſe themſelves ſo they may pleaſe [illegible: 1 word] 5 He rewards them with comfort and peace here, and with life eternall hereafter. 6. He deſtroyes all the enemies of his Church, and then at laſt delivers up the kingdome to his Father 1 Cor. 15.24. not his eſſentiall kingdome as God, but his oec[illegible: 2 letters]omical kingdome, as Mediatour.