Isaiah 64 - Introduction
_THE CHURCH PRAYETH FOR THE ILLUSTRATION OF GOD'S POWER: CELEBRATING GOD'S MERCY, IT MAKETH CONFESSION OF ITS NATURAL CORRUPTIONS; IT COMPLAINETH OF ITS AFFLICTION._ _Before Christ 698._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE CHURCH PRAYETH FOR THE ILLUSTRATION OF GOD'S POWER: CELEBRATING GOD'S MERCY, IT MAKETH CONFESSION OF ITS NATURAL CORRUPTIONS; IT COMPLAINETH OF ITS AFFLICTION._ _Before Christ 698._... [ Continue Reading ]
OH THAT THOU WOULDST REND, &C.— _Wouldst rend,_ &c. Isaiah 64:2 _as the fire kindleth the dry fuel; as the fire causeth the waters to boil,_ &c. Lowth. The ideas are here taken from the descent of God upon mount Sinai, and are very similar to Judges 5:4. The connexion is this: "Oh that thou wouldst... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR SINCE THE BEGINNING, &C.— See 1 Corinthians 2:9. The meaning of the phrase, _Neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee,_ is, "no one can relate or explain, as no one hath seen, what is known only to God, in all his wonderful operations, whose mighty wisdom far transcends human thought and c... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU MEETEST HIM THAT REJOICETH, &C.— _Thou meetest with joy those who work righteousness; who in thy ways remember thee. Lo! thou art angry; for we have sinned; because of our deeds; for we have been rebellious: and we are all of us as a polluted thing; and like a rejected garment are all our right... [ Continue Reading ]
WILT THOU REFRAIN— _Wilt thou contain thyself at these things, O_ JEHOVAH? &c. Lowth. REFLECTIONS.—1st, We have here, 1. The church's request, desiring some glorious manifestation, as in the days of old: that God would appear for the salvation of his people, and, with vengeance burning as the most... [ Continue Reading ]