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Promises to the penitent.

ISAIAH, LVIII.

The fast acceptable to God.

9 And thou wentest to the king with | is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, him. and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

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14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

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Hos. 7.

* Or, thou respectedst the king. k ch. 30. 6. Ez. 16. 33. & 23. 16. 11. & 12. 1. Or, living. 1 Jer. 2. 25. m ch. 51. 12, 13. n P's. 50. 21. o ch. 40. 3. & 62 10. p Job 6. 10. Luke 1. 49. q Ps. 68. 4. Zech. 2. 13.

r Ps. 34. 18. & 51. 17. & 138. 6. ch. 66. 2.

$5. 5. & 103. 9. Mic. 7. 18. u Num. 16. 22. Job 34. 14. Heb. 12. 9.

s Ps. 147. 3. ch. 61. 1.

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19 Heb. turning away.

y ch. 8. 17. & 45. 15.

z ch. 9. 13.

a Jer. 3. 22.

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f ch. 48. 22.

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20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

CHAPTER LVIII.

The prophet is commanded to show the people their sins. 3 Why their fasts have been unprofitable. 8 How God's favour is to be obtained. 13 The reward of keeping the sabbath. [B. c. 698.]

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CRY aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob

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5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen ?

to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo "the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest

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ye fast not as this day. a day. d Zech. 7. 5. Jonah 3. 6. broken. k Job 31. 19.

g Neh. 5. 10, 11, 12.

* Or, afflicted.

h Jer. 34. 9.

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i Ez. 18. 7, 16.

How God's favour is obtained.

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ISAIAH, LIX.

the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from 'thine own flesh? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily and thy righteousness shall go before thee; "the glory of the LORD shall be thy rearward.

9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in 'drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters 10 fail not.

12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

13¶ If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

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The iniquities of Israel.

2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

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18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call 'thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be

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The office of the Messiah.

21 Thy people also shall be all righteous they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, " the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

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22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

CHAPTER LXI.

The office of the Messiah. 4 The glorious results of his coming.

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[B. C. 698.]

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THE Spirit of the Lord Gon is upon me: because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

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2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, " to give unto them beauty for ashes. the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called Trees of righteousness, 'The planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

4 And they shall 'build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations. and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

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5 And strangers shall stand and feel your flocks, and the sons of the alien shell be your ploughmen and your vinedressers.

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6" But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD; men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

7 For your shame ye shall have double: 7¶ P and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be

unto them.

c Ps. 147. 3. ch. 57. 15,

John 1. 32. & 3. 34, See Jer. 34. 8.

CHAP. LXI.-a cb. 11. 2. Luke 4. 18. d ch. 42. 7. Mal. 4. 1. 3. i ch. 60. 21.

f ch. 34. 8. & 63. 4. & 66. 14. Matt. 5. 4.

h Ps. 30. 11.

2 Thess. 1. 7, 8, 9. k John 15. 8.

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e See Lov. 5 gch. 5.1

ch. 60, 17, 161 p ch. 40. 2 Tes

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