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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. 6. A voice said, Cry. And he said; What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the grace thereof is as the flower of the field.
Vers. 6. A voice said, Crie. And he said; What shall I crie? All flesh is grasse, and all the grace thereof is as the flower of the field.
HE speaks here of another voice, then that which he mentioned vers. 3. For hitherunto he hath spoken of the voice of the Prophets: now comes in the voice of God; 1who commands the Prophet to cry. I deny not but the voice of the Prophets is also the voice of God, whose instruments they are, (for they speak not of themselves:) yet this distinction, is necessary, to the end we may know when the Lord commands, and when it is that the Prophets and Ministers do execute his commandments. There is a fit comparison between the two voices then, that we might learn to receive the message which the Prophets bring in the name of the Lord, with as much reverence as if himself spake unto us from heaven: for they speak as from his mouth, and as his Ambassadors utter nothing but that which his Spirit suggests unto them.
HE speakes heere of another voice, then that which he mentioned vers. 3. For hitherunto he hath spoken of the voice of the Prophets: now comes in the voice of God; 1who commands the Prophet to cry. I denie not but the voice of the Prophets is also the voice of God, whose instruments they are, (for they speake not of themselues:) yet this distinction, is necessarie, to the end wee may know when the Lord commands, and when it is that the Prophets and Ministers doe execute his commandements. There is a fit comparison betweene the two voices then, that we might learne to receiue the message which the Prophets bring in the name of the Lord, with as much reuerence as if himselfe spake vnto vs from heauen: for they speake as from his mouth, and as his Ambassadors vtter nothing but that which his Spirit suggests vnto them.