A17640:1738
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.
If any object Object. that the resurrection shall be common as well to good as to bad; it is easily answered: Ans. for Isaiah speaks not here only of the resurrection; but of that felicity which the faithful shall enjoy. I grant the wicked shall rise, but it is to eternal perdition: their resurrection therefore shall be to their ruin and death; whereas it shall bring happiness and glory to the just.
If any obiect Obiect. that the resurrection shall be common as well to good as to bad; it is easilie answered: Ans. for Isaiah speakes not here onely of the resurrection; but of that felicitie which the faithfull shal inioy. I grant the wicked shall rise, but it is to eternall perdition: their resurrection therefore shall be to their ruine and death; whereas it shall bring happinesse and glory to the iust.
He calls the inhabitants of the dust, the faithful, who are humbled under crosses and afflictions, who in life have death continually before their eyes. Yet I deny not but they also enjoy the benefits of God even in this life: but by this similitude the Prophet sets out their miserable condition, as those that bear in their bodies the dying of the Lord Jesus: 2. Cor. 4.10. For it is needful that their outward man should be beaten down and mortified, till at the last it be brought to nothing, that so the inward man may be renewed daily: 2. Cor. 4.16. If we mean then to have any part or portion in this consolation, let us willingly content our selves to lie down in the dust.
He calles the inhabitants of the dust, the faithfull, who are humbled vnder crosses and afflictions, who in life haue death continually before their eyes. Yet I deny not but they also inioy the benefits of God euen in this life: but by this similitude the Prophet sets out their miserable condition, as those that beare in their bodies the dying of the Lord Iesus: