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The lectures or daily sermons, of that reverend divine, D. John Calvin, pastor of…The lectures or daily sermons, of that reuerend diuine, D. Iohn Caluine, pastor of…
The lectures or daily sermons, of that reverend divine, D. John Calvin, pastor of the Church of God in Geneva, upon the prophet Jonah, by N.B. student in Divinity. Whereunto is annexed an excellent exposition of the two last epistles of S. John, done in Latin by that worthy doctor, August. Marlorate, and englished by the same N.B.The lectures or daily sermons, of that reuerend diuine, D. Iohn Caluine, pastor of the Church of God in Geneua, vpon the prophet Ionas, by N.B. student in Diuinitie. Whereunto is annexed an excellent exposition of the two last epistles of S. Iohn, done in Latin by that worthy doctor, August. Marlorate, and englished by the same N.B.
London: printed by J. Charlewood for Edward White, 1578
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vers. 5 The text. ¶And Jonah went out of the City, and sate on the East side against the City, & made himself there a both and fate under it in the shadow, until he might set what should become of the City.
vers. 5 The text. ¶And Ionas went out of the Citie, and sate on the East side against the Citie, & made himselfe there a boothe and fate vnder it in the shadowe, vntyll he might set what shoulde become of the Citie.
Calvin. Here it may be doubted whether Jonah waited till the forty days were expired, or whether he prevented the ••uie. For if we say that he went out of the City before the fortieth day, there will spring another question: how could he know what should come afterward unto the City? For ⟨image 74⟩as yet we see that he was not instructed thereof by an Oracle: yea rather the words that we see here, do sound otherwise: even that by the event and falling out of the matter, it was manifested unto him, that God had delivered the City from destruction. For he said in the last Lecture that God repented of the word which he had spoken, and did it not. It appeareth therefore that Jonah went out of the City, until the forty days were full paste. But now there ariseth a contrary question, what needed he to sit near the City, seeing it was evident that either the determination of God was changed, or at the least the sentence which he had uttered was altered. He ought not therefore as yet, as though he doubted still, to sit by the City.
Caluin. HEre it maye be doubted whether Ionas wayted till the fortye dayes were expired, or whether he preuented the uie. For if we saye that he went out of the Citye before the fortith daye, there will spring another question: how coulde he know what should come afterward vnto the Citie? For