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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. 11. The house of our sanctuary and of our glory, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our pleasant things are wasted.
Vers. 11. The house of our sanctuarie and of our glory, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt vp with fire, and all our pleasant things are wasted.
The sanctuary is otherwise attributed to the people, then to God. For it being a pledge of that holy union between God and the people, it is often called the house of God, because it answered to his holiness. Here the faithful call it their sanctuary, in regard they were thence to draw their sanctity: which they yet confirm more apparently by the word glory. For they confess they had nothing to glory in but the Temple, wherein God was pleased to be worshipped and served.
THe sanctuarie is otherwise attributed to the people, then to God. For it being a pledge of that holy vnion betweene God and the people, it is often called the house of God, because it answered to his holinesse. Heere the faithfull call it their sanctuarie, in regard they were thence to draw their sanctitie: which they yet confirme more apparantly by the word glory. For they confesse they had nothing to glory in but the Temple, wherein God was pleased to bee worshipped and serued.
And yet we see that this their rejoicing, was often vain; in so much that Jeremiah reproves them for it, saying; Trust not in lying words; to wit, The Temple of the Lord, The Temple of the Lord: this is the Temple of the Lord: