my servant] And therefore, neither oughtest to pollute thy self with idols, nor needest to fear them. Jerem. 10. 2, 11. I have chosen] Deuteronomy 7:6. & Deuteronomy 10:15. & 14 2. Psalms 135:4. Chap. 43. 1. & 44. 1. my friend] Whom I loved, Deuteronomy 4:37. and who loved me entirely, Genesis 22:12. and with whom I entred a league of amitie, Gen. 12. 2, 3. & 15. 1. & 17. 1, 2. 2 Chronicles 20:7. James 2:23. Thus is God a friend, even to the issue of his friend. Exodus 20:6. Psalms 37:26. & 115. 13, 14.