A17640:1535
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. 7. The wine faileth, the vine hath no might: all that were of merry heart, do mourn. 8. The mirth of tabrets ceaseth: the noise of them that rejoice endeth: the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Vers. 7. The wine faileth, the vine hath no might: all that were of merry heart, do mourne. 8. The mirth of tabrets ceaseth: the noyse of them that reioyce endeth: the ioy of the harp ceaseth.
HE continues on the same matter still, but in a more particular manner, foretelling the desolation that should happen to the land of Judea. Now he useth a large description, that he might •ouch them the nearer to the quick, and wound them with the sense of Gods judgement. He also taxeth their excess, intemperance, and wantonness, because that in so great abundance of all things they rebelled against God.
HE continues on the same matter still, but in a more particular maner, foretelling the desolation that should happen to the land of Iudea. Now he vseth a large description, that he might •ouch them the neerer to the quick, and wound them with the sense of Gods iudgement. He also taxeth their excesse, intemperancie, and wantonnes, because that in so great abundance of all things they rebelled against God.
But this ingratitude is not the sin of the Jews only, nor of that age alone,