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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. 9. And the rivers thereof shall be turned into pitch; and the dust ehereof into brimstone; and the land thereof shall be burning pitch.
Vers. 9. And the riuers thereof shall be turned into pitch; and the dust ehereof into brimstone; and the land thereof shall be burning pitch.
This whereof he speaks, hath relation to that which went before; in which he adds a more ample declaration of this destruction. We told you erewhile why the Prophets do lively represent and set forth Gods judgements in such plain tables as it were; even to bring men upon the scaffold, thereby constraining men to take knowledge of those things, which otherwise they would neither see nor comprehend; and if they did, yet they would utterly forget them as soon as they had seen or apprehended them. But besides this, we must note that the Prophets spake of secret and hidden things, which seemed altogether incredible: for many thought the Prophets bolted out things at a venture ⟨p. 345⟩in these matters. There needed many confirmations therefore: and such are those that he useth in this, and other the like places.
THis whereof he speakes, hath relation to that which went before; in which hee addes a more ample declaration of this destruction. We told you erewhile why the Prophets doe liuely represent and set forth Gods iudgements in such plaine tables as it were; euen to bring men vpon the scaffold, thereby constraining men to take knowledge of those things, which otherwise they would neither see nor comprehend; and if they did, yet they would vtterly forget them as soone as they had seene or apprehended them. But besides this, we must note that the Prophets spake of secret and hidden things, which seemed altogether incredible: for many thought the Prophets bolted out things at a venture