A17640:1601
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. 4. For thou hast been a strength to the poor, even a strength to the needy in his trouble, a refuge against the tempest, a shadow against the heat: for the blast of the mighty is like a storm against the wall.
Vers. 4. For thou hast been a strength to the poore, euen a strength to the needie in his trouble, a refuge against the tempest, a shadow against the heate: for the blast of the mightie is like a storme against the wall.
Behold here the fruit of conversion. How? The Lord raiseth us from death, delivers us from the grave, by stretching out his hand from heaven to pluck us out of the jaws of ⟨p. 241⟩hell.1 This is the first entrance he gives us, for he finds nothing but our misery for his mercy to work upon. We must therefore feel our selves poor and helpless, before we can see what need we have of his power: yea, it is necessary that we be stripped of all confidence and self trust, before he will reveal his strength in us. For this cause he fits and frames us by rods and chastisements, as by instructions, to come to the feeling of his favour and assistance. It is not without good cause then that Isaiah decks this description with so many similitudes: for he thereby meets with many and great temptations, under which weak man would never be able to stand, were he not fortified and sustained with such props.
BEhold here the fruit of conuersion. How? The Lord raiseth vs from death, deliuers vs from the graue, by stretching out his hand from heauen to pluck vs out of the iawes of