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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. 3. To* appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, and to give unto them* beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of gladness for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Vers. 3. To* appoint vnto them that mourne in Zion, and to giue vnto them* beauty for ashes, the oyle of ioy for mourning, the garment of gladnes for the spirit of heauines, that they may be called trees of righteousnes, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
- *Or, to establish.
- *Or, magnificence.
HE prosecutes the same argument,1 and declares, that the chastisement wherewith the people should be exercised, should not be so sharp, but that there was hope notwithstanding left for them touching remission of sins. Which that he might the better persuade them of, he saith, the Lord hath given him charge to publish this deliverance, and that not to himself alone, but also to all the Prophets, even till the coming of that great Ambassador, to wit, Christ Jesus, who shall indeed publish and accomplish that which God would now have divulged for the time to come: yet therewithal he signifies, that their sorrows shall not be able to let God from giving them matter of joy, when it should seem ⟨p. 625⟩