A17640:4115
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. Even unto them will I give in mine house, and within my walls, a place, and a name better then of the sons and of the daughters: I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be put out.
Vers. 5. Euen vnto them will I giue in mine house, and within my walles, a place, and a name better then of the sonnes and of the daughters: I will giue them an euerlasting name that shall not be put out.
Here we may evidently see, that the door is set open for all persons to enter into Gods kingdom (how unworthy soever they be.) The Prophet alludes to Jerusalem, and to the Temple, wherein the Lord had put the memorial of his name. Now none but the Jews had any place there: for they would have thought the Temple profaned, if any Gentiles had come within it. And this, as you know, was the cause that so great a multitude arose against Saint Paul, who had brought some uncircumcised ones into it: Act. 21.28. But here the Lord receives all those without exception, whom before he had rejected: and hath abolished that difference, by bringing us, who were strangers, into the Temple; that is, into the Church. For it is not now shut up within the bounds of Judea, as once it was; but it extends it self far and near, throughout the whole world: as in Mark 16.15.
HEere wee may euidently see, that the doore is set open for all persons to enter into Gods kingdome (how vnworthy soeuer they be.) The Prophet alludes to Ierusalem, and to the Temple, wherein the Lord had put the memoriall of his name. Now none but the Iewes had any place there: for they would haue thought the Temple prophaned, if any Gentiles had come within it. And this, as you know, was the cause that so great a multitude arose against Saint Paul, who had brought some vncircumcised ones into it: