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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. 17. Therefore shall the Lord make the heads of the daughters of Zion bald, and the Lord shall discover their secret parts. 18. In that day shall the Lord take away the ornament of the slippers, and the calls, and the round tires. 19. The sweet balls, and the bracelets, and the bonnets, 20. The tires of the head, and the slops, and the head bands, and tablets, and the earrings, 21. The rings and the mufflers, 22. The costly apparel and the veils, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, 23. And the glasses and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the lanes.
Vers. 17. Therefore shall the Lord make the heads of the daughters of Zion bald, and the Lord shall discouer their secret parts. 18. In that day shall the Lord take away the ornament of the slippers, and the calles, and the round tires. 19. The sweete balles, and the bracelets, and the bonets, 20. The tires of the head, and the sloppes, and the head bands, and tablets, and the earings, 21. The rings and the mufflers, 22. The costly apparrell and the vailes, and the wimples, and the crisping pinnes, 23. And the glasses and the fine linnen, and the hoodes, and the launes.
Here is a coupling of things together, in stead of a particle that renders the cause. For he denounceth, that seeing they cannot be amended neither by gentle admonitions, nor by any words; that the Lord will proceed otherwise with them, because he will no more use sharpness and rigour of speech, but will come upon them in great displeasure and with his arm out stretched to take vengeance upon them. And therefore even as they had showed their rebellion from the head unto the feet, so he also gives them to understand, that the Lord will show the signs of his vengeance upon all the parts of their bodies. Wherefore he begins with the head, where the principal decking is; and afterwards descends to the other parts. Now we are to observe that the Prophet reproves not the excessive pomp of these women with this sharpness & vehemency without cause: for above all other vices,