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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. 6. Even from the sole of the foot unto the head, there is nothing whole therein, but wounds, and swelling, and sores full of corruption: they have not been wrapped nor bound up, nor mollified with oil.
Vers. 6. Euen from the sole of the foote vnto the head, there is nothing whole therein, but wounds, and swelling, and sores full of corruption: they haue not been wrapped nor bound vp, nor mollified with oyle.
These words also have affinity with the former, wherein he still prosecutes the very same matter under the same similitude and manner of speech. Those who refer the first part unto sins, do not sufficiently weigh the remainder of the text that follows. Let us grant that the people corrupted with vices are compared to a sick body: what coherence will there be touching the things which by and by follow, to wit, that their ⟨p. 6⟩wounds were not wrapped nor mollified with oil? It appears therefore that the Prophet speaks of the afflictions wherewith the people were almost consumed. And he also sets forth this continual languishing in them, as a testimony of their extreme hardening. He calls the wound Corrupt, from whence flows a continual infection, as if a spring (deep in the earth) should continually send forth new streams of venom. So that by this similitude, he shows that the malady is incurable, seeing the corrupt water which is in it runs without stay. The amplification also is not small, when he saith, there were no remedies applied thereunto. For the three similitudes which he conjoins together, tend all to one end, namely, that this people were in so miserable a plight, that they were without any hope of comfort, without consolation and without remedy. So that in such kinds of punishments, one might easily discern the extreme severity of God.