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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. 26. And I will feed them that spoil thee with their own flesh, and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy saviour, and thy redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob.
Vers. 26. And I will feed them that spoile thee with their owne flesh, and they shall be drunken with their owne blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy sauiour, and thy redeemer, the mighty one of Iakob.
IN the first place he shows what shall become of the enemies of Gods Church,1 threatening that the time will shortly approach, in which they being enraged and set on fire with heart burnings one against another, shall at last butcher one another. Truly it is the Lord which deprives them of reason, and plungeth them into frenzies, and that in such wise, that they bend against themselves the very weapons, which in times past they had drawn forth to massacre the Church withal. And thus they turn their swords points one against another, till they have sought their own utter ruin, as the Midianites did: Judg. 7.22. The sum of all is, that the Church shall have no need of mans help, nor of any preparation at all, when God is minded to confound and bring the wicked to nought: for having first smitten them with giddiness, they shall fall to eat and devour one another, being set on fire with the furies of hell, every one against his fellow.
IN the first place hee shewes what shall become of the enemies of Gods Church,1 threatning that the time wil shortly approch, in which tney being enraged and set on fire vvith heart burnings one against another, shall at last butcher one another. Truly it is the Lord which depriues them of reason, and plungeth them into frenzies, and that in such wise, that they bend against themselues the very weapons, which in times past they had drawne forth to massacre the Church withall. And thus they turne their swords points one against another, till they haue sought their owne vtter ruine, as the Madianites did: