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Commentary upon the Prophecy of Isaiah
A commentary upon the prophecy of Isaiah. By Mr. John Calvin. Whereunto are added four tables ... Translated out of French into English: by C.C.A commentary vpon the prophecie of Isaiah. By Mr. Iohn Caluin. Whereunto are added foure tables ... Translated out of French into English: by C.C.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston, 1609
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Vers. 27. Because the Lord of hosts hath determined it, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it?
Vers. 27. Because the Lord of hostes hath determined it, and who shall disanull it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turne it?
Here the Prophet useth an exclamation as it were the better to confirm the former sentence. For having told them that thi• was the counsel of the Lord, to the end he might show them it is so inviolable that it can not be broken, Psal. 33.11. he asks the question as of a thing utterly impossible: Who (saith he) can disannul his counsel, or turn his hand back? and thus by this exclamation he sets himself boldly against all creatures. For the Lord no sooner decrees a thing, but he stretcheth forth his hand: Is it once lifted up? the work then must of necessity be put in execution. Now he not only excludes men by this his exclamation from being able to hinder the decree of God, but all things else whatsoever; yea, be it that any other creature besides the devil or man would set it self against his will. To conclude, he shows that God is not subject to repentance or change, but whatsoever falls out,1 were it in the greatest confusion in the world; yet is he always like himself: neither can his enterprise be foreslowed by any occasion. Object.
HEere the Prophet vseth an exclamation as it were the better to confirme the former sentence. For hauing told them that thi• was the counsell of the Lord, to the end he might shew them it is so inuiolable that it can not be broken, Psal. 33.11. he asks the question as of a thing vtterlie impossible: Who (saith he) can disanull his counsell, or turne his hand back? and thus by this exclamation he sets himselfe boldlie against all creatures. For the Lord no sooner decrees a thing, but he stretcheth forth his hand: Is it once lifted vp? the worke then must of necessitie be put in execution. Now he not only excludes men by this his exclamation frō being able to hinder the decree of God, but all things else whatsoeuer; yea, be it that any other creature besides the diuell or man would set it selfe against his will. To conclude, he shewes that God is not subiect to repentance or change, but whatsoeuer falles out,