A17640:3357
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. 23. I have sworn by my self: ⟨p. 488⟩the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return,* that every knee shall bow unto me, and every tongue shall swear by me.
Vers. 23. I haue sworne by my selfe: ⟨p. 488⟩the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousnesse, and shall not returne,* that euerie knee shall bow vnto mee, and euerie tongue shall sweare by me.
- *O, that is, every knee, &cO, that is, euery knee, &c
HE adds a more manifest confirmation to the former sentence:1 for because this calling was extraordinary and unheard of, he therefore adds an oath, as men are wont to do in things that are strange and hard to be credited. The Jews might have made replies, in regard they were then reputed the only elect people. But in that he confirms it with an oath, all contention is taken away. I grant the Prophet aims again at the same mark that he did in vers. 6. to wit, that Gods glory shall so shine in the restoration of the Church, that all the world, from the rising of the Sun, to the West, shall admire the same: or, to tell it you in a word, that the signs of Gods power shall so shine in this deliverance, that all nations shall be confounded with fear and astonishment. In the mean while hence we may gather that which I touched before; namely, the Gentiles are here equalled with the Jews, so as God shall be the common father of all, and his name, called upon in all places.