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Sermons of John Calvin, upon the song that Hezekiah made after he had been…Sermons of Iohn Caluin, vpon the songe that Ezechias made after he had bene…
Sermons of John Calvin, upon the song that Hezekiah made after he had been sick and afflicted by the hand of God, contained in the 38. chapter of Isaiah. Translated out of French into English. 1560.Sermons of Iohn Caluin, vpon the songe that Ezechias made after he had bene sicke and afflicted by the hand of God, conteyned in the 38. chapiter of Esay. Translated out of Frenche into Englishe. 1560.
London: printed by John Day, 1560London: printed by Iohn Day, 1560
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.
THE FOURTH SERmon.
THE FOVRTH SERmon.
☞For the grave shall not singe of thee, and the dead shall not praise thee, nether shall they that are brought down into the pit wait for thy truth. The living, the living shall sing of thee, as I do this day: the father shall make thy truth known to his children. The Lord it is that saveth me: we will sing a song in the temple of the Lord all the days of our life. And Isaiah, commanded, that one should take a cluster of figs, and make a plaster of them to lay upon the sore, and he should be whole. Then said Hezekiah, what sign shall I have that I shall go up into the house of the Lord?
☞For the graue shall not singe of the, and the dead shall not prayse the, nether shall they that are brought down into the pitte waite for thy truthe. The lyuing, the lyuing shall sing of the, as I do this day: the father shall make thy truthe knowen to his children. The Lorde it is that saueth me: we wyll sing a song in the temple of the Lorde all the dayes of our lyfe. And Esai, commaunded, that one shold take a cluster of figges, and make a plaister of them to lay vpon the sore, and he shoulde be whole. Then sayd Ezechias, what signe shall I haue that I shall goe vp into the house of the Lorde?
IT is certain that if our life were ordered as it ought to be, we should alway shoot at this principal mark, to honour God so long as we be in this world. And good reason it is that we apply all our study thereunto seeing that without end and cessing we prove the gracious good deeds that he doth us. For this cause now Hezekiah after that he hath knowledged that god prolonged his life, and hath given him a proof to witness his singular love toward him, saith that with so much more courage he will magnify the name of ⟨p. 57⟩