A second volume of discourses or sermons on several scriptures

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