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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. 2. Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb; he will help thee: Fear not O Jacob my servant,* and thou righteous whom I have chosen.
Vers. 2. Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the wombe; he will helpe thee: Feare not O Iakob my seruant,* and thou righteous whom I haue chosen.
- *Or, my beloved whom, &c.Or, my beloued whom, &c.
Albeit he dealt roundly with the Jews in the latter end of the former Chapter,1 to strip them of all false confidence, and to humble them that he might drive them to seek pardon: yet now he sweetly allays that tartness, with a speech full of exceeding comfort, to assure them that they should lose nothing by renouncing themselves. Therefore we must here supply some oppositions thus;2 True it is, O Jacob, that in thy self thou art nothing: but thy God that formed thee vvill not despise the work of his own hands. There is no worthiness at all in thee that can procure thy redemption from ruin and destruction; but mine adoption, for the which I have vouchsafed as a merciful father to receive thee, shall be more then sufficient to save thee.