A17640:1444
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. 18. He will surely roll and turn thee like a ball in a large Country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy Lords house.
Vers. 18. Hee will surely roll and turne thee like a ball in a large Country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy Lords house.
ISai•h continues the very same speech still, in which he derided the pride of Shebna, who had been at such cost in building his sepulchre. For this verse depends upon the first member of the verse before going, and as he said there, the Lord shall carry thee hence with a notable shaking: so also he saith now, he will cast thee as a bowl in a plain place. By this ⟨p. 219⟩similitude his meaning is, that nothing shall hinder the Lord to carry Shebna away into a far Country, how steady soever he takes his strength to be. And in as much as he had bin so careful of his tomb, and had appointed it out; as if he had been most certain of the manner of his death, Isaiah tells him, that he shall not die in Jerusalem, but in a strange Country, whither he shall be driven.
ISai•h conrtinues the verie same speech still, in which he derided the pride of Shebna, who had been at such cost in building his sepulchre. For this verse depends vpon the first member of the verse before going, and as he said there, the Lord shall carrie thee hence with a notable shaking: so also he saith now, he will cast thee as a bowle in a plaine place. By this ⟨p. 219⟩