A17640:3994
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. 10. For the mountains shall remove, ⟨p. 564⟩and the hills shall fall down: but my mercy shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace fall away, saith the Lord, that hath compassion on thee.
Vers. 10. For the mountaines shall remoue, ⟨p. 564⟩and the hils shall fall downe: but my mercie shall not depart from thee, neither shall the couenant of my peace fall away, saith the Lord, that hath compassion on thee.
HE confirms the former sentence,1 and shows, that heaven and earth shall pass and come to nought, before his mercy shall fail. Some are so fond to demand here how mountains can remove, or, how hills shall fall down? But they deserve none answer, for it is a comparison taken from things that seem to be fast and firmly rooted, thereby signifying, that the Church is much more stable and unmoveable. The mountains are very firm and strong; neither do earthquakes happen so often there as in plain and champaign countries. The Lord then pronoun ceth, that though these great and huge mountains should remove, or that heaven and earth should meet, Psal. 46.2. yet his covenant shall stand immovable, and his mercy shall be perpetual towards his Church.
HE confirmes the former sentence,1