et apart for ſacred Services, which is called a Sabuath, Z2vz#, 16. 31. and 23. 32. Days of this Nature were ſet apart before the Cap- tivity, Ch. 22. 12. Ferem. 36. 9. and alfo in the Captivity, Zech. 7. 5. And thus it may be pertinent to the occaſion of this diſcou:ſ:, v. 3. And further, though Sabbath be here only mentioned, yet it may take in every inſtitution of God, that they were 1n a capacity of obſerving during their captivity; Thus I conceive it 1s under- ſtood, ch. 56 1, 2. Or, wizether we take it more particularly for the weekly Sabbath, ſuch a carriage doth God expe, as doth be- come it. # Satisfying thy luits, and the corruption of thy will. & i- e. On my Sabbath, whici is an holy day. ! Full of detights 1n thy Judgement, not looking on it as a burthen ; and PraQtice, per- forming the duties of it with chearfulneſs, delighting in the ordi- nances of it, and ſo the Sabbath by a Metonymy is put for the works of the Sabbath, the time being pur for the things that ought to be done in that time; Therefore Ca/ling here is not only a verbal, but af:#:onate calling, the underſtanding aſſenting, the wi conſenting, and the a#ioms conforming thereto; This delight appears 1n the Saints of God, in their breathings after it, as it did frequently in Da- wid, Pſ.21.4.& 36.8.8 42.1. with many more. m Or zothe Lord, i.c. dedicated to him, conſecrated to his ſervice. The Jews had a Law that no man might take from the Sabbath, ro add to the prophane days, but he might on the contrary. iz. The chicf of days, wor- thy of all honour, and therefore honourable, becauſe holy; And ſo ſhall honour, either 7#, i. e» the day ; Or, him, i« e. the Lord, -yhoſe day it iss For to ſantify God, and to ſanQify his day is all one, compare c<. 8.13. with Exod. 20. 8. thus eſteem it an honour as well as a pleaſure. o Or works, or courſe of life; a Mans whole courſe being deſcribed by a way or walk, Ger. 17. 1» Eph. 5,8. p Yiz, That are properly thine own, i. e. thine own in oppoſition to what God commands, proceeding from the corruption of Na- ture, and vanity of the mind, or not ſpeaking words, 1. e. vainly, impertinently, and not ſuitable to the work of the day, tending nei- ther to thy profit, or pleaſure ; Or rather injurious, revengeful, or reproachful words, contrary to reſt, quiet, and ſedate compoſed- neſs of the Sabbath. And thus it refers to what was their uſual praſtice upon their ſolemn Afſemblies, or Sabbaths towards their poor brethren, which they are charged with, verſe 3- and is called
| ſpeaking vanity, verſe g. Sce there; and accordingly the LXX ren-
der it, If thou ſpeak nat a word in anger.
14 Then ſhalr chou delight thy {elf 4 in the LORD,
# 4 E Chap. LIX