John Trapp on Isaiah 55:7

Ver. 7. Let the wicked forſake his wayes] Or elſe never think of finding favour with God, or of calling upon him to any purpoſe: The Leapers lips ſhould be covered according to the Law: A good motion from an ill mouth will never take with God.

Pura Deus mens est, purâ vult mente vocari: Et puras juſſit pondus habere preces.

And the unrighteous man his thoughts] See Jam. 4.8. with the Note. A Pilat may waſh his hands, a Phariſee clenſe the outſide of the platter. Caſtae manus ſunt, ſed mens habet piacula, ſaid an Heathen, who ſaw by the light of nature that clean hands and foul hearts did not ſuit well.

And let him return unto the Lord] See the Notes on Zach. 1.2. Joel 2.12, 13.

For he will abundantly pardon] Heb. he will multiply to pardon: as we multiply ſins,Epiſt. 7. ad Venant. he will multiply pardons. God in Chriſt mollis est & miſericors, not an auſtere man, implacable, inexorable, but multus ad ignoſcendum, as the Vulgar here rendereth it: and Fulgentius thus deſcanteth upon it, In hoc multo nihil deeſt, in quo eſt omnipotens miſericordia & omnipotentia miſericors, &c. In this much nothing is wanting (how can there, ſay) ſith there is in it omnipotent mercy, and merciful omnipotence? A pardon of courſe He giveth us for involuntary and unavoidable infirmities; this we have included in that general pardon which we have upon our general repentance. And for other ſins (be they blaſphemies, Matth. 12.13.) God hath all plaiſters and pardons at hand and ready made and ſealed: for elſe we might dye in our ſins, while the pardon is in providing. He hath alſo hanged out his tables, as I may ſay in the holy Scriptures, ſhewing what great ſinners he hath pardoned,Act. & Mon. 109. as Adam that Arch-rebel, Manaſſeh who was all manner of naughts, David, Peter, Paul, Magdalen, &c. The Lord Hungerford of Hatesby was beheaded for buggery in Henry the eights time: The Lord Thomas Cromwel a better man, but executed together with him, cheared him up and bad him be of good comfort: for, ſaid he, If your repent and be heartily ſorry for that you have done, there is for you alſo mercy with the Lord, who for Chriſts ſake will forgive you: therefore be not diſmaid. God ſeemeth to ſay to ſinners as once the French King Francis the firſt did to one that begged pardon for ſome ill words ſpoken againſt his Majeſty; Do thou learn to ſpeak little (ſo to ſin no more) and I will not fail to pardon much: I can remit whatſoever you can commit, never doubt it.