That I may reason with you: since God hath laid so great obligations upon you, let us a little consider whether you have answered them.
The righteous acts, Heb. the righteousnesses, i.e. mercies or benefits; for so that word is oft used, as Psa_24:5 36:10 Pro_10:2 11:4; and that is the chief subject of the following discourse; some of their calamities being but briefly named, and that for the illustration of God’s mercy in their deliverances.