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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.
Wherein he plainly taxeth the senselessness of those that seek a godhead in their purses, and in the hands of the artificer. For who would imagine that from so sudden a change, men would prostrate themselves before a piece of metal,1 having put some shape unto it, according to their own fantasies? For it is such a god, as stands them in so much the stuff, and so much the fashioning.
Wherein he plainly taxeth the senslesnesse of those that seeke a godhead in their purses, and in the hands of the artificer. For who would imagin that from so sudden a change, men would prostrate themselues before a piece of mettall,1 hauing put some shape vnto it, according to their owne fantasies? For it is such a god, as stands them in so much the stuffe, and so much the fashioning.
- 1A goodly God, that stands men in, so much the stuff, & so much the forming.A goodly God, that stands men in, so much the stuffe, & so much the forming.
The particle Aph, put before the verb To worship, sets out this their madness: for there might be some excuse which deserved to be pardoned, if being suddenly overtaken with this error, they should fall down and worship some false god: but these persisted obstinately in their frenzy.
The particle Aph, put before the verbe To vvorship, sets out this their madnesse: for there might be some excuse which deserued to bee pardoned, if being suddenly ouertaken with this error, they should fall downe and worship some false god: but these persisted obstinately in their frensie.