A17640:3117
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. 24. Thou boughtest me no sweet* savour with thy money, neither hast thou made me drunk with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, and wearied me with thine iniquities.
Vers. 24. Thou boughtest me no sweet* sauour with thy money, neither hast thou made me drunke with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made mee to serue with thy sinnes, and wearied me with thine inquities.
- *Or, caneh.
BY the word Caneh, he means that wherewith they made the precious ointment which was seldom used;1 as is recorded in Exod. 30.25. For therewith were the high Priests, the Tabernacle, the Ark of the covenant, with the instruments thereunto appertaining, anointed. He saith then; Albeit thou shouldest lay forth thy money to buy me of that odoriferous ointment, thou shalt but spend it in vain, if thou lookest that I should accept of it. For all their labour was lost, because they aimed not at the right mark. God esteemed none of all these ceremonies, as long as they were separated from faith, and the uprightness of the heart, and a pure conscience.
BY the word Caneh, he meanes that wherewith they made the precious ointment which was seldome vsed;