Isaiah 64

Isaiah 64:1

OH that thou wouldest rent the heavens] That thou wouldest, by thy mightie power, declare thy love to thy Church: descending again, as thou sometime didst at the giving of the law. Exodus 19:18. Psal. 68. 2, 8.

the mountains might flow down] Or, melt. Vers. 3. Chap. 34. 3. Micah 1:4. Alluding to the manner of burning hils, such as Etna in Sicilie, and Soma in Italie, which breaking out, are wont to runne down with streams of fire and sulphurie matter, into the seas beside them, and valleys beneath them.

Isaiah 64:2

As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boyl] Heb. the fire of meltings burneth. or, fire burneth the meltings. As the fire maketh the metall to run, when it is cast: and the boyling water to rise in bubbles.

Isaiah 64:3

When thou didst terrible things] Exodus 34:10.

the mountains flowed down] Or, melted. Vers. 1. Jud. 5. 5. Psalms 97:5. Habakkuk 3:6.

Isaiah 64:4

For] Heb. And. as Chap. 9. 11.

men have not heard. &c.] Psal 31. 19. 1 Corinthians 2:9.

neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him] Or, seen a God besides thee, which doth so for him, &c.

what he hath prepared for him, &c.] Such things hast thou done for thy Church, as the like were never known. Chap. 52. 15.

that waiteth for him] That patiently waiteth and dependeth upon thee. Chap. 8. 17. & 30 28.

Isaiah 64:5

Thou meetest him that rejoyceth, &c.] Or, thou didst meet him, that rejoyced and wrought (or, rejoyced to work) righteousnesse; and those that remembred. Thou shewedst favour to our forefathers, according to their own hearts desire. when they served thee cheerfully, and delighted in well doing. Deut. 16. 11, 14, 15. & 28. 47. Psalms 37:4. & Psalms 68:3. & Psalms 112:1. Or, thou wast beneficiall to Abraham, who rejoyced in thy favour, and walked uprightly. Genesis 15:1. & 17. 1, 17. Chap. 41. 2. John 8. 56.

those that remember thee in thy wayes] Those that remembred thee, and returned unto thee, in the time of their afflictions. Deuteronomy 30:1-3. 2 Chronicles 15:4. Psalms 22:27. Chap. 26. 8, 9, 13, 16. Or, thse that were mindefull of thee, and carefull to walk in thy wayes. Deuteronomy 8:1-19. Psal. 119. 1, 2. & 128. 1. Ecclesiastes 12:1; Ecclesiastes 12:13.

for] Heb. and. as Psalms 108:12. Chap. 53. 2, 11. or, because. as Chap. 57. 17.

in those is continuance, and we shall be saved] Or, that we may be saved. as Chap. 53. 2. Malachi 1:9. Thou continuest constant in those thy courses, to work thereby our salvation. Romans 2:4. 1 Corinthians 11:32. Or, if we did continue constant in those thy wayes, we also should be saved. Deuteronomy 30:20. Chap. 38. 16.

Isaiah 64:6

we are all as an unclean thing] Worthy therefore to be cast away, and sequestred from thy sight. Levit. 13. 45, 46. Num. 5. 2, 3. & 12. 14. 2 Chron. 26. 20, 21. Chap. 30. 22. Lamentations 1:17. & 4. 14, 15. Hab. 1. 13.

all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags] Those that seem best among us, are no better. Micah 7:4. Or, our best actions are not free from default and defilement. Romans 7:21.

filthy rags] Heb. a garment of rags; or, as some, of separation. from a word in sound near unto it. Lamentations 1:17. Ezek. 7. 19, 20. & 36. 17.

we all do fade as a leaf] Psal. 90. 5, 6.

our iniquities like the winde, have taken us away] Hosea 4:19. Chap. 57. 13.

Isaiah 64:7

none that calleth upon thy name] Notwithstanding our troubles, we seek not to thee as we should. Psalms 14:4. Chap. 43. 22. & 59. 11. Hos. 7. 7, 14.

for] Or, though as Chap. 53. 8.

thou hast hid thy face from us] Chap. 8. 17. & 57. 17.

hast consumed us] Heb. melted us. or, made us faint. Ezekiel 21:15.

because of our iniquities] Or, by means (as Chap. 62. 3. Heb. by the hand: or, in the room. Chap. 65. 5.) of our iniquities. Psal. 90. 7, 8.

Isaiah 64:8

But] Or, Yet. as Chap. 17. 6.

thou art our father] Albeit thou mightest justly destroy us; and art able so to do: Jeremiah 18:6. yet deal mercifully with us; since thou art our father, and hast taken us to be thy children. Psalms 103:13. & Psalms 138:8. Job 10:8. Chap. 19. 25. & 63. 16.

we are the clay, and thou our potter] Chap. 45. 9. Jeremiah 18.

we all are the work of thy hand] Psalms 119:73. & Psalms 138:8. Job 10:8-11. Malachi 2:10.

Isaiah 64:9

Be not wroth very sore] Psalms 79:8.

neither remember iniquity for ever] Psalm. 25. 7. & 79. 8. & 103. 9.

we are all thy people] Chap. 63. 19.

Isaiah 64:10

Thy holy cities] Heb. The cities of thine holinesse. or, Thy cities of holinesse. as Ps. 15. 1. Zion and Jerusalem: wherein thy service was celebrated and frequented Ps. 74. 8. Or, the cities of Judah, wherein thy people sometime dwelt. Jeremiah 10:22. See Chap. 65. 9, 11.

Jerusalem a desolation] Chap. 1. 7. & 62. 4.

Isaiah 64:11

Our holy and our beautifull house, &c.] Heb. Our house of holinesse and beautie. as Chap. 65. 11. Thy Temple, wherein we and our fathers have formerly worshipped thee. Psalms 42. 4. and 122. 1.

all our pleasant things] Heb. desirable things. Chap. 44. 9.

Isaiah 64:12

Wilt thou refrain thy self for these things] At the contempt of thine own name? though our sinnes have deserved all this; yet suffer not thine own glory to be thus impeached and impaired. Psal. 83. 1, 2. & 115. 1, 2.