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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. 21. Thy* people also shall be all righteous: they shall possess the land for ever: the graft of my planting shall be the work of mine hands, that I may be glorified.
Vers. 21. Thy* people also shall be all righteous: they shall possesse the land for euer: the graffe of my planting shall be the worke of mine hands, that I may bee glorified.
- *Or, peoples.
The Prophet shows here, wherein the true establishment of the Church consists: truly when she is separated from the godless, and that the faithful only have place in her.1 But we know that hypocrites are always mingled amongst the true children of God in the Church. We have also told you that the kingdom of Christ is here deciphered out; not such a one as it shall be in every particular moment of time, but in its perfection. Christ at his first coming, began to accomplish that which is here said, when he purged his Church: in which regard, he calls his Gospel a fan; because by it the chaff is separated from the wheat: Mat. 3.12. And he continues still every day to purge it, and will hold on that course even to the day of harvest. In the mean while, there must be much refuse mingled amongst the good grain, which in that day shall at last be utterly purged and cleansed out.
THe Prophet shewes heere, wherein the true establishment of the Church consists: truly when shee is separated from the godlesse, and that the faithfull onely haue place in her.1