John Trapp on Isaiah 26:16

Ver. 16. Lord, in trouble have they viſited thee] Pulcherrimus afflictationum fructus, precandi ardor & aſſiduitas. Affliction exciteth devotion, as blowing doth the fire. Chriſt in his agony prayed moſt earneſtly, Luke 22.44. Martha and Mary when their Brother Lazarus was ſick, ſent Meſſengers to Jeſus, Joh. 11.3. quos putas niſi ſuſpiria continuata, niſi prece[illegible: 1 letter] irremiſſas, ſaith Scultetus: i. e. what were thoſe Meſſengers but their continued groans, and earneſt prayers? See Hoſ. 5.15. with the Note. Prayer is the Daughter of affliction, and the Mother of comfort.

Not dropped but poured: not prayers but a prayer; one continual act: and as in the ſpeaking of three or four words there is much efficacy in a charm, ſo their prayers were very prevalent. They poured out] Freely and largely, and well-watered, as 1 Sam. 1.10. & 7.6. ver. 9.1.

A prayer] Heb. A charm, a muſſitation, a ſubmiſs and lowly ſpeech. Spels and Enchantments were conceived to be full of efficacy, containing much in few; think the ſame of prayer. But how much was he miſtaken in this kind of charm or ſpell, who would haunt the Taverns, Play-houſes and Whore houſes at London all day, but he durſt not go forth without private prayer in the morning: and then would ſay at his departure, Now Devil, do thy worſt.