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ISAIAH xliii. 25. •, even I am he that blotteth out thy Transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

IN the foregoing Verses, ¹we have a heavy Charge drawn up against the People of the Jews; in which they stand charged both with sins of Omission and of Commission: By the one, they showed themselves weary of God; and by the other, God became weary of them. Thou hast not called upon me, •or brought me thy burnt-offerings, nor honoured me with thy Sacrifices, but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel, as it is in 22, ⟨p. 2⟩23. Verses. Thou thoughtest my Commands grievous, and my Service bu• thensome; and though, as thou a• my Sworn Servant, I might comp• thee to work; yet I have born wi• thy sloth, and suffered my Work to • undone. I have not caused thee to ser• with Offerings, nor wearied thee with […] cense, as it is in the 24th Verse. Na• as if so be rejecting my Service, h• not been Indignity enough, thou ha• even brought me into a kind of Serv• tude, even me thy Lord and Maste• thou hast wearied my Patience, th• hast loaded my Omnipotency; thou h• made me serve with thy sins, thou h wearied me with thine Iniquities, Ver. 2 And what could we now in reason expect should be the close of so heavy a Accusation, but only as heavy a Doo and Sentence. Thou hast brought m no Sacrifices, therefore I will mak thee a Sacrifice to my Wrath; tho hast not called upon me, and when tho doest call, I will not answer; thou ha wearied me with thy Sins, and I wil weary thee with my Plagues. Bu there's no such expected severity follows hereupon; but I, even I am he tha