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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.
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;1 as is recorded in Exod. 30.25. For therewith were the high Priests, the Tabernacle, the Arke of the couenant, with the instruments thereunto appertaining, annointed. Hee saith then; Albeit thou shouldest lay forth thy money to buy me of that odoriferous ointment, thou shalt but spend it in vaine, if thou lookest that I should accept of it. For all their labour was lost, because they aimed not at the right marke. God esteemed none of all these ceremonies, as long as they were separated from faith, and the vprightnesse of the heart, and a pure conscience.
- 1High Priests. The Tabernacle. The Ark. The Instruments.High Priests. The Tabernacle. The Arke. The Instruments.
Where he saith, thou hast not made me drunk; it answers to a phrase of speech in the Law; where the Lord testifies that he felt a sweet taste in the savour of the sacrifices: not that he took delight in the killing of beasts, but because by such helps he meant to keep his people in true obedience. Here on the contrary he saith, that the people sacrificed not rightly, because they defiled all by their impurity. As if he should say; You have affamished me (as much as in you is) in that you bring me nothing in sincerity, but that which through your sins is corrupt and without savour. Presently after the Prophet sets out the foulness of this fact, in that the people were not only careless in doing their services to God: but which is worst of all, endeavoured to subject the Lord their God to their will, or rather to their disordered appetites and lusts.