An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…

Tremelius upon the place notes,¹ that the form of the word for chastising here, it is unusual, because (saith he) perhaps God would express some more than ordinary way of punishing them. And Luther renders it,^* Exceeding desirously will I chastise them. It is in my will to chastise them. Oh! blessed God, do not we find in thy Word that the Works of thy Justice are said to be thy strange Works, and that thou art not willing to grieve the children of men, that mercy pleases thee? but where do we ever find that Justice was so pleasing to thee?

1. 1pro [Greek or Hebrew] à A communi regula discedit, fortasse voluit inusitatum inuere castigationis modum, insolitâ verbi forma, Tremel.pro 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 à A communi regula discedit, fortasse voluit inusitatum inuere castigationis modum, insolitâ verbi forma, Tremel.
2. *[Greek or Hebrew] [In desiderio meo, & castigabo eos] Valde cupidè eos castigabo, So Luther. See Buxtorf. Lexic. Heh. in [Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉 [In desiderio meo, & castigabo eos] Valde cupidè eos castigabo, So Luther. See Buxtorf. Lexic. Heh. in 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.

It's true, though at first God seems to forbear the execution of Justice as a thing he hath no mind to, yet if sin be continued in, in a stubborn way, now God desires it as a thing that there's nothing more pleasing to him. He is burdened with mens sins, and desires to bring punishments upon them; as a man under a great burden desires to be eased;