John Trapp on Isaiah 1:12

Ver. 12. When ye come to appear before me] Heb. to be ſeen, elſe all had been loſt: Hypocriſie is very oſtentous; it would be noted and noticed: whereas true Devotion deſireth not to be ſeen of any, ſave Him who ſeeth in ſecret.

Who hath required this at your hand?] This is Gods Voyce to all ſuperſtitious Will-worſhippers and carnal-Goſpellers. Friend, how cameſt thou in hither? Who ſent for thee to my ſervice? Who hath forewarned this generation of Vipers to flye from the wrath to come? What haſt thou to do to take up my Name? &c. Pſalm 50.16. to tread my Courts, to pollute my Preſence? This is the gate of the Lord into which the Righteous only ſhould enter, Pſalm 118.20. The ſacrifice of the wicked is abomination, how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked mind! Prov. 21.27.

To tread my Courts] Or trample on, as chap. 62.3. to foul it, Calca[illegible: 1 letter]is atria & teritis pavimentum. A Lap. Sands his Relat. of Weſt. Relig. Sect. 8. and wear it out with their feet: as in ſome places Marble-croſſes graven in Pavements of Popiſh Churches (with indulgences annexed for every time they are kiſſed) are even worn by the kiſſes of the devouter Sexe, eſpecially. Diodaete noteth here that a phraſe is pickt out on purpoſe to ſhew that theſe falſe appearances were rather acts of prophane contempt then of right Religion. The Greeks gave ſuch honour to their Temples, that they durſt not tread on the Threſhold thereof, but leap over it. The Prieſts at their ſolemn ſervices, cryed aloud [non-Latin text not transcribed], Greſſus removete prophani. The Jews at this day, before they come to the Synagogue, waſh themſelves, and ſcrape their ſhoos with an Iron faſtened in a wall at the entrance. The Habaſſines (a mongrel kind of Chriſtians in Africk) do neither walk nor talk, nor ſit nor ſpit, nor laugh in the Church, nor admit dogs into the Church-yards. Sed quorſum haec omnia? to what end is all this, without an honeſt care to lift up pure hands and holy hearts in Gods preſence? See Jer. 7.3, 4, 9, 10, 11.