John Trapp on Zechariah 9:10

Verſe 10. And I will cut off the charret &c.] This the ſame in effect with that of Eſay chap. 9.7. Of the encreaſe of Chriſts government and peace there ſhall be no end, and chap. 2.4. they ſhall beat their ſwords into plowſhares, and their ſpeares into pruning-hookes: nation ſhall not lift up ſword againſt nation, neither ſhall they learne warr any more. Chriſt was born in the raigne of Auguſtus Caeſar, then when having vanquiſhed Lepidus, Antonius, and the reſt of his enemies both at home and abroad, he ſet open gates of Janus in token of an univerſall peace: and raigned as Lord and Monarch of the Roman world.De invent r[illegible: 1 letter]r. lib. 4.1. Polydor Virgill out of Oroſius tells us, that the ſelf-ſame day wherein Chriſt was born, Auguſtus Caeſar made proclamation that no man ſhould thenceforth give him the title of Lord, manifeſto praeſagio majoris dominatus qui tum in terris ortus eſt, ſaith he, not without a manifeſt preſage of a greater Lord then himſelf then born into the world: greater 1. both for the peaceableneſſe of his government, as here; no uſe of weapons or warllike engines. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but ſpiritual. 2 Cor. 10.4. Chriſt ſhall bring both to Jewes and Gentiles the Goſpel of peace and the peace of the Goſpel.

he ſhall ſpeake peace unto the Heathen] peace of countrey, and peace of Conſcience too: and 2. for the extent of his government, It ſhould be as large as the world, a Catholike kingdome.

his dominion, ſhall be from Sea to Sea] From the red Sea the Mediterranean Sea, or the Sea of Paleſtina: for theſe two ſeas were the bound; of the land of Canaan Num. 23.31. for the Jews ſcarce knew any other ſea but theſe two. And the Prophet here alludeth to the times of Solomons reigne, a[illegible: 1 letter] appeares by Pſal. 72.8. He ſhall have dominion alſo from ſea to ſea: and from the river unto the ends of the earth: that is, from Euphrates to the utmoſt bounds of the holy land which by a common cuſtome of ſpeech are put for the utmoſt quarters of the world.