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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. 4. It shall be no more said unto thee, forsaken; neither shall it be said any more to thy land, desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bath, and thy land Beulah. For the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall have an husband.
Vers. 4. It shall be no more said vnto thee, forsaken; neither shall it be said any more to thy land, desolate: but thou shalt bee called Hephzi-bath, and thy land Beulah. For the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall haue an husband.
HE now meets with a difficulty which might trouble the minds of the faithful,1 whilst they saw themselves rejected and left destitute: and yet in the mean while had these glorious titles given them, of a crown and a diadem. For might not these titles seem ridiculous; seeing the Jews were hated and abhorred of all nations, yea now and then their enemies trampled them under feet; and no succour appeared: and yet notwithstanding that they should be exalted up to heaven, and enclosed in the hand of God? Thus his meaning is to say, that howsoever the people were for a time, as a woman left and forsaken of her husband: yet they should be restored again in such wise, that their name and condition should be changed. As if he should say, this shall be no perpetual divorce, for God will at length marry thee again unto himself. Howsoever the Church then seems to be contemptible,2 and in outward appearance be like a woman rejected and put away, yet will the Lord one day put an end unto her misery and calamities.
HE now meetes with a difficultie which might trouble the minds of the faithfull,1 whilest they saw themselues reiected and left destitute: and yet in the meane while had these glorious titles giuen them, of a crowne and a diadem. For might not these titles seeme ridiculous; seeing the Iewes were hated and abhorred of all nations, yea now and then their enemies trampled them vnder feete; and no succour appeared: and yet notwithstanding that they should be exalted vp to heauen, and inclosed in the hand of God? Thus his meaning is to say, that howsoeuer the people were for a time, as a woman left and forsaken of her husband: yet they should be restored againe in such wise, that their name and condition should be changed. As if he should say, this shall bee no perpetuall diuorce, for God will at length marrie thee againe vnto himselfe. Howsoeuer the Church then seemes to be contemptible,