Commentary upon the Prophecy of Isaiah

God by Hosea speaketh thus; I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, with the birds of the air, and with the creeping things: Hose. 2.18. as if he should say, After that God shall become merciful to the world for Christs sake, he will therewithal show the signs of his good favour unto it: to the end that whatsoever corruptions did proceed from the sin of man, might come to an end. To conclude, the Prophets under these figures, teach the very same which S. Paul affirms plainly; to wit,¹ that Christ came to gather the things which were scattered both in heaven and in earth: Ephes. 1.10. The sum of all then is, that Christ shall come to chase all hurtful things out of the world, and to restore it to the first beauty in which it was before it was accursed.

God by Hosea speaketh thus; I will make a couenant for them with the beasts of the field, with the birds of the ayre, and with the creeping things: Hose. 2.18. as if hee should say, After that God shall become mercifull to the world for Christs sake, he will therewithall shew the signes of his good fauour vnto it: to the end that whatsoeuer corruptions did proceed from the sinne of man, might come to an end. To conclude, the Prophets vnder these figures, teach the very same which S. Paul affirmes plainely; to wit,¹ that Christ came to gather the things which were scattered both in heauen and in earth: Ephes. 1.10. The summe of all then is, that Christ shall come to chase all hurtfull things out of the world, and to restore it to the first beautie in which it was before it was accursed.

1. 1Col. 1.20.