John Trapp on Isaiah 49:1

CHAP. XLIX.

Ver. 1. LIſten O Iſles unto me] i. e. Ye forreiners; for wicked Iſrael will not, and therefore have no true peace, chap. 48.22. with Pſal. 119.165.

Ʋnto me] Underſtand it of Iſaiah. but eſpecially of Chriſt: for from hence to the end of this book (as the Jew-Doctours alſo acknowledge) are viſions and Sermons ſet down concerning Chriſts twofold Kingdome, viz. of Patience and of Power. See Act. 13.47. 2 Cor. 6.2. Rev. 7.10.

The Lord hath called me from the womb] Called me and qualified me, appointed and annointed me to the office of a Mediatour. This, thoſe that attend not, though never ſo remote, are deeply guilty before God, Deut. 18.18, 19. Act. 3.22, 23.