Isaias — Chapter 49

Al nations shal be conuerted to Christ: some Iewes in the primitiue Church, and many neere the end of the world. This word from afarre doth conuince (faith S. Ierom) that the Prophet speaketh of al nations to be conuerted to Christ.

Gods glorie shal increafe , 18. Idolatrie shal be defroyed, j H = word that Ifaiethe fonne of Amos faw vpon Tuda and Ierufalem, 2. And in( a) the later dayes.the mountaine of the houfe of ourLord shal be repared,. a1 3n the toppe of mountaines , and k shal be cleuared SH aboue the litle bils ; andl nations shal lowe vnto 0) it.3. And manie peoples shal gor, & shal fay, come al and let vs goe vptothe mount of our Lord , andto the houfe of the God of Jacob, and he wilteachvs his wayes, and we shal walkein hispathes : becaufethe law shal. come forth from Sion , and the word of our Lord fromierufalem, 4.And he shal iudge the Gentiles , and rebuke manie peoples: and they shal turne their {words into culters, and their {peares inte- fihes : nation shal not litt vp {word againft natié neither shal they beexercifed any imore to bat- tel.5. Houfe ot lacob come ye and let vs walke in the light of our Lord... 6, For thou haft (6) reieéted thy people,the houfe of Iacob: becaufe they are filled as intimes paft, and haue had fouthfayers as the Philifthijms, and haue ftucke faft to {trange children, 7, The land is replenished with filuer and gold: and there is no end of their treafures, 8, And their land is replenished with horfes ; and their chatiots.are innumerable. Andtheir land istul of idols : they haue adoredthe worke of their. hands , which their fingers made, 9. And man bowed himfelf, and man was humbled: therfore torgiue them not.10. Enter thou inro the rocke, and be hid in a pitte,inthe ground fromthe face of the feare of our Lord , & fremthe glorie ofhis maieftie, 11, The lottie eies of man are humbled, and the height of men shel be made to-ftoupe : & our Lord onlie shal be exalted in that day.12, Becaufethe day of the Lord of hoftes fhal be vpon althe proude and lottie, and vpon eueric onethat is atrogant , and he sha] be humbled,13, And vpon al the ceders of Libanus high & eleuated,& vp al che okes of Bafan. 14. vpon al.the high mountaines , and vpon al litle hils elenated. 15. And vponcuerie high towre, and euerie fenfed wal.16, And vpon al the shippes of Tharfis, and vpon al that is fayre to behold, 17, And the loftines of men shal be bowed , and the height of men shal be humbled, and our Lord outlie shal be exalted in that day, 18, And idols shal (¢) vtterly be deftroyed, 19, And they shal enter into the caues of rockes, and into the pittes of the earth from the face of the teare of our Lord,and from the glorie of his maieitie, when he shal rile Vp to {trike the carch,20, Inthat day shala mi cait away the idols of his filuer, PS and taper. andthe idols of his gold , which he had made him to adore, mowles and battes. 21. And he shal gocintothe clefts of rockes, and intothe caues of {tones fromthe face of the feare of our Lord, and from the gicrie of his maieftie , when he shal rife vpto ftrike the earth,22. Ceafe thertore fromthe man, whofe fpirit is in his nofthrels,becauie he is reputed high, CuHar I, The tewes shal bedepriued of wife men,4.and be fubit to childish and offemi- nate gouerners 8. for their griences frnnes.16.The proud, curicws, and bales sions attyre of their women, 2.4. skal be turned into ignominie andforow. O x behold the dominatour the Lord of hoftes (4) shal take away from Jerufalem,and from Judathe valiant & the ftrong , al ftrengih ot bread , and al {trength of wa- 2.The itrong, and the man of warre,the tudge,and SAIN the Prophete, and fouthiayet , and the ancient, .3.The f& Prince ouer fhftie , and the honuorable of countenance, and the counfeler , andthe wite of workemafters, and the skilful of myftical fpeach.4,And I wil giue children to be their Prin- ces, and the effeminate fhal rule ouerthem, 5. And the people fhal rush violently , man againft man, and euerie one againft his neighbour : the chilce shal make rumult againit che ancient, and the baie again{t theno- ble. 6. Fora maniial take hold of his brother. one of che hoafe-of his father : Thou hafta garment, be thou our Prince, and let this ruine be yn- derthy hand, 7, He thal antwer in that day,laying:1 am no phyficion , & in my houfetherc is no bread,nor garmeni:doe not appoint me Prince of tongue & their inuentions were againft our Lord ,to prouoke the cyes o; his maieftic.-9. The knowiedge-of theirfacehath a::fwered them:and ro their fouie, becaufe evils are rendred to them, 10,Say to the init that it is wel, becaufe he fhal eate the fruire. of his inuentions, 11, Woe tothe im- pious vnto euil:for the reward of his handes thal bemadeto him, 12, My ] pcople their exaGtours haue {poyled,& women haue ruled ouer them.My people,(b)they that cal thee bleffed,the fame deceiue thee,& diffipare rhe wayot thy Iteppes.13.Our Lord {tandeth to iudge,& he siandeth toindge peoples. 14. Qur Lord shal come to iudgement with the ancients of his people,and his Princes : tor you haue deuourcd the vineyard, and the fpoile ot the poore is in your houte.15 .Why doe you confume my peopie, and grinde the faces ot the poore,{ayth our Lord the God ot hoites?

The Church of the old Testament seemeth to be forsaken, but God answereth that he can not, & wil not forget, nor forsake his Church, which indeed is al one in the old and new testament, only differing in state.