A17640:3100
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.
Further, he promiseth to make a way in the desert, 1wherein he hath respect to that desert which was between Babylon and Judea: for here he speaks of the peoples return home. And for that cause also he mentions the floods: for they might well have perished for thirst, in travelling through a place so barren and waste. Therefore the Lord promiseth to provide them of water for their journey: as if he should say; Fear not for want of necessaries, for I will furnish you sufficiently; so as you shall return under my conduct and leading.
Further, he promiseth to make a vvay in the desert, 1wherein he hath respect to that desert which was betweene Babylon and Iudea: for here he speakes of the peoples returne home. And for that cause also hee mentions the floods: for they might well haue perished for thirst, in trauelling thorow a place so barren and waste. Therefore the Lord promiseth to prouide them of water for their iourney: as if he should say; Feare not for want of necessaries, for I wil furnish you sufficiently; so as you shall returne vnder my conduct and leading.
- 1The desert between Babylon and Judea.The desert betweene Babylon and Iudea.
But it seems the Prophet passeth his bounds, when he magnifies this deliverance in such excessive speeches. For we read not that the rivers were here turned into blood, nor that a gross and palpable darkness troubled the air, or that the first borne were slain, or that any vermin were sent to devour the fruits of the earth; neither any of the like wonders which came to pass in Egypt: none of these happened, as we know in Babylon. What means he then by this new deliverance? This hath caused almost all the writers that are Christians, to expound this place simply of Christs coming: wherein no doubt they have been deceived no less then the Jews, who only restrain this to the deliverance out of Babel. And therefore as I have said in another place, we must here comprehend the whole time that passed between the deliverance out of Babylon, until the coming of Christ.