Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
Ver. 27. Zion shall be redeemed in judgment.] Or, By judgment executed on her enemies, who are also God's enemies. Isa 1:24
And her converts.] Such as were Manasseh, made of a lion a lamb; Matthew, of a publican an evangelist; Paul, of a Pharisee an apostle; Justin, of a philosopher a martyr; Cyprian, of a rhetorician, and, as some think, a magician, a most famous bishop; Augustine, of a Manichee a champion of the Church; Petrus Paulus Vergerius, of the Pope's Nuncio a zealous preacher at Zurich. That I speak not of Peter Martyr's converts in Italy, Earl Martinens, Marquess Caracciolus, Lacisius, Tremellius, Zanchius, and other great divines. Bucer was first wrought upon by Luther's sermon, preached before the emperor at Worms, and so from a Dominican became a famous Protestant. Bilney was converted by reading Erasmus' translation of the New Testament, for the eloquence of it, and particularly by that sweet sentence, 1 Timothy 1:15. Latimer was converted by blessed Bilney, as he calleth him, from a stiff Papist to a stout professor of the truth; Julius Palmer the martyr by reading Calvin's Institutions; Dr Sibbes by a sermon preached by Mr Paul Bains; Mr Whately by Mr Dod. a
In righteousness.] Or, By God's faithfulness in fulfilling his promises, whereby they are made partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2Pe 1:4
a Hist. of Modern Divines, by Lupton.