A17640:2632
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. And this sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken: 8. Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, (whereby it is gone down in the dial of Ahaz by the Sun) ten degrees backward: so the Sun returned by ten degrees, by the which it was gone down.
Vers. 7. And this signe shalt thou haue of the Lord, that the Lord will doe this thing that he hath spoken: 8. Behold, I will bring againe the shadow of the degrees, (whereby it is gone downe in the diall of Ahaz by the Sunne) ten degrees backward: so the Sunne returned by ten degrees, by the which it was gone downe.
The holy history orderly recites,1 how Hezekias asked a sign of the Lord, which was granted unto him: our Prophet will only touch it in the end of the Chapter: but it is no new thing with the Hebrews thus to set those things last, which should be first, &c. Moreover, the Lord offers some signs voluntarily unasked. Again, he grants them to others that require them. Now in regard that the general use of signs2 is to sustain our infirmity, God for the most part stays not till they be asked, but from the beginning hath always ordained such as himself knew would be the most profitable to his Church. If the faithful then at any time have desired that their faith might be confirmed by signs, 3we must not by and by follow them therein; because it was a thing very rare: as to Gideon, who being taken from the flail to govern the people,