Commentary upon the Prophecy of Isaiah

Vers. 2. When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee, and through the floods, that they do not overflow thee. When thou walkest, through the very fire thou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Vers. 2. When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee, and through the floods, that they do not ouerflow thee. When thou walkest, through the very fire thou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle vpon thee.

This is a prevention, whereby the Prophet shows that the faithful ought not to faint under their afflictions, seeing God is at hand to succour them. Thus he speaks more plainly then he did in the former verse: for ⟨p. 446⟩in teaching that the Church shall not be free from miseries and calamities, but must wrestle with them without ceasing, he thereby encourageth her to patience and magnanimity. As if he should say; The Lord hath not redeemed thee that thou shouldest enjoy thy pleasures, and shouldest give thy self to ease and illness, but to the end thou shouldest prepare thy self to endure all sorts of evils.

THis is a preuention, whereby the Prophet shewes that the faithfull ought not to faint vnder their afflictions, seeing God is at hand to succor them. Thus he speakes more plainely then he did in the former verse: for ⟨p. 446⟩in teaching that the Church shall not bee free from miseries and calamities, but must wrestle with them without ceasing, he thereby incourageth her to patience and magnanimitie. As if hee should say; The Lord hath not redeemed thee that thou shouldest inioy thy pleasures, and shouldest giue thy selfe to ease and illenesse, but to the end thou shouldest prepare thy selfe to indure all sorts of euils.