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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. 12. And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call unto weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and girding with sackcloth.
Vers. 12. And in that day did the Lord God of hostes call vnto weeping and mourning, and to baldnesse, and girding with sackcloth.
The Prophet further amplifies this wicked rebellion of the people. For this circumstance cuts off all replies: for in the middest of such extreme dangers, they had despised the holy exhortations of the Prophets, ⟨p. 215⟩and had rejected the favour of God, when he was ready to have healed and restored them to their former happiness. Here we see a sign of desperate malice, when men are so besotted that they proudly despise instruction and correction, kicking obstinately against the spur•e: then (I say) may we evidently perceive that they are given up into a reprobate sense. Whereas he saith the Lord called them, we may expound it two ways: for although he should not speak at all, yet he calls us sufficiently by his rods and chastisements. Put the case we had no Scripture at all, no Prophets nor Teachers, and that there were none to admonish us: yet doth God notwithstanding instruct us by afflictions and calamities, so as we may easily conclude that every chastisement is a summons to repentance.1 But doubtless the Prophet meant to express somewhat more, to wit, that in despising the holy admonitions which were sent unto them, they were not ashamed to rise up as it were even against God himself, who after a fatherly manner beckoned them unto him. There is yet greater weight in that he saith, it was in the day of affliction, wherein the danger pressed hard upon them: for they were admonished both by words and blows. The signs of Gods anger appeared, the Prophets cried without ceasing, and yet they became never the better.
THe Prophet further amplifies this wicked rebellion of the people. For this circumstance cuts off all replies: for in the middest of such extreme dangers, they had despised the holy exhortations of the Prophes,