John Trapp on Isaiah 48:16

Ver. 16. Come ye near unto me and hear this] God calleth often for audience, as knowing our dulneſs and croſſeneſs, our oſcitancy and inadvertency: a good mirrour for Miniſters.

I have not spoken in ſecret] See chap. 41.26.

From the time that I was, there am I] Viz. At the Creation, as Prov. 8.22, 23.Diod. Or, I have from everlaſting been the Authour of that counſel by which all theſe things have had as is were their firſt beginning; and afterwards, in their appointed time, I have brought them forth by my power.

And now the Lord God and his Spirit hath ſent me] i. e. Me Iſaiah the Prophet; whoſe writings ſhould therefore be prized and beleeved by us as moſt authentike and authoritative, becauſe he was commiſſionated by the bleſſed Trinity.