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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. 7. And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the* heifers with the bulls: and their land shall be drunken with blood; and their dust is made fat with fatness.
Vers. 7. And the vnicornes shall come downe with them, and the* heifers with the bulles: and their land shall bee drunken with blood; and their dust is made fat with fatnesse.
- *Or, calves.Or, calues.
This verse is annexed to the former, for it is no new thing he speaks of; but he continues the same figure, amplifying what he had said touching goats and lambs: to which, he not only adds calves, but wild beasts also. The sum is, that Gods vengeance is bounden, so as he will spare neither age nor estate; for he will put to the sword as well the cruel and proud Giants, with their vain brags, as the feeble weakling: as if one prepared a sacrifice, in which, beasts of all sorts were mingled one with another. Neither should any think it absurd, that lambs are coupled with cruel beasts in this sacrifice: for by the word lambs in this place, he means not harmlessness and innocency; but the poor and weak are called so by comparison, because their mean condition held them under some appearance of modesty.
THis verse is annexed to the former, for it is no new thing he speakes of; but hee continues the same figure, amplifying what hee had said touching goates and lambes: to which, hee not onely addes calues, but wilde beasts also. The summe is, that Gods vengeance is bounden, so as he will spare neither age nor estate; for he will put to the sword as well the cruell and proud Giants, with their vaine brags, as the feeble weakling: as if one prepared a sacrifice, in which, beasts of all sorts were mingled one with another. Neither should any thinke it absurd, that lambs are coupled with cruell beasts in this sacrifice: for by the word lambs in this place, hee meanes not harmlesnesse and innocencie; but the poore and weake are called so by comparison, because their meane condition held them vnder some appearance of modestie.