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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. 3. He is despised and rejected of men: he is a man full of sorrows, and hath experience of infirmities: we hid as it were our faces from him: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Vers. 3. He is despised and reiected of men: he is a man full of sorrowes, and hath experience of infirmities: we hid as it were our faces from him: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
1This present verse tends to the same purpose with the former; namely, that men should reject Christ, because nothing was to be seen in him but sorrows and infirmities. The Jews needed to have this often repeated unto them, that they might not conceive a false opinion of Christ, nor of his kingdom: for he that will rightly see his glory,2 must pass from his death, to his resurrection. Many are offended at his death, as if he had been overcome and overwhelmed of it. But they must pass forwards to that divine power and majesty which shined in his resurrection: Rom. 1.4. Yet if any shall begin at his resurrection, he shall not follow the order here prescribed by the Prophet; neither shall he comprehend the mighty power of the Lord.
1THis present verse tends to the same purpose with the former; namely, that men should reiect Christ, because nothing was to bee seene in him but sorrowes and infirmities. The Iewes needed to haue this often repeated vnto them, that they might not conceiue a false opiniō of Christ, nor of his kingdome: for he that wil rightly see his glory,