A17640:3824
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. 22. *Thus saith thy Lord God, even God that pleadeth the cause of his people; Behold, I have taken out of thine hand, the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my wrath: thou shalt drink it no more.
Vers. 22. *Thus saith thy Lord God, euen God that pleadeth the cause of his people; Behold, I haue taken out of thine hand, the cup of trembling, euen the dregs of the cup of my wrath: thou shalt drinke it no more.
- *Or, Thus saith the Lord, thy ruler and thy God, the protector of his people.
IT is not without cause that he adds three §1epithets to the name of the Lord: First, §2that he is the ruler, or patron: Secondly, thy §3God: And lastly, the protector of his Church. For we must always consider what acquaintance we have with God, who is such a one as beckons us to come unto him in familiar manner; because in making himself one with us by a perpetual covenant, he manifests that he hath once chosen us to be his people. The Jews in their time no doubt, were encouraged by this preface, boldly to embrace that which is here promised: and the new people, whom God hath now created,1