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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. 15. Whereas thou hast bin forsaken and hated, so that no man went by thee, I will make thee an eternal glory, and a joy from generation to generation.
Vers. 15. Whereas thou hast bin forsaken and hated, so that no man went by thee, I will make thee an eternall glorie, and a ioy from generation to generation.
The Prophet had an eye to yt middle time which already approached: for a little after his death the people were driven out of their heritage, and led away captive, so as all thought that the Jews had bin for ever rooted out. That this thought then might not arise in the minds of the faithful, whereby they were in danger to fall into despair and say, We are undone; there is no way left how to remedy these so extreme miseries: neither are we ever to expect a better condition; he on the contrary shows, that these sore calamities can not let God to restore them again. For howsoever for a time they were after a sort forsaken when the Lord thus corrected them, yet was it no mastery for him to set them in a more happy and better estate then the former.
THe Prophet had an eie to yt middle time which alreadie approched: for a little after his death the people were driuen out of their heritage, and led away captiue, so as all thought that the Iewes had bin for euer rooted out. That this thought then might not arise in the minds of the faithfull, whereby they were in danger to fall into despaire and say, We are vndone; there is no way left how to remedie these so ex•reame miseries: neither are we euer to expect a better condition; he on the contrarie shewes, that these sore calamities can not let God to restore them againe. For howsoeuer for a time they were after a sort forsaken when the Lord thus corrected them, yet was it no masterie for him to set them in a more happie and better estate then the former.