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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. 14. Then shalt thou delight in the Lord, and I will cause thee to mount ⟨p. 601⟩upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Vers. 14. Then shalt thou delight in the Lord, and I will cause thee to mount ⟨p. 601⟩vpon the high places of the earth, and feede thee with the heritage of Iaakob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Then shalt thou delight.] It seems he alludes to the word delights, in the former verse. For the word Tithannagh, which the Prophet useth, comes of the word Onegh, which he used in vers. 12. in saying, that the Lord took great delights in the true observation of the Sabbath. In a word, his meaning is, that the people received no delight from God, because they provoked him to anger, & would not obey his will. For if we square our lives according to the rules of Gods Law, we shall be his delights, and he shall be our joy and contentment. He testifies then that the Jews are the cause themselves that God takes no more pleasure in them: also that their own lives are so comfortless. By this then he privily reproacheth the Jews, namely, that through their own folly, they have drawn down so many calamities upon them.
THen shalt thou delight.] It seemes he alludes to the word delights, in the former verse. For the word Tithannagh, which the Prophet vseth, comes of the word Onegh, which hee vsed in vers. 12. in saying, that the Lord tooke great delights in the true obseruation of the Sabbath. In a word, his meaning is, that the people receiued no delight from God, because they prouoked him to anger, & would not obey his will. For if wee square our liues according to the rules of Gods Law, wee shall be his delights, and hee shall be our ioy and contentment. He testifies then that the Iewes are the cause themselues that God takes no more pleasure in them: also that their owne liues are so comfortlesse. By this then hee priuily reprocheth the Iewes, namely, that through their owne folly, they haue drawne downe so many calamities vpon them.