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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. Their land also was full of silver and gold, and there was none end of their treasure: and their land was full of horses, and their chariots were infinite.
Vers. 7. Their land also was ful of siluer and gold, and there was none end of their treasure: and their land was full of horses, and their chariots were infinite.
WE must take good heed to the order which the Prophet keeps here. For he now shows the causes wherefore the Lord rejected his people. In the former verse he §1began with divinations, and strange manners; now he §2descends to the gold and silver: and afterward §3he will speak of their horses and chariots. No doubt then but having first of all condemned their idolatry, he here in the second place, reproves their avarice; and in the third, that wicked confidence which men have, when by forging vain succours unto themselves, they depart far off from God. It is not a thing to be condemned as unlawful in it self to have abundance of gold and silver; but because this people burned with an insatiable covetousness, and trusted in horses, and in Chariots, therefore they are justly reproved.
WE must take good heede to the order which the Prophet keepes here. For he now shewes the causes wherfore the Lord reiected his people. In the former verse hee §1began with diuinations, and strange manners; now hee §2descends to the gold and siluer: and afterward §3