Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 26:10

10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness : in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD .

This is the Carriage of thy People; but the Course of Wicked men is directly contrary in all conditions: For if thou dost spare them, when thou punishest thine own People, they will not accept of that gracious Invitation to Repentance, nor walk worthy of so great a Mercy.

Even in God's Church, and among his People, where Righteousness is professed and taught, and by many practised; and where Unrighteousness is discountenanced and punished: all which things are Aggravations of his Sin.

Although God gives such plain and clear Discoveries of his Majesty and Glory, not onely in his Word, but also in his Works, and especially in this glorious Work of his Patience and Mercy to Wicked men, yet they wilfully shut their Eyes at it, and will not acknowledge it.

Marginal references: Eccl. 8. 11.