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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. 15. And many among them shall stumble, and shall fall, and shall be broken, and shall be snared, and shall be taken.
Vers. 15. And many among them shall stumble, and shall fall, and shall bee broken, and shall be snared, and shall bee taken.
HE continues to threaten the wicked as he did heretofore; and denounceth, that all those which would not rest upon God, should not escape unpunished. Now the threatening is this; After they have stumbled, they shall fall; and in the end, shall be broken. This agrees with the former Similitude, in which he compares God unto a stone. Christ alludes thereunto, comprehending both the members: Whosoever falls upon this stone, shall be broken; and upon whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder: Matthew 21.44. That which follows afterwards, They shall be snared and taken, agrees to the Similitude following; wherein he compares God to a net and snare. Let not the wicked think themselves then stronger then God, or wiser then he: for they shall feel in the end, both to their cost and ruin, that he is the strongest and wisest. Therefore it must needs follow, that they be brought to nought; because they shall be broken to powder in an instant: or else so enwrapped, that they shall never wind themselves out. Now these things are not proper unto God otherwise than accidentally, if we may so speak: for his proper office is rather to draw men unto him, and to to give them assured ground of their salvation; which was very well known and seen most clearly in Christ. In regard whereof, Saint Peter saith, that howsoever many unbelievers stumble at him, yet that their falls ought not to hinder our faith, that it should not always march on; because to us Christ is a chosen and precious stone: