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Isaiah 6

1 Isaiáh sheweth his vocation by the Vision of the divine majesty 9 He sheweth the obstinancie of the people. 11 The destruction of the land. 13 The remnant reserved.
1.In the year of the death of King Uzziáh, aI saw also the Lord sitting upon an bhigh throne, and lifted up, and the lower cparts thereof filled the temple.
2.The dSeraphims stood upon it: every one had six wings: with twain he covered his eface, and with twain he covered his ffeet, and with twain he did gfly.
3.And one cried to another, and said, hHoly holy, holy is the Lord of hostes: the whole iworld is full of his glory.
4.And the lintels of the door cheeks kmoved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5.Then I said, lWo is me: for I am undone, because I am a man of polluted lips, and I dwell in the middes of a people of polluted lips, for mine eyes have seen the King and Lord of hostes.
6.Then flew one of the Seraphims unto me with an hot coal in his hand, which he had taken from the maltar with the tongs:
7.And he touched my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips, & thine iniquity shalbe taken away, & thy nsin shalbe purged.
8.Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? and who shall go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.
9.And he said, Go, and say unto this people, oYe shall hear in deed, but ye shall not understand: ye shall plainly see, and not perceive.
10.Make the heart of this people fat, make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, & understand with their hearts, & convert, & he heal them.
11.Then said I, Lord, phow long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
12.And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great desolation in the middes of the land.
13.But yet in it shalbe qa tenth, and shal return, and shalbe eaten up as an elm ror as an oak, which have a substance in them, when they cast their leaves so the holie seed shalbe the substance thereof.

Notes

1-a.
God shows not himself to man in his majesty, but according as man’s capacity is able to comprehend him that is by visible signs, as John Baptist saw the holie Ghost in the form of a dove.
1-b.
As a judge ready to give sentence.
1-c.
Of his garment, or of his throne.
2-d.
They were Angels so called because they were of a fiery colour, to signify that they burnt in the love of God, or were light as fire to execute his will.
2-e.
Signifying, that they were not able to endure the brightness of God’s glory.
2-f.
Whereby was declared that man was not able to see the brightness of God in them.
2-g.
Which thing declares the prompt obedience of the Angels to execute God’s commandment.
3-h.
This oft repetition signifies that the holy Angels can not satisfy them- selves in praising God, to teach us that in all our lives we should give ourselves to the continual praise of God.
3-i.
His glory does not only appear in the heavens, but through all the world, and therefore all creatures are bound to praise him.
4-k.
Which things were to confirm the Prophet, that it was not the voice of man and by the smoke was signified the blindness that should come upon the Jews.
5-l.
He speaks this for two causes the one, because he that was a mortal creature, and therefore had more need to glorify God then the Angels, did it not and the other, because the more near that man approaches to God, the more does he know his own sin, and corruption.
6-m.
Of the burnt offerings, where the fire never went out.
7-n.
This declares that man can not render true obedience to God, till he have purged us.
9-o.
Whereby is declared that for the malice of man God will not immediately take away his word, but he will cause it to be preached to their condemnation, when as they will not learn thereby to obey his will, and be saved hereby he exhorts the ministers to do their duty, and answer to the wicked murmurers, that through their own malice their heart is hardened, Mt. 13.14, Act. 28.26, and Rom. 11.8.
11-p.
As he was moved with the zeal of God’s glory, so was he touched with a charitable affection toward the people.
13-q.
Meaning, the tenth part or as some write, it was revealed to Isaiáh for the conformation of his prophecy, that ten Kings should come before their captivity, as were from Uzziáh to Zedekiah.
13-r.
For the fewness they shall seem to be eaten up yet they shall after flourish as a tree, which in winter loses his leaves, and seems to be dead, yet in summer is fresh, and green.