because, &c.] Proverbs 1:24. Chap. 7. 23. I have spoken unto them] By my ministers and messengers the Prophets. vers. 15. It being all one in effect, when God speaketh by them, as if he spake immediately by word of mouth himself. Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 1:20. Chap. 15. 19. 2 Corinthians 5:20. &2 Corinthians 13:3. Ephesians 2:17. they have not heard] Or, would not hear. Psalms 81:11. they have not answered] Or, would not answer. Chap. 7. 13.