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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. 6. When every one shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, and say, thou hast clothing: thou shalt be our Prince, and let this* fall be under thine hand.
Vers. 6. When euery one shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, and say, thou hast clothing: thou shalt be our Prince, and let this* fall bee vnder thine hand.
- *Or, scattering.
For as much as this sentence is of affinity with the former, and still continues to the words following, He shall swear; it is certain that the particle Ci. is taken as signifying a certain time. For the Prophet intending to set forth an extreme misery into which this people should fall, he saith, There shall be no man which will take the charge of government upon him, although he shall be entreated so to do. Surely ambition hath the swing so for the most part amongst men, that the greater part do always thirst and long for headship (and that with envy) one over another, yea they aspire many times to get it with hazard of their lives: For even in all times we shall see that the greedy lust to reign and rule hath shaken the whole world: and there is not the meanest village in which some are not to be found who would be right glad to have power and authority given them to command the rest: so much is flesh and blood prone by nature to be covetous of honour.1 Whence we may perceive, that all things are brought to an extreme exigent, when such a dignity is not only contemned, but also rejected with a disdainful refusal. For the calamity is extreme, and past cure, when men begin to flee and avoid that which they were wont naturally to covet.