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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.
WE have told you heretofore why the Lord speaks of his eternity;1 namely, to teach us that he is always like himself, and that we should not measure his power by the narrow scantling of our own ell. He here calls for audience, because the only thing that deceives us, and makes us wander after so many false opinions is, that we have no ears to hear. Where he saith Israel is his called: he opposeth it secretly against that reprobation, whereof he spake in the beginning of the Chapter. For he there showed that the Jews wrongfully usurped this title, and falsely gloried therein; because they showed not themselves to be true Israelites in deed. But here he declares that Israel is his own called: 2as if a father in rebuking his son, should in anger call him bastard; and yet being appeased, should afterward term him his son. Thus the Lord shows that the §1Jews were grown so degenerate, that he §2