The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland

To Ahaz King of Judah, ¹in his great anguish and fear which he had conceived by the multitude of those that were conjured against him,² was sent Isaiah the Prophet, to assure him by Gods promise, That his enemies should not prevail against him:³ and to confirm him in the same, the Prophet required him to desire a sign of God, either from the ⟨p. 66⟩heaven, or beneath in the deep: But such was the deadly despair of him, that always had despised Gods Prophets, and had most abominably defiled himself with Idolatry, that no consolation could enter into his heart, but desperately, and with a dissembling and feigned excuse, he refused all the offers of God.

To Ahaz King of Iudah, ¹in his great anguish and fear which he had conceived by the multitude of those that were conjured against him,² was sent Isaiah the Prophet, to assure him by Gods promise, That his enemies should not prevail against him:³ and to confirm him in the same, the Prophet required him to desire a signe of God, either from the ⟨p. 66⟩heaven, or beneath in the deep: But such was the deadly despair of him, that alwayes had despised Gods Prophets, and had most abominably defiled himself with Idolatry, that no consolation could enter into his heart, but desperately, and with a dissembling and fained excuse, he refused all the offers of God.

1. 12 Reg. 18.
2. 2Ahaz.