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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. 24. By thy servants hast thou railed on the Lord, and said; By the multitude of my chariots, I am come up to the top of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the high Cedars thereof, & the fir trees thereof: and I will go up to the heights of his top, and to the forrest of his fruitful places.
Vers. 24. By thy seruants hast thou railed on the Lord, and said; By the multitude of my chariots, I am come vp to the top of the mountaines, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut downe the high Cedars thereof, & the firre trees therof: and I will goe vp to the heights of his toppe, and to the forrest of his fruitfull places.
See how the indignity and spitefulness of this outrage is further amplified; for the injury that is offered by a servant, is not so easily put up, as when it is done by the master; because the baseness of the person makes the wrong evermore intolerable. And therefore the proud ones of the world, when they will threaten in the most despiteful sort, they will brag that their wills shall be executed by their servants and horsekeepers: that they may make it known, how basely they esteem of those whom they purpose to mischief. By this circumstance then the Prophet meant to show how execrable this blasphemy was, when Sennacherib was not content to vomit it out of his own mouth; but had set on his servant Rabshekeh, to make him rent the sacred name of God in pieces.
SEe how the indignitie and spightfulnesse of this outrage is further amplified; for the iniurie that is offered by a seruant, is not so easilie put vp, as when it is done by the master; because the basenesse of the person makes the wrong euermore intollerable. And therefore the proud ones of the world, when they will threaten in the most despightfull sort, they will brag that their wils shall be executed by their seruants and horsekeepers: that they may make it knowne, how basely they esteeme of those whom they purpose to mischiefe. By this circumstance then the Prophet meant to shew how execrable this blasphemie was, when Sennacherib was not content to vomit it out of his owne mouth; but had set on his seruant Rabshekeh, to make him rent the sacred name of God in peeces.