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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. 20. The wild beasts shall honour me, the Dragons and the Ostriches; because I gave water in the desert, and floods in the wilderness to give drink to my people, even to mine elect.
Vers. 20. The wild beasts shall honour me, the Dragons and the Ostriches; because I gaue water in the desert, and floods in the wildernesse to giue drinke to my people, euen to mine elect.
HE adorns the former sentence; for all things standing in this confused manner, it was needful to set out Gods power in the highest terms that might be, that at least the word might supply that which seemed to be wanting in effect. His meaning is then, that Gods hand shall be so sensibly felt and perceived ⟨p. 452⟩[…] ⟨p. 453⟩[…] ⟨p. 453⟩[…] ⟨p. 455⟩[…] ⟨p. 456⟩in this work, that not only men but vvild beasts also should be touched with a sense of it, so as they should yield a kind of honour and thanks unto God. This prophecy therefore answers to Psal 114.3.4. where it is said, That the sea saw it and fled, Jordan went back; the mountains skipped like sheep; and the little hills as lambs: the earth trembled at the presence of the God of Jacob.