John Trapp on Isaiah 65:1-2

CHAP. LXV.

Piſcat.Ver. 1. I Am ſought of them that asked not for me] I am ſought, that is, I am found, as Eccleſ. 3.6. Or, I am ſought to by thoſe that asked not of me, viz. by the Gentiles who knew me not, enquired not of me. See Rom. 10.20, 21. where the Apoſtle (then whom we cannot have a better Interpreter) expoundeth this verſe of the calling of the Gentiles; and the next verſe, of the rejection of the Jews: and herein Eſaias was very bold, ſaith St. Paul: ſo bold, ſay Origen and others, that for this cauſe, among others, he was ſawn aſunder by his unworthy Countrey-men. See on chap. 1.10.

I am found of them that ſought me not] The firſt act of our Coverſion then (the infuſion of the ſap) is of God: our will prevents it not, but followes it. See 2 Cor. 3.5. Rom. 8.7. Joh. 6.44. 1 Cor. 12.3. Deut. 29.3, 4. Pſal. 36.10. Note this againſt the Patrons of Nature, Free-will men, Papiſts eſpecially, who not only aſcribe the beginning of ſalvation to themſelves in coworking with God in their firſt converſion, but alſo the end and the accompliſhment of it, by works of condignity, meritorious of eternal life.

I ſaid, Behold me, behold me] We are not eaſily arrouſed out of that dead Lethargy into which ſin and Satan hath caſt us: hence this Lo I, Lo I. And here we have both Gods anſwer to the Churches prayer, chap. 64. and the ſcope of the whole book (as Oecolampadius obſerveth) ſet down in the percloſe: viz. the coming in of the Gentiles, and the caſting off of the Jews, for their many and mighty ſins, Amos 5.12.

Prov. 1.24. Act. 26.1.Ver. 2. I have ſpred out my hands] A Preachers uſe to do, or as thoſe that invite and becken others to themſelves with the hand: See Mat. 11.28.

Ʋnto a rebellious people] Whoſe deſtruction therefore is of themſelves, ſith they will not be ruled, reclaimed.

After their own thoughts] Which were evil, only evil, continually ſo. A Toad may as eaſily ſpet a cordial, as a natural man think a good thought.