They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.
Ver. 7. They go from strength to strength] i.e. Lustily and constantly, turma turmae subinde sese adiungente, one company coming this way, and another that, out of their several parishes, and so they grow stronger, and go more comfortably on together, Pergunt turmatini (Beza). Some render it, de doctrina in doctrinam, vel de academia in academiam; they grow till they come to a perfect knowledge of God.
Every one of them in Zion appeareth before God] And then think their pains, though never so great, well bestowed, though then they saw God's face but obscurely, in the dark glass of the ceremonies. Popish pilgrims, though used hardly, and lose much of their estates, yet satisfy themselves in this, I have that I came for, viz. the sight of a dumb idol. What, then, should not we suffer to see God in his ordinances? &c.