Isaiah 35

Isaiah 35:1

THe Wildernesse] namely, the poore Church, which before was laid waste by her perlecuters, shall be restored into a happy and flourishing state, after her enemies have been thus destroyed.

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen] comfort your selves, O you faithfull, and take courage in faith, and strengthen one another with these great experiences.

Isaiah 35:4

Your God] namely, Christ Jesus, true eternall God, who at all times, and from time to time had revealed himselfe to his people Israel, and by them was acknowledged to be their God.

Isaiah 35:5

The eyes] God shall make his Church capeable of acknowledging, and feeling his graces with joy and thanksgiving.

Isaiah 35:6

Shall waters] Gods grace shall be abundantly communicated to his Church, whereof the water which miraculously gushed out of therocke that Moses smote in the desert, was a figure.

Isaiah 35:7

In the habitation] in that place which before was desert, and horrid, see Isaiah 34:13.

Isaiah 35:8

Shall be there] that is to say in the Church all the faithfull shall be directly and securely guided into the Kingdom of Heaven, by the way of sanctification For those] namely, for the faithfull that are regenerate, vers. 5. 6 The way fairing men] that is to say, all men, whereof some are ignorant, as wayfaining men in a strange Countrey, to whom the way is unknowne; other some are mad, that is to say, through the vainenesse of their understanding, and blindnesse of their carnall affections, they forsake the right way.

Isaiah 35:9

No yon shall] his high way shall be safe from all danger, of the divell (who is the roaring Lyon) in the world, &c. termes taken from the peoples ancient voyage in the wildernesse.

Isaiah 35:10

Shall returne] that is to say, shall be converted to God, from whom all men have gone astray through sinne, and shall joyne themselves to the Church.