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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. 2. But yet he is* wisest. Therefore he will bring evil, and not turn back his word: but he will rise against the house of the wicked, and against the help of them that work vanity.
Vers. 2. But yet hee is* wisest. Therefore hee will bring euill, and not turne backe his word: but hee will rise against the house of the wicked, and against the helpe of them that worke vanitie.
- *Or, wise also.
Where he calls God wise, he adorns him not with a perpetual epithet, but taxeth the craft and subtlety of those whom he saw to please themselves in their wisdom more then was meet.1 He told them a little before, that they digged deep to cover their counsels, when by their close and secret practises they thought to flee; and yet to blear the eyes of the Lord. Now in taunting wise he derides their folly: as if he should say; No doubt but you thought your selves to be jolly wise men in so doing: yea, but you have to deal with a God that hath wisdom also to espy your plots well enough.2 Wherein he privily taxeth them for such as imagined that God could not charge them with any thing, or as if he had bin one that was utterly unacquainted with their doings. In a word, it is as much as if he should have said; What will become of this goodly wisdom of yours in the end; will it bereave God of his Spirit? Nay, contrariwise in reproving you for your deceit and vanity, he will show by the effects, that he catcheth the wise in their craftiness: