A17640:730
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.
They exp•und this as if the Prophet yielded a reason why God ceased not to strike them blow upon blow with new chastisements, to wit, because the people are so obstinate and stifnecked, that they will not come to an acknowledgement of their faults, nor to amendment. For wherefore should God give place to the obstinate, in whom he sees no repentance? so it might seem they were stronger th•n he. This is the cause then why he continues to smite them more sharply. And seeing Israel amended not for any correction whatsoever, his destruction was just: such was their extreme obstinacy, that not so much as any one of them were moved, or turned any whit, although they had been chastised and beaten so often. This form of chiding is terrible. For when the Lord not only admonisheth us with words, but pricks us forward, and constrains us by his works, namely, by divers chastisements, and yet we remain obstinate, not enduring that he should pluck us from our wicked delights: is it not a sign of a desperate malice; and can one think or speak of a thing more horrible? §1It is too much when men submit not themselves to his doctrine as soon as it is §2propounded unto them: but the sin is yet greater when they are not moved by any reprehensions; §3