John Trapp on Isaiah 55:5
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Isaiah55:5
Ver. 5. Behold thou ſhalt call a Nation] Yea all Nations that yet dwell in darkneſs and in the ſhadow of death: being utterly ignorant of God and his will, of themſelves and their duties. But now when they ſhall know God or rather be known of him, they ſhall run to Chriſt, and yea flye as a cloud, and flock into the Church, as doves ſcour into their columbaries, ruſhing into the windows, chap. 66.8.
Becauſe of the Lord thy God] Through the mighty operation of his Spirit by the preaching of his Word. The Philoſophers though never ſo able, could hardly perſwade ſome few to embrace their Tenents. Plato went thrice into Sicily to convert Dionyſius, but could not do it. Socrates could not work upon Alcibiades, nor Cicero upon his own ſon, becauſe God was not with them, nor was willing to glorify his Son Chriſt by them, as he did afterwards by his holy Apoſtles.
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