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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. 12. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace over her like a flood, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck. Ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be joyful upon her knees.
Vers. 12. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace ouer her like a flood, and the glorie of the Gentiles like a flowing streame: then shall yee sucke. Ye shall be borne vpon her sides, and be ioyfull vpon her knees.
HE prosecutes the same similitude still,1 and compares Gods children unto little babes which are carried in arms, whom the mothers cherish in their bosoms: with whom also they use to sport and play. Now that the Lord might the better express to the full the great love he bears us,2 he compares himself to mothers, who are wont to surpass all others in kindness to their children, as we noted in Chap. 49.15. The Lord then will needs be our mother, as it were, that he may show himself to be tender over us, (as if he dandled us in his lap: in stead of those troubles, outrages, miseries, and anguishes which we have sustained.
HE prosecutes the same similitude still,1 and compares Gods children vnto little babes which are carried in armes, whom the mothers cherish in their bosomes: with whom also they vse to sport and play. Now that the Lord might the better expresse to the full the great loue he beares vs,