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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. 18. I will open rivers in the tops of the hills, and fountains in the middest of the* valleys: I will make the wilderness as a pool of water, and the waste land as springs of water. 19. I will set in the wilderness the Cedar, the shittath tree, and the myrrh tree, and the pine tree; and I will set in the wilderness the fir tree, the elm and the box tree together.
Vers. 18. I will open riuers in the tops of the hils, and fountaines in the middest of the* vallies: I will make the wildernesse as a poole of water, and the waste land as springs of water. 19. I will set in the wildernesse the Cedar, the shittath tree, and the myrre tree, and the pine tree; and I will set in the wildernesse the firre tree, the elme and the box tree together.
- *Or, plains.
The Prophet amplifies the former doctrine by another circumstance; to wit, that the Lord needs no natural, nor external remedies to succour his Church withal, but hath secret and admirable means ready, by which he can supply the necessity thereof above all that mans reason can conceive or imagine. When we see no help, despair easily creeps upon us; we dare hope no longer then we see worldly means present before our eyes: if they fail us, then all hope in God is gone. But our Prophet tells us that this is the very hour in which we should gather greatest assurance;1