A17640:1577
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. 22. And they shall be gathered together as the prisoners in the pit: and they shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
Vers. 22. And they shall be gathered together as the prisoners in the pit: and they shall bee shut vp in the prison; and after many daies shall they bee visited.
He continues on his purpose in the beginning of the verse, using a phrase of speech by way of similitude; for all were not prisoners: but the Lord brought them all into servitude, as if one should keep his enemies in safe custody which he had subdued. The Prophet brings in the Lord then like a Conqueror, which holds his enemies in prison. ⟨p. 238⟩For men are wont to lay them fast, whom they have taken. We know that men flee the presence of God, & despise him all the while he spares, or gives them any truce: for this cause Isaiah saith, that they shall be shut up in prison by heaps, that so their rejoicing in their multitudes might cease.
HEe continues on his purpose in the beginning of the verse, vsing a phrase of speech by way of similitude; for all were not prisoners: but the Lord brought them all into seruitude, as if one should keepe his enemies in safe custodie which he had subdued. The Prophet brings in the Lord then like a Conquerour, which holds his enemies in prison. ⟨p. 238⟩For men are wont to lay them fast, whom they haue taken. We know that men flee the presence of God, & despise him all ye while he spares, or giues thē any truce: for this cause Isaiah saith, that they shall be shut vp in prison by heapes, that so their reioycing in their multitudes might cease.