Come [and] hear, all ye that fear God
Who have a reverential affection for him, and by whom he is
worshipped and served with reverence and godly fear; these have
good things done for themselves, and will glorify God for what he
does for others: these know the nature, worth, and value of the
good things the Lord does for the souls of men, and hear them
with pleasure and profit; when to tell them to others is casting
pearl before swine, and giving that which is holy to dogs; and
therefore only such as fear the Lord are called upon to come and
hear what follows. Jarchi interprets this character of
proselytes; see ( Acts 13:26 ) ;
and I will declare what he hath done for my
soul:
not what he had done for God, or offered unto him, or suffered
for his sake; nor what God had done for his body in the make and
preservation of it; but what he had done for his soul, and the
salvation of that: what God the Father had done in setting him
apart for himself; in making a sure, well ordered, and
everlasting covenant with him in Christ; in blessing him with all
spiritual blessings in him; in providing for the redemption of
his soul by him; in pardoning his sins, justifying his person,
adopting him into his family, and regenerating, quickening, and
sanctifying him: also what God the Son had done for him; in
engaging to assume a true body and a reasonable soul on his
account; and to make that soul an offering for his sin, and
thereby obtain for him eternal redemption, even the salvation of
his immortal soul: likewise what God the Spirit had done for him;
in quickening and enlightening his soul; in implanting principles
of grace and holiness in it; in showing Christ unto him, and
bringing near his righteousness, and leading him to him for
salvation and eternal life; in applying exceeding great and
precious promises to him, and remembering to him such on which he
had caused him to hope; in delivering him out of temptation and
troubles, and in carrying on the work of his grace in him
hitherto: these are things that are not to be concealed in a
man's breast, but to be told to the church and people of God, to
their joy and comfort, and to the glory of divine grace; see (
Mark 5:19 ) .