A17640:748
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. 20. And he shall snatch at the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and shall not be satisfied: every one shall eat the flesh of his own arm.
Vers. 20. And he shall snatch at the right hand, and be hungrie; and he shall eate on the left hand, and shall not be satisfied: euery one shall eate the flesh of his owne arme.
This is a common speech, To pull and hale on all sides: and this phrase sets forth an insatiable or cruel avarice. Also this desire of snatching pricks men forwards unto cruelty. Now he expresseth their insatiable desire with greater vehemency, in that being provoked by a blind cruelty, & possessed with more then a brutish fury, their teeth also shall be set on edge with no less appetite to suck the blood of their brethren, then to eat the flesh that is bought in the shambles. This circumstance greatly aggravates the sharpness of the vengeance,1 to wit, that the children of Abraham, and the holy posterity of the chosen people should overflow into so horrible a rage. Let us remember then that it is a token of a fearful punishment of God when brethren band themselves one against an other, with a furious desire or lust to tear one another in pieces.
THis is a common speech, To pull and hale on all sides: and this phrase sets forth an insatiable or cruell auarice. Also this desire of snatching pricks men forwards vnto crueltie. Now he expresseth their insatiable desire with greater vehemencie, in that being prouoked by a blinde crueltie, & possessed with more then a brutish furie, their teeth also shall be set on edge with no lesse appetite to suck the blood of their brethren, then to eate the flesh that is bought in the shambles. This circumstance greatly aggrauates the sharpnes of the vengeance,