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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. 19. Thy dead men shall live:* even with my body shall they rise. Awake, and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for ⟨p. 257⟩thy dew is as the dew* of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Vers. 19. Thy dead men shall liue:* euen with my body shall they rise. Awake, and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for ⟨p. 257⟩thy dew is as the dew* of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
- *Or, my body.
- *Or, of the meadow.Or, of the medow.
Isaiah still continues to speak of this Consolation, and turns his speech unto God: and thus he shows that our best course is to bend all our senses towards him,1 as oft as we are to resist temptations. For we shall find nothing more hurtful unto us then to utter words at random, pleasing our selves in them: for what do we else but roll our selves hither and thither, and at the last plunge our selves into many errors? We can choose no way therefore that is more safe then to draw near unto God,2