A17640:2555
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. 26. Hast thou not heard how I have of old time made it, and have formed it long ago? And should I now bring it, that it should be destroyed and laid on ruinous heaps as Cities defenced?
Vers. 26. Hast thou not heard how I haue of old time made it, and haue formed it long agoe? And should I now bring it, that it should be destroyed and laid on ruinous heapes as Cities defenced?
The expositors for the most part expound this verse as if the Lord should say, That this Tyrant neither hath done nor shall do any thing but that he hath foretold by the mouth of his Prophet, and thus affirms, that himself is the author of these things. But I expound it otherwise; to wit, that Jerusalem shall be delivered by Gods assistance, because he is the protector of it: and that his speech might have the more weight, he names not the City, but useth the pronoun demonstrate, as if all other Cities were nothing in Gods account in comparison of this.
THe expositors for the most part expound this verse as if the Lord should say, That this Tyrant neither hath done nor shall doe any thing but that he hath foretold by the mouth of his Prophet, and thus affirmes, that himselfe is the author of these things. But I expound it otherwise; to wit, that Ierusalem shall be deliuered by Gods assistance, because he is the protector of it: and that his speech might haue the more weight, he names not the Citie, but vseth the pronoun demonstrait, as if all other Cities were nothing in Gods account in comparison of this.