A17640:3505
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. 5. Therefore I have declared it unto thee of old; before it came to pass I have showed it thee, lest thou shouldest say, Mine Idol hath done them, and my earned Image and my molten Image hath commanded them.
Vers. 5. Therefore I haue declared it vnto thee of old; before it came to passe I haue shewed it thee, lest thou shouldest say, Mine Idoll hath done them, and my earned Image and my molten Image hath commanded them.
Again he propounds the same thing unto them, that the people being delivered out of Babylon, might acknowledge that God himself had done it, lest they should attribute this redemption either to their Idols, or to fortune. Quest. If it be asked wherefore the Lord makes mention of Idols, seeing the Jews professed to worship but one God: I answer, Ans. they were already so corrupted by over much familiarity with the Gentiles, and had so defiled themselves with superstitions, that God was in a manner utterly forgotten. Ezekiel complains of this in his eight Chapter, vers. 3. For there being carried in a vision into Jerusalem, he saw the Sanctuary of the Lord polluted with divers idolatries and abominations. It is no marvel then if our Prophet put them in mind of God, the only author of all benefits, to the end they might acknowledge their redemption to be his work.
AGaine he propounds the same thing vnto them, that the people being deliuered out of Babylon, might acknowledge that God himselfe had done it, lest they should attribute this redemption either to their Idols, or to fortune. Quest. If it bee asked wherefore the Lord makes mention of Idols, seeing the Iewes professed to worship but one God: I answer, Ans. they were already so corrupted by ouer much familiaritie with the Gentiles, and had so defiled themselues with superstitions, that God was in a manner vtterly forgotten. Ezechiel complaines of this in his eight Chapter, vers. 3. For there being carried in a vision into Ierusalem, hee saw the Sanctuarie of the Lord polluted with diuers idolatries and abominations. It is no maruell then if our Prophet put them in mind of God, the onely author of all benefits, to the end they might acknowledge their redemption to be his worke.