THe Prophet hitherunto hath shewed at large how mightie the Lord is to saue his people: now hee saith that all the miracles which were wrought in the first redemption, [ 1] vvere nothing in comparison of those that [ 2] should be effected heereafter: that is to say; the glory of this second deliuerance should be so rare & excellent, that it should darken the first: not as if the Iewes were to forget so great a benefit; for the memorie thereof wor∣thily deserued to be celebrated from age to age, euen to the worlds end: and as the Lord had commanded, was to stand vpon perpe∣tuall record. For in the preface of the Law, Exod. 20.2. thus he speakes; I am the Lord thy God, vvhich brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. He also commanded the fathers to be often recording of it to their children, and to continue the remembrance of it to their successors. This therefore must be taken by way of comparison: as in Iere∣miah; Behold the daies come, saith the Lord, that they shall say no more, The Lord which brought the children out of Egypt: but the Lord liues, which hath brought the posteritie of Iaakob out of the land of the North, and out of all the coasts of the earth, whereinto he hath scattered them: Ier. 23.7. The summe is, that the last deliuerance shall be far more glorious then the first, if the one be compa∣red with the other. Whence it followes, that this prophecie is not to be referred to a few yeeres; because the Prophet extols not here the beginnings of their deliuerance onely; but extends the fruit of this returne euen vnto Christ, at whose comming both the kingdome and priesthood were reallie esta∣blished.
A commentary vpon the prophecie of Isaiah. By Mr. Iohn Caluin. Whereunto are added foure tables ... Translated out of French into English: by C.C.
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- A commentary vpon the prophecie of Isaiah. By Mr. Iohn Caluin. Whereunto are added foure tables ... Translated out of French into English: by C.C.
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- Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.
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- At London :: Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, and are to be sold by William Cotton, dwelling in Pater noster Row, at the signe of the golden Lion,
- 1609.
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Or, Forget ye the, &c.
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This verse must bee vnderstood by way of comparison.