A17640:4486
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. 19. Thou shalt have no more Sun to shine by day, neither shall the brightness of the Moon shine upon thee: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God, thy glory. 20. Thy Sun shall never go down, neither shall thy Moon be hid: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy sorrow shall be ended.
Vers. 19. Thou shalt haue no more Sunne to shine by day, neither shall the brightnesse of the Moone shine vpon thee: for the Lord shall bee thine euerlasting light, and thy God, thy glorie. 20. Thy Sunne shall neuer goe downe, neither shall thy Moone bee hid: for the Lord shall be thine euerlasting light, and the daies of thy sorrow shall bee ended.
He teacheth that the Churches felicity shall not be temporary, but eternal.1 For he separates her from the common condition of men, among whom, nothing is stable nor permanent. Why so? Because whatsoever is under the Sun, be it never so well established, yet is it subject to divers mutations and changes. But the state of the Church must not be measured according to the dangers of this present life, in regard she is preserved even in the midst of greatest storms. As if he should say; Judge not of thy salvation by outward appearances; but be thou sure that God holds that safely in his hand. The Lord will be thy Sun; so as thou shalt have no more need of the light, neither of Sun nor Moon. Fear not any change then, or confusion of things; for thou shalt enjoy a perpetual and an immovable light. And yet we must not take it as if the Prophet meant hereby to affirm that Gods children should be deprived of the commodities of this present life.2