Commentary upon the Prophecy of Isaiah

The Lord then having promised them Prophets, by whom he would declare unto them his counsel and will, he commanded the people to rest in their exposition and doctrine. Not that the Prophets should add any thing to the law, but that they should faithfully expound the same, and conserve the authority thereof.

The Lord then hauing promised them Prophets, by whom hee would declare vnto them his counsell and will, he commanded the people to rest in their exposition and doctrine. Not that the Prophets should adde any thing to the law, but that they should faithfully expound the same, and conserue the authoritie thereof.

Whence also it is, that Malachi exhorting the people to persist in that doctrine,¹ saith, or rather God by him: Remember the Law of Moses my servant, which I gave him in Horeb for all Israel. Thus bringing them back to Gods law only; and commanding them to be content therewith. But would Malachi have them to despise the Prophets then? No. But forasmuch as the prophesies are dependences of the law, and that the law summarily comprehends them all, this exhortation sufficed. For such as are well acquainted with the sum of the doctrine, and principal heads of it, having their wills well inclined thereto; it is certain that they will not contemn the prophesies: for it were a thing too fond to boast of having affection to the law, and yet in the mean while not to make any account of the divine interpretation thereof: such as are some at this day, who are so shameless,² that they dare brag of loving Gods law, and the whilst cannot endure to be admonished or reprehended by the doctrine which is drawn and collected from the same.

Whence also it is, that Malachi exhorting the people to persist in that doctrine,¹ saith, or rather God by him: Remember the Law of Moses my seruant, which I gaue him in Horeb for all Israel. Thus bringing them backe to Gods law only; and commanding them to be content therewith. But would Malachi haue them to despise the Prophets then? No. But forasmuch as the prophesies are dependances of the law, and that the law summarilie comprehends them all, this exhortation sufficed. For such as are well acquainted with the summe of the doctrine, and principall heads of it, hauing their willes well inclined thereto; it is certaine that they will not contemne the prophesies: for it were a thing too fond to boast of hauing affection to the law, and yet in the meane while not to make any account of the diuine interpretation thereof: such as are some at this day, who are so shamelesse,