A17640:3988
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. 9. For this is unto me as the waters of Noah: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Vers. 9. For this is vnto mee as the waters of Noah: for as I haue sworne that the waters of Noah should no more goe ouer the earth, so haue I sworne that I will not bee angry with thee, nor rebuke thee.
1This may be read two ways: first as we have translated, This is to me as the days of Noah: but the matter is not great. The principal therefore is to have an eye to the Prophets meaning: for the expositors have but roved a far off at it, as I think. They expound in general terms; that the Lord by oath promised Noah, there should never be any deluge again, and that this oath should remain for ever: for without this, the good man might have trembled and feared death at the next shower of rain that had fallen, but that the Lord had sworn to him is should never come to pass. And thus, when afflictions are at hand, we may justly fear to be overwhelmed by them, unless the Lord had promised that his Church should be preserved in safety. But as I think, this should be restrained to the captivity of Babylon: for he compares this captivity to the deluge, which then deformed the face of the whole earth; so as the Church seemed to be utterly wasted, the people were all in a manner carried away, and transformed into a strange nation, the kingdom and government were overthrown, their bondage was extreme, and no man would have imagined but that their memory and name had been wholly blotted out. And questionless that which our Prophet said in the first Chapter, came to pass, namely, that if the Lord had not left a small remnant, they should have been like to Sodom and Gomorrah.