John Trapp on Nahum 1:7

Verſe 7. The Lord is good] To Iſrael (though terrible to the Aſſyrians as hath been plainly and plentifully ſet forth) to the pure in heart Pſal. 73.1. and he doth good Pſal, 119.68. to thoſe that are good, that are upright in their hearts Pſal. 125.4. Theſe ſhall taſt and ſee that the Lord is good: theſe ſhall feelingly fay,' Oh bleſſed is the man that truſteth in him, Pſal. 34.8. Oh praiſe the Lord for he is good &c.

a ſtrong hold in the day of trouble] Praeſidium, aut fortalitium, A ſtrong fort or fortification, better then a[illegible: 2 letters]wer of braſſe, or town of warr: the righteous run thereunto and are ſafe. Prov. 18.10. Hezekiah (for whoſe ſake this is ſpoken) had the experience of it. He had a day of trouble and of rebuke, and of blaſphemy: the children were come to the birth, and there was not ſtrength to bring forth Eſai. 37.3. To God therefore he runs in this dolefull day of his, and had preſent help. And what though the Gods of the nations had not delivered them: yet Hezekiah's God in whom he truſted did not deceive him as Senacherib ſaid he would ver. 10.12. He is the champion of his church, and will be the ſtrong hold of his people, when the heathens Tutelur Gods, and the Papiſts Patrone-ſaints will leave them in the lurch. England was ſometime ſaid to have a war-like George, but the Papiſts being offended with us (to do us, as they ſuppoſe, a miſchief) have robbed us of out George, and left us God alone to be our Champion: for which honour and favour all true Engliſh hearts are bound to thank them, and can merrily ſing as He did once, Contemno minutulos iſtos deos, modò Jovem propitium habeam, We care not for their He-ſaints, or ſhe-ſaints to ſhelter us: ſo that the great God will be good to us, a ſtreng-hold in the day of trouble.

and he knoweth them that truſt in him] that hover and cover under his wings, as the chickens do under the hens: for that's the force of the Hebrew word here uſed. Such as theſe God knoweth for his 2 Tim. 2.19. he knoweth their ſoule in adverſity Pſal, 119. he knoweth how to deliver them, as he did the righteous Lot 2 Pet. 2.9. then, when they knew not what to do, as Jehoſaphat 2 Chron. 20.12. yet if their eyes be toward him, their affiance in him, he will extricate and deliver them. So well pleaſed is he with thoſe that truſt in him, (for that's meant here by his knowing of them Pſal. 1.6. confer Iob 9.29. 1 Theſ. 5.12.) he taketh ſuch complacency and delight in them Pſal. 147.11. and 33.18. and ſuch continuall care of them, (as hath been proved by an univerſall experience, nor one inſtance can be given to the contrary) that they ſhall be ſure to have whatſoever heart can wiſh, or need require 2 Sam. 22.2, 3. even miraculous loving kindneſſe from God in a ſtrong city Pſal. 17.7. and 31.21. ſo great as cannot be uttered Pſal. 31.19. This is for the comfort of Gods Iſrael. But leſt the wicked (as they are apt) ſhould meddle with childrens meat, which was never meant for them: leſt Niniveh ſhould pleaſe her ſelf in a fond conceit of Gods goodneſſe to her alſo, and ſo turn it into wantonneſſe, the Prophet brings in a ſtinging But in the next words.