John Trapp on Zechariah 3:9

Verſe 9. For behold the ſtone, &c.] Another title given to Chriſt, who is the foundation and chief corner-ſtone of his Church; and another Behold, prefixed as a ſtarry Note, or as a hand pointing to a remarkable matter. All the Prophets pointed to Chriſt, who is therefore called, the Branch, the Stone, &c. that in theſe creatures (every where obvious) as in ſo many optick glaſſes, wee may ſee him, and be put in continuall remembrance of him; It being as neceſſary to remember Chriſt, as to breathe, ſaith a Father. See Pſal. 118.22. Eſay 28.16. 1 Pet. 2.6, 7, 8.

that I have laid, and that I will engrave] The Church is Gods building, and we are his workmanſhip, this artificiall manufacture, created in Chriſt Jeſus unto good works: [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Epheſ. 2.10 there being not ſo much of the glory of God in all his works of creation and providence, as in one gracious action that a Chriſtian performeth. As for the glorious work of our redemption by Chriſt, it was a plot of Gods own contriving, a fabrick of Gods own erecting: it was the Lords own doing, and it is juſtly marvellous in our eyes.

Ʋpon one ſtone ſhall be ſeven eyes] That is, Chriſt ſhall draw all eyes and hearts to him: as the ſtones of the Temple did the Diſciples eyes, Mat. 24.2. and Mar. 13.1. Maſter, ſay they to Chriſt, ſee what manner of ſtones, and what buildings are here. Thus ſome ſence it. I ſhould rather by theſe ſeven eyes underſtand the Spirit in his ſeverall operations upon Chriſt, as Eſay 11.2. for he received not the Spirit by meaſure, as others; but had as much of it as a creature could poſſibly have. See the Note on Rev. 1.4. where the holy Ghoſt, for his manifold good gifts and perfect givings, is called The ſeven Spirits; like as he is alſo ſtiled the ſeven golden pipes, Zech. 4.2, 3. There are that by theſe ſeven eyes upon one ſtone, underſtand the Providence and Wiſdome of Chriſt in the Government of his Church. Hee is indeed, as One ſaith [non-Latin text not transcribed], All-Eye, Sic ſpectat univerſos quaſi ſingulos: ſic ſingulos quaſi ſolos; like a well-drawn picture hee eyeth all. Chriſt as he is a living, ſo he is alſo a looking ſtone: he looketh at the miſeries and matters of his Church,Exod. 3.7 and ſaith as once, I have ſeen, I have ſeen the afflictions of my people in Egypt, &c.

Behold, I will engrave the graving thereof] Hae coelaturae dona & ſtigmata Chriſtirepraeſentant, ſaith A Lapide. Theſe gravings repreſent the gifts and wounds of Chriſt,Lib. 4. in alluſion to the poliſhed corners of the Temple. Coelum dictum eſt quod coelatum, id eſt ſignatum ſideribus, ſaith Varro. Heaven hath its name in Latine from its being enameled and beſpangled with gliſtering ſtarres, as with curious workmanſhip, or coſtly furniture. Of the third heaven, the habitation of Saints and Angels,Heb. 11.10 God is ſaid to be by a ſpecialty the builder and maker, or (as the Greek hath it) the cunning Artificer, and publike Architect. A great deal of skill and workmanſhip he laid out upon it: but nothing ſo much as upon the Humane nature of Chriſt, wherein, as in a Temple, dwelt all the fulneſſe of the Godhead bodily, Col 2.9 that is, perſonally, by vertue of the Hypoſtaticall Union. For the Word was made fleſh, and dwelt amongst us, and we beheld his glory (the glory as of the onely begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth, John 1.14 full, full to the very brimme, full with a double fulneſſe. Vaſis & Fontis, of the Veſſell, and of the Fountain. Hence, He was fairer (much fairer, double fairer (as the Originall importeth) then the ſonnes of men, ſc. with the beauty of wiſdome and holineſſe: grace was poured into his lips, God had anointed him with the oil of gladneſſe above his fellows, Ezek. 28.7 Pſal. 45.2, 7. The Prieſts in the Law were conſecrated firſt with oil, compounded and confected of diverſe precious ſpices: ſo was Chriſt with gifts and graces of the Spirit, Act. 10.38. and 4.27, Eſay 61.1. not by meaſure, as we are, Epheſ. 4.7. but without meaſure, as much as a finite nature was capable of: particularly, he was furniſhed and poliſhed with wiſdome, as a Prophet, againſt our ignorance; with holineſſe, as a Prieſt, againſt our guilt; and with power, as a King, againſt our corruptions: Theſe and all other endowments, he had well heapt, preſſed down, and running over, poured into his boſome. Next, as the Prieſts under the Law were alſo conſecrated with blood, ſo was the Lord Chriſt with his own blood, when his Father engraved him with graving; or, as the Hebrew hath it here, opened him with opening in his bloody paſſion, baptized him in his own blood, ſtewed him in his own broth, as it were; when in a cold winters-night hee ſweat great clods of blood; which thorow clothes and all fell to the very ground. When after this they digged his hands and his feet, Pſal. 22.16. and made his heart melt in the middeſt of his bowels, verſe 14. Wounded he was in the head, to cure our vile imaginations: In the hands, to expiate our evil actions: in the heart, and feet, for our baſe affections, and unworthy walkings. Tormented he was for our tranſgreſſions, bruiſed for our iniquities, the chaſtiſement of our peace was upon him, tanquam pulcherrima corporis caelatura, and by his ſtripes or bloody wails, we were healed. Adam ſignifieth Man, red-earth, or Bloody. Eſay 53.[illegible: 1 letter] Chriſt was Man in his Incarnation, and bloody all over in his paſſion. This death of Chriſt therefore look on (ſaith Maſter Bradford Martyr) as the very pledge of Gods dear love towards thee: ſee the very bowels of it as in an Anatomie. See, Gods hands are nailed, they cannot ſtrike theo; his feet alſo, he cannot runne from thee: his arms are wide open to embrace thee: his head hangs down to kiſſe thee: his very heart is open, ſo that therein look, nay even ſpie, and thou ſhalt ſee nothing therein but love, love, love to thee, &c.

Cernis ut in toto corpore ſculptus amor.

and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day] I will remove, i. e. remit and pardon, the iniquity, both guilt and puniſhment. Of that land, i. e. Of the Church, that pleaſant land, more dear to God then all the earth beſides. In one day, i. e. together and at once, ſuddenly and in an inſtant. See Eſay 66.8.