John Trapp on Zechariah 3:2

Verſe 2. And the Lord ſaid unto Satan] The Lord Chriſt that dyed, yea rather that is riſen againe, who is even at the right hand of God, who alſo maketh interceſſion for us. Who then ſhall condemne us? who ſhall lay ought to our cha[illegible: 1 letter]ge?Rom. 8.33.34, 35. who ſhall ſeparate us from the love of Chriſt? Satan may attempt it, but can never effect it. We know that whoſoever is born of God ſinneth not, ſc. unto death: but he that is begotten of God keepeth himſelf (ſc. in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt unto eternal life Ind 21.)1 Ioh. 5.18. and that Wicked one or that Troubler of the Saints, toucheth him not, viz. with a deadly touch, ſo as to poyſon him and undoe him. Chriſtus nobiſcum, ſtate. The Prince of Perſia cannot ſtand before Michael the King of Saints.Dan. 10.13, 21.

the Lord rebuke thee, O Satan, even the Lord] Chriſt argueth not the caſe with Satan, but cuts him off ſhort with a vehement check and reproof; turns him over to his father to give him his due, Inhoneſtum enim eſt (ſaith Cyryſoſtom) honeſtam matronam cum meretrice litigare, It is not fit for a matrone to ſcold with a ſtrumpet. Admit the accuſation wi[illegible: 2 letters] true, yet it was maliciouſly and unreaſonably urged. Doeg ſpoke nothing but truth againſt David and Abimalech; yet he heareth; What ſhall be given upto thee? or, what ſhall be done unto thee, thou ſalſe tongue? Sharp arrowes of the mighty, that pierce deep, wound, deadly;Pſal 120.3, 4. with coales of Juniper, that ſhall burn fierce in reſpect of thy ſelf, and ſweet, in regard of others; for men are wondrous well pleaſed when ſuch ill members are puniſhed.

even the Lord that hath choſen Jeruſalem] He choſe her for his loves: and now loves her for his choiſe. He loveth her and waſheth her with his blood, that he may preſent her to himſelf holy and without blemiſh. Eph. 5.26, 27. The Perſian maids were firſt purified and perfumed, before Ah[illegible: 1 letter]ſuerus made his choiſe Eſth. 2 Not ſo here: A fountain of free grace is opened for ſin and for uncleanneſſe to the houſe of David and to the inhabitants of Jeruſalem Zach. 13.1. And Uranople, or the new Jeruſalem hath its foundation garniſhed with all manner of precious ſtones, Reu. 21. Now the fundation of God ſtandeth ſure, ſo that the gates of hell cannot prevail againſt it. Satan muſt know that God hath choſen Ieruſalem, and will not caſt away his people which he foreknew. Rom. 11.2.

is not this a brand pluckt out of the fire] Titio ex igne ereptus? newly ſnatcht out of the Babyloniſh furnace:Pſal. 68.12. where they have long lain among the pots, where they have been not only ſullied, but ſcorched and half-burnt: ſhould they then be cruelly caſt again into the flames, which they have ſtrangely ſcaped like as the barbarous Perſecutours ran Polycarp through the bowels with a ſword, when the beaſts would not devour him, nor the fire burn him. Or as the bloody Papiſts in Queen Maries dayes,Act. & Mon. fol. 1392. caſt the woman of Garneſeys babe again into the fire, that ſprang and ſprawled out of his mothers womb, as ſhe was in burning. This was clean contrary to that Apoſtolical precept, Of ſome have compaſſion, pulling them out of the fire. Jude 21. Ean. 3.30. And far ſhort of Nebuchadnezzars practiſes, who taking the three worthies out of the burning fiery furnace promoted them to great honour and offices.