A17640:3023
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.
See wherefore Isaiah complains, that the Jews took nothing to heart; for when they suffered, they thought it came to pass by §1chance, and that they wanted the power to §2make resistance, which their fathers had before them, through the want whereof they were overcome by their enemies. In a word, they looked so much to outward causes, that they neglected to think upon the Prophets threatenings; neither regarded they Gods judgements. He is fain therefore to summon them before Gods heavenly throne, to prove unto them, that he was the author of their miseries: for it was unpossible to persuade them that their corrections proceeded from God, who punished them for their offences. And ⟨p. 444⟩may not we say the like of the people of this age? Every one is content in general terms to confess that God is the author of all things: but come to particulars, men are ashamed to acknowledge that this & that cross proceeds from his hand. Why so? Because their minds are distracted with many thoughts, and being forestalled with this opinion of fortune, they turn their minds rather to this or that, then to the Lord. Isaiah shows then that the sins of the people are the cause of such a ruin, and that the Lord is just in bringing the same upon them: according also as Moses had testified; How should a thousand have fled at the sight of one, if their strong God had not sold them, and if the Lord had not shut them up? Deut. 32.30.
SEe wherefore Isaiah complaines, that the Iewes tooke nothing to heart; for when they suffred, they thought it came to passe by §1chance, and that they wanted the power to §2make resistance, which their fathers had before them, through the want whereof they were ouercome by their enemies. In a word, they looked so much to outward causes, that they neglected to thinke vpon the Prophets threatnings; neither regarded they Gods iudgements. He is faine therefore to summon them before Gods heauenly throne, to proue vnto them, that he was the author of their miseries: for it was vnpossible to perswade them that their corrections proceeded from God, who punished them for their offences. And