A17640:4011
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.
Whence it appears, how absurd and blockish the raving of those fantastical spirits is, who pervert this testimony, to overthrow the preaching of the word, and the ministry of the Church. For children of the Church can they not be,1 unless they will be nourished up in her lap. Let them go then with their secret revelations; for the holy Ghost teacheth none but such as submit themselves under the Churches ministry. Well may such be the disciples and children of Satan, but not of God, seeing they contemn the order which he hath established. For these two points, to wit, the children of the Church, and the scholars of God, are so linked together, that those who refuse to be taught of the Church shall never be Gods disciples.2 I grant they must be aptly distinguished, even as Isaiah also doth, lest that be attributed to men which only belongs to the power of the holy Ghost. And yet they must be so linked one to the other, that we must know that in this work God will serve his turn by man.
Whence it appeares, how absurd and blockish the rauing of those fantasticall spirits is, who peruert this testimonie, to ouerthrow the preaching of the word, and the ministrie of the Church. For children of the Church can they not be,1 vnlesse they will be nourished vp in her lap. Let them goe then with their secret reuelations; for the holy Ghost teacheth none but such as submit themselues vnder the Churches ministrie. Well may such be the disciples and children of Satan, but not of God, seeing they contemne the order which hee hath established. For these two points, to wit, the children of the Church, and the schollers of God, are so lincked together, that those who refuse to be taught of the Church shall neuer be Gods disciples.2 I grant they must be aptly distinguished, euen as Isaiah also doth, lest that be attributed to men which only belongs to the power of the holy Ghost. And yet they must be so lincked one to the other, that we must know that in this worke God will serue his turne by man.
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