A17640:2587
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. 33. Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the King of Ashur; He shall not enter into this City, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it.
Vers. 33. Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the King of Ashur; Hee shall not enter into this Citie, nor shoote an arrowe there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it.
Now he comes to the deliverance whereof §1he spake before: for first, God promised §2to drive away Sennacherib, vers. 29. secondly, §3he promiseth to furnish the people with necessary food, albeit the Country was pilled and wasted: vers. 30. Lastly, that he will cause this small remnant to increase into an infinite multitude: vers. 31.32. Now having spoken of the two last points, he returns again to the first; because without it, the other twain had been little to purpose; to wit, unless the people had bin delivered out of the hands of this Tyrant. God therefore promiseth that himself will stand as a brazen wall, to keep him from entering in upon them: yea, he would so prevent him, that he should not so much as come near to assail them at all. For he saith, the enemies shall not shoot an arrow there. I think the word Sollah, should be taken here for a cross-bow, or other instrument of war, with which they shot darts; rather then for a mount, for mounts cannot be cast.
NOw he comes to the deliuerance whereof §1he spake before: for first, God promised §2