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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. 5. And the Lord shall create upon every* place of mount Zion, and upon the assemblies thereof, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. 6. And a covering shall be for a shadow in the day for the heat, and a place of refuge, and a covert, for the storm and for the rain.
Vers. 5. And the Lord shall create vpon euery* place of mount Zion, and vpon the assemblies thereof, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for vpon all the glorie shall be a defence. 6. And a couering shall be for a shadow in the day for the heate, and a place of refuge, and a couert, for the storme and for the raine.
- *Or, habitation.Or, habi••tion.
Upon every habitation.] As if he should say, There shall not be the least corner in the mountain of Zion, where the grace and favour of God shall not appear. I take habitation and assembly, for one and the same thing. For I take not Assembly for congregation, but for the place where men meet. Now to the end he might describe and set fo•th a full blessing, he alludes to that which Moses recites; namely, that when the Lord would deliver his people from the bondage of Egypt, he sent a pillar of a cloud by day, and a pillar of a fire by night,