John Trapp on Micah 5:8

Verſ. 8. And the remnant of Jacob—as a Lion among the beaſts of the forreſt] The ſaints ſhall proſper and do great exploits, as being indued with an invincible force of the ſpirit, making them as ſo many Cuer-de-lions: or as Chryſoſtom ſaith of Peter, that he was like a man made all of fire walking among ſtubble. What Lion-like men were all the Apoſtles, thoſe white horſes upon which the Lord Chriſt rode about the world conquering and to conquer? Rev. 6.2. That lion of the tribe of Judah Rev. 5.5. had put upon them of his own ſpirit:Ioh. 1.16. and of his fulneſſe beſtowed upon them grace for grace: hence their tranſcendent zeale and courage for the truth. Steven was amongſt his country-men the Jewes, as a Lion among the beaſts of the forreſt. So were in their ſeverall generations Athanaſius, Baſil, Ambroſe, Luther, Latimer, Farel &c. that noble army of Martyrs: One of them told the Perſecutours that they might pluck the heart out of his body: but never pluck the truth out of his heart. Another,Act. & Mon. 1430. 1438. that the heavens ſhould ſooner fall, then he would turn. A third, that if every haire of his head were a man, he would ſuffer death in the opinion and faith that he was now in. A fourth ſaid, Can I die but once for Chriſt? And generally, the valour of the patient, and the ſavageneſſe of the perſecutours ſtrove together; till both exceeding nature and beleefe, bred wonder and aſtoniſhment in beholders and readers; and in ſome, effectual converſion, as in Juſtin Martyr, in Calberius, in thoſe 400. ſaid to be converted at the Martyrdome of Cecilia, and laſtly in Silveſter the executioner at the martyrdome of Simon Laloe at Dyion in France: where ſeeing the great faith and conſtancy of that heavenly Martyr, he was ſo compuncted with repentance,Act. & Mon. fol. 829. and fell into ſuch deſpair of himſelf, that, after much adoe, being comforted and converted, he removed with all his family to the church of Geneva. But what a ſilly conceit is that of the [illegible: 1 letter]ewes at this day, that when Meſſias comes, they ſhall be theſe Lions among the Gentiles in the middeſt of all other people to tread them down, and to teare in peeces without reſcue? and what a true character hath a late writer given of them, that they are a light, aeriall, S. H. Blount. and fanaticall-brain'd people; and eaſily apt to work themſelves into the fooles paradiſe of a ſublime dotage?