The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. LV.

1 An exhortation to come to Christ. 8 Gods counsels are not as mans 2 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ioy of the faithful.

1 HO, euerie one thata 1.1 thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and ye that haueb 1.2 no siluer, come, bie and eat: come, I saie, biec 1.3 wine and milke without siluer and without monei.

2 Wherefore do ye laie out siluer (and) not for bread?d 1.4 and your labour without being satis fied? hearken diligently vnto me, and eat that which is good, and let your soule delite in e 1.5 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

3 Encline your eares, and come vnto me: hea∣re, and your soule shal liue, and I wil make an euerlasting conuenant with you, (euen) thef 1.6 〈◊〉〈◊〉 mercies of Dauid.

4 Beholde, I gaue g 1.7 him for a witnes to the peo ple, for a prince & a master vnto the people.

5 Beholde, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not,h 1.8 and a nation that knewe not thee, shal rūne vnto thee, because of the Lord thy God, and the holie one of Israél: for he hathe glorified thee.

6 Seke ye the Lord while he maiei 1.9 be founde call ye vpon him while he is nere.

7 Let the wickedk 1.10 forsake his waies, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations; and re∣turne vnto the Lord, and he wil haue mercie vpon him: and to our God, for he is verie rea∣die to forgiue.

8 For myl 1.11 thoghts (are) not your thoghts, nether (are) your wayes my wayes, saith the Lord.

9 For as the heauens are hier thē the earth, so are my wayes hier then your wayes, and my thoghts aboue your thoghts.

10 Surely as the raine cometh downe and the snowe from heauen, and returneth not the∣ther, but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring forthe and budde, that it maye giue sede to the sower, and bread vnto him that eateth,

11 So shal mym 1.12 worde be, that goeth out of my mouth: it shal not returne vnto me voyde, but it shal accomplish that which I wil, & it shal prosper in the thing where to I sent it,

12 Therefore ye shal go out with ioye, and be led forthe with peace: then 1.13 mountaines and the hils shal breake forthe before you into ioye, and all the trees of the field shal clappe (their) hands.

13 For thornes there shal growe firre trees: for nettles shal growe the myrrhe tree, & it shal∣be to the Lordo 1.14 for a name (and) for an euer∣lastingp 1.15 signe that shal not be taken awaye.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Christ by pro∣posing his graces and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to his Church 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 which are 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with their ima∣gined 〈◊〉〈◊〉, & the Epicures, which areful with their worl∣delie lusts and so thirst not after these waters.
• b 1.2

  Signifying, that Gods 〈◊〉〈◊〉 can 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be boght for 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• c 1.3

  By 〈◊〉〈◊〉, wi∣ne, milke & bread he meaneth all things necessarie to the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 life, as these are necessarie to this corporal life.
• d 1.4

  He reproueth their ingratitude which refuse tho se things that God off. eth wil lingly, and in the meane time spa∣re nether cost 〈◊〉〈◊〉 labour to obtei∣ne those, which are nothing pro∣fitable.
• e 1.5

  You shalbe fed abundantly.
• f 1.6

  The same coue∣nant, whiche through my mer cie, I ratified and confirmed to Da uid that it shulde be eternal, 2. Sam 7, 13. act. 13, 34.
• g 1.7

  Meaning, Christ, of whom Dauid was a fi∣gure.
• h 1.8

  To wit, the Gē tiles, whiche be∣fore thou 〈◊〉〈◊〉 not receiue to be thy people.
• i 1.9

  When he offreth him self by the preaching of his worde
• k 1.10

  Hereby he shew eth that repentā ce mustbe ioyned with faith, and how we can not call vpon God a∣right, except the frutes of ourfaith appeare.
• l 1.11

  Althogh you are not sone reconci∣led one to another and iudge me by your selues, yet I am most easie to be reconciled, yea I offer my mercies to you.
• m 1.12

  If these smale things haue their effect, as daiely 〈◊〉〈◊〉, muche more shal my promes which I haue made and cōhrmed, bring to passe the thing which I haue spoken for your deliuerance.
• n 1.13

  Read Chap 44, 2, 49, 1.
• o 1.14

  To set forth his glorie.
• p 1.15

  Of Gods deliuerance, and that the wil neuer 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his Church.