A17640:1350
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. Then shall the inhabitants of this Isle, say in that day; Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help, to be delivered from the King of Ashur: and how shall we be delivered?
Vers. 6. Then shall the inhabitants of this Ile, say in that day; Behold, such is our expectation, whither wee fled for helpe, to bee deliuered from the King of Ashur: and how shall wee be deliuered?
HE calls not Jerusalem an Isle only, but the whole Country of Judea. They think that this name is given unto it, because the Mediterranean sea inuirons it. For mine own part, I think he brings this similitude for another reason; for it hath but a little portion of the sea. But as an Isle is separate from the dry lands: so had the Lord separated Judah from other Countries. For it was separated from all those nations which were the deadly enemies of the Jews; because there was a wall between them, as Saint Paul saith, Eph. 2.14. which at the last was broken down at the coming of Christ. Moreover, Isaiah here confirms his prophecy: as if he should say; Albeit you cannot now be moved with my nakedness, yet you shall in time know by the effects, that these things were not set before you in vain. And God is wont to constrain the rebellious and untractable at the last, to confess their fault, that being astonied, they might learn to dispute in themselves, how their hardness of heart could possibly blind them so far.
HE calles not Ierusalem an Ile onely, but the whole Country of Iudea. They thinke that this name is giuen vnto it, because the Mediterraneum sea inuirons it. For mine own part, I thinke he brings this similitude for another reason; for it hath but a little portion of the sea. But as an Ile is separate from the dry lands: so had the Lord separated Iudah from other Countries. For it was separated from all those nations which were the deadly enemies of the Iewes; because there was a wall betweene them, as Saint Paul saith,