John Trapp on Psalms 2:12

Verſ. 12. Kiſs the Son] That Son of God, verſ. 7. Bar is an Hebrew word alſo; (ſee Prov. 31.2) as R. Abraham confeſſeth, though other Rabbins deny it; and therefore render this text. Oſculamini purè, Kiſs purely, and Oſculamini eum qui ſelectus eſt, Oſculo homagii, as Samuel kiſſed Saul. 1 Sam. 10. [illegible: 1 word] Gen. 41;40. Euſeb. Mortuus eſt Moſes ad os Jehova. Maimonides. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Kiſs him who is ſelected, or ſet apart: Chriſt is Gods elect, Iſa. 42.1. Mat. 12.14. Him men muſt kiſs with a kiſs of adoration and ſubjection, with a kiſs of faith and love, 1 Pet. 5.14. Kiſs his holy Wounds, as Conſtantine did the Eye of Paphnutius, that was bored out in Maximinus the Tyrants time; ſo ſhall hee kiſs us with the kiſſes of his mouth, Cant. 1.1. and with his kiſſes ſuck out the ſting of death, and take away our ſouls with a kiſs, as the Rabbins from Deut. 34.5. ſay he did Moſes his ſoul. The ancient Patriarks ſaluted Chriſt afar off, and were interchangeably ſaluted by him, Heb. 11.13, for they ſaw by faith him who is inviſible, verſ. 27. O get a Patriarks eye, ſtudy Moſes his Opticks: for here the Northern Proverb is found true, Unkent unkiſt. Men know not the Son of God, and therefore love him not, kiſs him not, unleſs it be Oſculo Iſcariotico, as the Traitor kiſſed him: See a lofty and lively deſcription of him, Heb. 1.2, 3.

Leſt he be angry] For meek though he be as a Lamb, and will not break the bruiſed Reed; yet ſo angry he can be, that the Kings and great ones ſhall be glad to flee from the wrath of this Lamb, Rev. 6. who hath feet like burning braſs, and eyes like flaming fire, Rev. 1. Plato ſaith of the King of Bees, that although he hath no ſting, yet he ruleth and governeth his Common-wealth with great ſeverity and juſtice: So doth the Lord Chriſt; and every good Soul is ready to ſay as the Poet did, Ut mala nulla feram niſi nudam Caeſaris iram, Nuda parùm nobis Caeſaris ira mali eſt?Ovid.

And yee periſh form the way] Or, in the way, that is in medio ſtadio, before yee come to your Journies end, to the full accompliſhment of your purpoſes and practices, deſtruction ſhall ſuddenly ſeize you, 1 Theſſ. 5.3.

When his wrath is kindled but a little] It is ſometimes let out in minnums, as Hoſ 5.12. but if timely courſe be not taken it grows to a great matter, as Thunder doth, and as Fire, that at firſt burns a little within upon a few boards, but if not quenched, burſteth out in a moſt terrible flame.

Bleſſed are all they that put their truſt in him] That is, in Chriſt, Joh. 14.1. Now to truſt in him, is ſo to be unbottom'd of thy ſelf, and of every Creature, and ſo to lean upon Chriſt, that if he fail thee, thou ſinkeſt: it is to relye upon him alone for ſafety here, and Salvation hereafter. This, this is to ſecure a mans title to true Bleſſedneſs; and with this grave ſentence the Prophet ſhutteth up the whole Pſalm, ſhewing the different condition of the godly from the wicked. See the Note on verſ. 9.