John Trapp on Zechariah 6:12

Verſe 12. And ſpake unto him ſaying, Thus ſpeaketh the Lord of Hoſts ſaying] that is, Confidently and Conſtantly affirme and averr it: that notwithſtanding all unlikely hood, and unbeliefe on the peoples part, Almighty God will ſurely bring it to paſſe: This heape of words importeth ſo much: for do ye think the ſcripture ſpeaketh in vaine? ſaith St. James, not without ſome holy indignation, chap. 4.5.

behold the man whoſe name is the Branch] The man Chriſt Jeſus,Rom. 1.3. who was made of the ſeed of David according to the fleſh: and as a Branch grew out of his roots Eſay 11.1. See the Note above on chap. 3.4. Jehoſhuah, 2 Cor. 12.7. Rom. 12.3. that he might not be exaited above meaſure with the abundance of this new honour, or think of himſelf more highly then he ought to think, is given to underſtand, that he is crownned for no other cauſe then this, that the Jewes might underſtand, that there ſhould One ariſe, that ſhould be both a King and a Prieſt alſo for ever after the order of Melchiſedeck: and his name ſhould be the Branch, Not only becauſe when he was a child, he grew in age and in wiſdome, and in grace with God and men, (which is Vatablus his reaſon) but becauſe he is the [illegible: 1 letter]oot, fountain, and foundation of all the faithfull, who do grow up and increaſe in him, with the increaſe of God: Hence it followeth.

he ſhall grow up out of his place, and ſhall build the Temple of God] that is, the Church, which at all times hath been gathered together by Chriſt, through the preaching of the Goſpel.

and he ſhall grow up out of his place] Or He (the Branch) ſhall branch up de ſub ſe, from under hinſelf: he ſhall be born of himſelf, as it were, of poor parentage; for this Branch grew out of the root of Ieſſe, when that goodly family was ſunk ſo low, as from David the king to Joſeph the carpenter. He that writeth the life of King Edward 6. ſaith of his Tutours Dr. Cox, and Mr. Iohn Cheek, Sr. Iohn Heywood. that they were men of meane birth; but ſo well eſteemed for vertue and learning, that they might well be ſaid to be born of themſelves.

and he ſhall build the Temple of the Lord] i. e. the ſpirituall temple, that Temple the Church, the glory where of was far greater then the glory of the former Hag. 2.9. See the Note there. And this he ſhould do in the quality of a king, and with royall magnificence. Ye alſo as lively ſtones elect and precious are built up a ſpirituall houſe, an holy Prieſthood &c. 1. Pet. 2.5.