Isaiah 59

^{1 !} The wicked perish through their owne iniquities.

^{3 a} Read {Chap 1, 15}.

^{4 c} According to their wicked deuises, they hurt their neighboures.

^{4 b} All men ??? at the injuries & opressions, & none go about to remedie them.

^{5 d} Whatsoeuer cometh from them, is poyson and bringeth death.

^{5 e} Thei are profitable to no purpose.

^{9 f} That is, Gods vengeance to punish our enemies.

^{9 g} Gods pretection to defend vs.

^{10 h} We are altogether destitute of counsel and can find no end of our miseries.

^{11 i} We exress our sorowes by outwarde signes, some more some lesse.

^{12 !} The confession of sinnes.

^{12 k} This confession is general to the Church to obetine remission of sinnes, & the Prophetes did not exempt them selues from the same.

^{13 l} To wit, against our neighbours.

^{14 m} There is nether justice nor vprightnes among men.

^{15 n} The wicked wil destroy him.

^{16 !} God alone wil preserue his Church, thogh all men faile.

^{16 o} Meaning, to do justice & to remedie the things that were so fare out of order.

^{16 p} That is his Church: or his arme did helpe it self, and did not seke aide of any other.

^{17 q} Signifying that God hathe all meanes at hand to deliuer his Church, and to punish their enemies.

^{18 r} To wit, your enemies, which dwel in diuers places, and beyonde the sea.

^{19 s} He sheweth that there shalbe great affliction in the Church, but God wil euer deliuer his.

^{20 t} Whereby he declareth that the true deliuerance from sinne & Satan belongeth to none, but to the children of God, whome he justifieth.

^{21 u} Because the doctrine is made profitable by the vertue of the Spirit, he joyneth the one with the other, and promiseth to giue them bothe to his Church for euer.