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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. 29 His roaring shall be as a Lion, and he shall roar like Lions whelps: they shall roar, and lay hold of the pray: they shall take it away, and none shall deliver it.
Vers. 29 His roaring shal be as a Lion, and he shall roare like Lions whelps: they shall roare, and lay hold of the pray: they shall take it away, and none shall deliuer it.
This appertains to cruelty. He compares the Chaldeans to Lions, whose sight is fearful, and of nature cruel, as if he should say, They shall not be such men as are touched with any sense of pity, mercy, or humanity, but shall rather show themselves cruel, and like wild beasts. He also adds, that they shall be of such strength, as none shall dare to come near them to pluck the pray out of their teeth. Meaning thereby, that the Jews shall be utterly unable to disappoint their assaults, because that for fear of their cruelty none shall adventure to approach unto them; for in regard that God would use them as his servants to punish the Jews, it was requisite they should be furnished with a terrible power and majesty, that this sottish ⟨p. 63⟩people might be made to understand at the last that they had not to do with men, but with God,1 into whose hands it is a terrible thing to fall.
THis appertaines to crueltie. He compares the Chaldeans to Lions, whose sight is fearefull, and of nature cruell, as if he should say, They shall not be such mē as are touched with any sense of pitie, mercie, or humanitie, but shall rather shew themselues cruell, and like wilde beasts. He also addes, that they shall be of such strength, as none shall dare to come neere them to pluck the pray out of their teeth. Meaning thereby, that the Iewes shall be vtterly vnable to disappoint their assaults, because that for feare of their crueltie none shall aduenture to approch vnto them; for in regard that God would vse them as his seruants to punish the Iewes, it was requisite they should be furnished with a terrible power and maiestie, that this sottish