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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 SECOND sermon.
THE SECONDE sermon.
☞My life is withdrawn, it is changed as a shepherds lodge. I have cut of my days as a weaver, he hath oppressed me with sickness. From morning until night thou shalt consume me. I made reckoning to go until morning, but he hath bruised my bones as a Lion. Thou shalt destroy me from morning to night, and shalt make an end of me. I chattered like a Crane, and swallow, & mourned like a Dove, my eyes were lift up on high, and they failed me. Trouble oppresseth me, Lord refresh me. What shall I say, it is he that hath spoken it, and it is he also who hath done it.
☞My lyfe is withdrawen, it is chaunged as a shepeherds lodge. I haue cut of my dayes as a weauer, he hathe oppressed me with sicknes. From mornyng vntill night thou shalt consume me. I made rekenyng to go vntill morning, but he hath brused my bones as a Lion. Thou shalt destroy me from morning to night, and shalt make an ende of me. I chattered like a Crane, and swalow, & mourned like a Doue, my eyes wer lift vp on high, and they failed me. Trouble oppresseth me, Lord refresch me. What shall I say, it is he that hath spoken it, and it is he also who hath done it.
Hezekiah continuing the matter which yesterday was entreated of, sayeth here that his life was changed as a shepherds lodge. By this similitude he showeth that there is no rest in the life of man, which he had proved in him self, for as much as he was as it were at rest, & in one moment God toke him out of this world. When we make a comparison of our bodies with our houses where we are lodged, it is likely that the body of man which is more than the house, should have some rest: For what is the house, but a place for the body