I have seen his ways, and will heal him
Either the ways of such who trust in the Lord, the ways of the
humble and contrite, who are brought by repentance and
reformation, by the dealings of God with them; these he sees,
knows, and approves of, and heals their former backslidings; for
though not all, yet some may be reformed hereby; or rather the
ways of the froward, their evil ways, which are their own ways in
opposition to God's ways, peculiar to themselves, of their own
devising and choosing; these the Lord sees, resents, and corrects
for, and yet graciously pardons them, which is meant by healing:
I will lead him also;
out of those evil ways of his into the good and right way in
which he should go; into the way of truth and paths of
righteousness; for it is for want of evangelical light and
knowledge that so many err from the truths of the Gospel, and
from the simplicity of Gospel worship; but in the latter day the
Spirit of truth shall be poured down from on high, and shall lead
professors of real religion into all truth, and they shall speak
a pure language, and worship the Lord with one consent: and
restore comforts to him, and to his mourners;
that mourn over their own sins, and the sins of others; that
mourn in Zion, and for Zion; for the corruptions in doctrine and
worship crept into the reformed churches; for the want of church
discipline and Gospel conversation; for the declensions of
professors of religion, and the divisions among them; and for
that worldly, earthly, and carnal spirit that prevails; for
these, as bad as our times are, there are some that mourn
publicly and privately; and to these, and to the church for their
sakes, comfort shall be restored, by sending forth Gospel light,
truth, and knowledge, which shall cover the earth as the waters
the sea; by reviving primitive doctrines and ordinances; by
blessing the word to the conversion of a multitude of sinners,
and to the edification of saints; by causing brotherly love,
peace, and spirituality, to abound among professors, and by
blessing all the means of grace to the consolation of their
souls; and by making particular applications of the blood,
righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ, for pardon,
justification, and atonement, the solid foundation of all true
comfort.