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The Epistle
ESAY 7.10God spake once againe to Ahaz, saying, require a token of the Lord thy God, &c.
IN this Scripture two things are more chieflie con∣siderable; namely, the
- goodnesse of God
- particularly toward Ahaz King of Iuda, God spake againe to Ahaz, saying, aske a signe, &c.
- generally toward all the house of Dauid, euen the whole Church, a Virgin shall conceine, &c.
- wickednesse of Ahaz
God spake againe to Ahaz] In the daies of Ahaz the sonne of Iotham, the sonne of Vzziah King of Iudah (as wee read in the beginning of this present chapter) Rezm the King of Aram, and Pe••ath the sonne of Re∣maliah King of Israel came vp and fought against Hie∣rusalem. Now God (as being a l 1.6 present helpe in troub••e) sent his Prophet Esay to comfort King Ahaz in this ex∣tremitie, saying vers. 4. Feare not, neither be faint hear∣••ed for the two tailes of those smo••ing firebrands, for the furious wrath of Rezin, and of Remaliahs sonne. For al∣beit they determine to depose thee, and to dispose of thy Kingdome, purposing to set vp in thy throne the sonne of ••abeal. vers 6: Yet thus saith the Lord God, their counsell shall not stand, neither shall it bee: for the head of Aramis Damascus: and the head of Damascus