John Trapp on Zechariah 8:22

Verſe 22. Yea many people and ſtrong nations, &c.] The moſt populous and potent people ſubdued by Chriſt,2 Tim. 1.7. Eſay 16.1. (not by an army, nor by power, but by Gods Spirit of power, of love and of a ſound mind) ſhall ſend a lamb to the Lord of the whole earth, ſubmit to the ſcepter and lawes of Chriſts kingdome, yeeld the obedience of faith, and be proſelyted to the Church.

and to pray before the Lord] Heb. to intreat his face, which they behold in his Ordinances, thoſe viſible ſignes of his preſence. Popiſh pilgrims, though uſed hardly, and loſe much of their eſtates, yet ſatisfie themſelves in this, I have that I came for, viz. the ſight of a dumb Idol. What then ſhould not men do or ſuffer, to ſee God in his Ordinances?