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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.
The profane nations divide certain offices amongst their gods: Apollo,1 he foretells things to come: Jupiter, he puts them in execution: another, he dispatches a business contrary to that: but Gods office2 is not only to foretell and signify things to come, but to §1dispose of things also according to his good §2pleasure. For in whatsoever thing it be that any divinity shines, it ought to be ascribed to God only, and not to any other. This is the cause why he appropriates to himself both prescience, 3and the execution of the same inseparably.
The prophane nations diuide certaine offices amongst their gods: Apollo,1 he foretels things to come: Iupiter, he puts them in execution: another, hee dispatches a businesse contrarie to that: but Gods office2 is not only to foretell and signifie things to come, but to §1dispose of things also according to his good §2pleasure. For in whatsoeuer thing it be that any diuinitie shines, it ought to bee ascribed to God onely, and not to any other. This is the cause why hee appropriates to himselfe both prescience, 3and the execution of the same inseparably.
- 1Apollos. Jupiter.Apollos. Iupiter.
- 2Gods office.
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