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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. 10. Because thou hast forgotten ⟨p. 180⟩the God of thy salvation, and hast not remembered the* God of thy strength: therefore shalt thou set pleasant plants, and shalt graft strange vine branches.
Vers. 10. Because thou hast forgotten ⟨p. 180⟩the God of thy saluation, and hast not remembred the* God of thy strength: therefore shalt thou set pleasant plants, and shalt graffe strange vine branches.
- *Or, rock.Or, rocke.
HE shows the cause why God handled the ten Tribes so severely, lest they should complain that they suffered wrongfully, or were hardly dealt with. To be short, his meaning is to say, that all these afflictions are come upon them, because they have wickedly contemned God. For their unthankfulness was too too vile, and altogether unexcusable; that having received so many benefits, they should now prostitute their hopes, by resting upon the help of idols and profane nations: as if they had never tasted the bounty of God in any thing. Indeed none of the unbelievers being called to judgement, shall be able to excuse themselves for not offering wrong to God in running after creatures. But the case was far otherwise with the Israelites, to whom God had manifested himself in such wise, that they ought to have rested in his favour alone, and to have rejected all the corruptions that reigned in the world. Justly then are they condemned of ingratitude, in that they buried the matter of true confidence in forgetfulness. And to speak the truth, after God hath once caused us to taste the sweetness of his fatherly goodness, if it take deep root in our hearts indeed, in cannot possibly come to pass, that we should finally set our hearts upon the inordinate love of creatures. Whence it follows, that those are very ingrateful, which trot hither and thither, not contenting themselves with God alone for by this means they set nought by his inestimable bounty. Therefore it is that the Prophet expressly calls him the God of salvation, and the rock of strength The word Tsur, signifies both the one and the other: for it was a most prodigious thing not to hold themselves faithful unto God, who had so oftentimes delivered them, and that as it were by an outstretched arm.