Further, This phrase or manner of speaking, what his soul desireth, notes only the intenseness and strength of his desires, or what he desireth strongly. The Lord sometimes makes offers to do that which is not in his heart or desire to do: But what ever his soul goes out upon indeed, or would have done, that shall be done. Thus the word is used frequently, to set forth the full purpose of God to do a thing (Levit. 26.30.) And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. That is, extremely abhor you, I will abhor you with the utmost abhorrence. And again (Isai. 1.14.) Your new moons, and your appointed feasts, my soul hateth. That is, I hate them with a perfect hatred, to show how deep his hatred was of those things (as done by them) he saith, my soul hateth them; As if he had said, ⟨p. 419⟩I hate your formality in my worship, from the bottom of my heart. We have the same sense (Jer. 6.8.) Be thou instructed O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee. That is, lest I totally depart. I will depart not only by withdrawing some of your outward comforts, but even those which are the more intimate and immediate discoveries of my love, my soul shall depart from thee, or, be loosed and dis-jointed from thee (as we put in the Margin) that is, I will be of no more use to thee, or a help to thee, then a member of the body is to the body, when it is dislocated or removed from its proper joint. Once more (Jer. 32.41.) I will rejoice over them to do them good, and will plant them in this land assuredly, with my whole heart, and with my whole soul; That is, I will do it for them entirely and affectionately, or with entirest affection.
Further, This phrase or manner of speaking, what his soule desireth, notes onely the intensnes and strength of his desires, or what he desiereth strongly. The Lord sometimes makes offers to doe that which is not in his heart or desire to doe: But what ever his soule goes out upon indeed, or would have done, that shall be done. Thus the word is used frequently, to set forth the full purpose of God to doe a thing (Levit. 26.30.) And I will destroy your high places, and cut downe your images, and cast your carkases upon the carkases of your idols, and my soule shall abhorre you. That is, extreamly abhorre you, I will abhorre you with the utmost abhorrence. And againe (Isai. 1.14.) Your new moones, and your appointed feasts, my soule hateth. That is, I hate them with a perfect hatred, to shew how deepe his hatred was of those things (as done by them) he saith, my soule hateth them; As if he had sayd, ⟨p. 419⟩I hate your formality in my worship, from the bottome of my heart. We have the same sence (Jer. 6.8.) Be thou instructed O Jerusalem, lest my soule depart from thee. That is, lest I totally depart. I will depart not onely by withdrawing some of your outward comforts, but even those which are the more intimate and immediate discoveries of my love, my soule shall depart from thee, or, be loosed and dis-joynted from thee (as we put in the Mergin) that is, I will be of no more use to thee, or a helpe to thee, then a member of the body is to the body, when it is dislocated or removed from its proper joynt. Once more (Jer. 32.41.) I will rejoyce over them to doe them good, and will plant them in this land assuredly, with my whole heart, and with my whole soule; That is, I will doe it for them entirely and affectionatly, or with entirest affection.