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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.
BY these figures he means nothing else but that the land which was waste, shall be again inhabited. For we have here a secret comparison thus: howsoever after the banishment of her inhabitants into a far country, she should remain solitary and empty: yet shall she again be inhabited, and that in such wise, as there shall be abundance of flocks, and herds: of fruitful pastures, and commons: and should also furnish them in plentiful manner with all things necessary for the sustentation of men.
BY these figures he meanes nothing else but that the land which was waste, shal be againe inhabited. For we haue here a secret comparison thus: howsoeuer after the banishment of her inhabitants into a farre cuntrie, shee should remaine solitarie and empty: yet shall shee againe be inhabited, and that in such wise, as there shall be abundance of flockes, and heards: of fruitefull pastures, and commons: and should also furnish them in plentifull manner with all things necessarie for the sustentation of men.