A17640:1943
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. 18. And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book: and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Vers. 18. And in that day shall the deafe heare the words of the booke: and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscuritie, and out of darknesse.
HE promiseth, as hath been said, that the Church of God shall continue safe in the middest of these storms: for albeit the world should be shaken with infinite tempests, and laid on heaps, as if heaven and earth went together, yet the Lord would conserve a little flock, and raise up his Church again, as out of the middest of death. This place ought greatly to refresh the weary spirits of the Saints, and to confirm their faith: for is it not a miracle of miracles, that so small an handful of the faithful (amongst whom remains the one and the same religion, worship, faith, and means of salvation) should be conserved among so many wracks of Empires which happened here and there?
HE promiseth, as hath been said, that the Church of God shall continue safe in the middest of these stormes: for albeit the world should be shaken with infinite tempests, and laid on heapes, as if heauen and earth went together, yet the Lord would conserue a little flocke, and raise vp his Church againe, as out of the middest of death. This place ought greatly to refresh the wearie spirits of the Saints, and to confirme their faith: for is it not a miracle of miracles, that so small an handfull of the faithfull (amongst whom remaines the one and the same religion, worship, faith, and meanes of saluation) should be conserued among so many wrackes of Empires which happened here and there?