Isaiah 55

Isaiah 55:1

THat thirsteth] that are in want and necessity of Gods grace, and have a lively feeling thereof Come ye] namely, to mee Christ, who am the welspring of grace, signified by the water, and of life, signified by the wine and milke, which are nourishment for the body That hath] that hath no means to gaine this good of your selves Buy and] that is to say, take as a gift that which shall be made yours in like manner, as if you had paid the just price of it. Or give (that is to say, forsake and renounce) all other worldly goods for this, Matth. 13. 44. Revelation 3:18.

Isaiah 55:2

Do ye spend] that is to say, Why doe you bestow all you have in superstitions, idolatries, works of the Law, and other wayes to purchase eternall life, which none can give you but I?

Isaiah 55:4

I have given him] words of the Father confirming his Sonne in his vocation, in whom, descending from David according to the flesh, were to be verified the promises made toDavid and to all the other Fathers A witnesse] namely, to declare and confirme the Fathers will and counsell, at which, being his eternall wisdom, he had been present. He toucheth Christs two Offices, namely, of Prophet and King, after he had accomplished his priesthood upon earth.

Isaiah 55:5

A nation] namely, the poore Gentiles, who were strangers to Gods Covenant, and void of all true knowledge of him, Ephes. 2. 11, 12. Because of] because that God the Father shall accompany thy Gospel with his divine vertue, by which mens hearts shall be effectually converted. Or because God shall have plainly manifested himselfe to be thy God and thy Father by thy resurrection and glorious ascension, Romans 1:4.

Isaiah 55:6

While he] while he offers himselfe to men by the Gospel, out of which he cannot bee found, Psal. 32. 6. John 7. 34. and 8. 21.

Isaiah 55:8

My thoughts] I am infinitely mercifull and ready to forgive, and not hard and implacable as men are, neither am I inconstant and wavering in my promises as they are.

Isaiah 55:11

So shall] so likewise will I never recall the promise of my grace, but will fully performe it Shall proper] shall happily accomplish it without any obstacle or let.

Isaiah 55:12

Ye shall goe out] namely, out of your spirituall bondage, from which Christ shall free you.

Isaiah 55:13

In slead] God shall fill the world with true beleevers, noble plants in stead of harmfull, bastard, and wilde plants, such as man is in the state of his corrupt nature, Micah 7:4. And it shall be] this miraculous change shall be as an eternall monument of Gods glorie, and he shall be everlastingly praised for it in his Church.