Commentary upon the Prophecy of Isaiah

I Expound this particle Vau, Wherefore: which we are diligently to observe.¹ For thus he concludes; I have begotten you and brought you forth; yea I have borne you in mine arms, whilst you were yet in your swaddling clouts: and therefore I will be the protector of your life even unto the end. And thus David reasons; Thou, O Lord, diddest draw me out of the womb, thou gavest me hope even at my mothers breasts. I was cast upon thee even from the womb: thou art my God from my mothers belly: Psal. 22.9, 10. God promiseth the Jews then, that he will always be a father unto them. The Lord, saith David, will finish the good work he hath begun in me: thy mercies, O Lord, endure for ever; therefore thou wilt not forsake the work of thine own hands: Psal. 138 8.

I Expound this particle Ʋau, Wherefore: which wee are diligently to obserue.¹ For thus he concludes; I haue begotten you and brought you forth; yea I haue borne you in mine armes, whilest you were yet in your swadling clouts: and therefore I will be the protector of your life euen vnto the end. And thus Dauid reasons; Thou, O Lord, diddest draw me out of the wombe, thou gauest me hope euen at my mothers breasts. I was cast vpon thee euen from the wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly: Psal. 22.9, 10. God promiseth the Iewes then, that hee will alwaies be a father vnto them. The Lord, saith Dauid, will finish the good worke he hath begun in me: thy mercies, O Lord, indure for euer; therefore thou wilt not forsake the worke of thine owne hands: Psal. 138 8.

1. 1God not only begins, but perfects the work of his gr•ce in us.God not onely begins, but perfects the worke of his gr•ce in vs.