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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. They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: for the fowl shall summer upon it, and every beast shall winter upon it.
Vers. 6. They shall be left together vnto the fowles of the mountaines, and to the beasts of the earth: for the fowle shall sommer vpon it, and euery beast shall winter vpon it.
HE shows that the wicked shall be rejected as a thing of nought:1 John Baptist in like manner compares them to chaff which is cast out upon the dunghill. And Isaiah shows, that they shall be left to the beasts and birds, so as the birds shall make their nests in the mids of them in summer, and the beasts shall make their lodgings in them in the winter: as if he should say, they shall not only be a reproach unto men, but even to beasts also. Such then is the condition of the wicked, who think themselves cocksure even then when they lift up themselves most against the poor Church. But the birds shall make their nests upon them on the one side, and they shall serve for houses and food for the wild beasts on the other side: so as they shall not only be in worse case then the meanest man in the world, but their condition shall be far binferior to that of the brute beasts: for being exposed to all shame and contempt, they shall manifest to the whole world that Gods providence is wonderful.
HE shewes that the wicked shal be reiected as a thing of nought:1 Iohn Baptist in like maner compares them to chaffe which is cast out vpon the dunghill. And Isaiah shewes, that they shall be left to the beasts and birds, so as the birds shall make their nests in the mids of them in sommer, and the beasts shall make their lodgings in them in the winter: as if he should say, they shall not only be a reproch vnto men, but euen to beasts also. Such then is the condition of the wicked, who thinke themselues cocksure euen then when they lift vp themselues most against the poore Church. But the birds shall make their nests vpon them on the one side, and they shall serue for houses and food for the wilde beasts on the other side: so as they shall not only be in worse case then the meanest man in the world, but their condition shall be far binferior to that of the brute beasts: for being exposed to all shame and contempt, they shall manifest to the whole world that Gods prouidence is wonderfull.