A17640:240
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. 6. Surely thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of the* East-manners, and are sorcerers as the Philistines, and* abound with strange children.
Vers. 6. Surely thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Iacob, because they are full of the* East-manners, and are sorcerers as the Philistines, and* abound with strange children.
- *Or, antiquity.Or, antiquitie.
- *Or, took their delight in.Or, tooke their delight in.
HE openly accuseth this people of the perversity of their nature; and not only in plain terms, but as one carried away in an admiration, he suddenly breaks off his speech, and turning himself to God he cries out; Wherefore then should I speak to this so desperate a people, whom thou hast justly forsaken? For in giving themselves to idolatries, they have most disloyally turned away from thy word. It may be also a prophecy of that calamity which should come upon them, which the Prophet foresaw by the Spirit: as if he should say, Wonder not to see the mount of Zion laid wast and spoiled for so many sins of the people. Yet is it not made such a lamentable spectacle that any should be brought to despair, but that all those in whom there is any hope of health, being touched with true repentance might convert unto God before such a thunderclap come upon them.