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Two and twenty lectures upon the five first chapters of Jeremiah With prayers annexed,…Tvvo and tvventie lectures vpon the fiue first chapters of Ieremiah With prayers annexed,…
Two and twenty lectures upon the five first chapters of Jeremiah With prayers annexed, at the end of every lecture: by Master John Calvin. Which being faithfully collected form him as he uttered them in Latin, in the schools of Geneva, were afterwards translated into French: and now newly turned out of French, into English, with a table at the end, containing the sum and scope of every lecture.Tvvo and tvventie lectures vpon the fiue first chapters of Ieremiah With prayers annexed, at the end of euery lecture: by Master Iohn Caluin. Which being faithfully collected form him as hee vttered them in Latine, in the schooles of Geneua, were afterwards translated into French: and now newly turned out of French, into English, with a table at the end, containing the summe and scope of euery lecture.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Nathanael Newbery, 1620
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Vers. 17. And thou, truss up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not afraid of their faces,* lest I destroy thee before them; or in their presence.
Vers. 17. And thou, trusse vp thy loynes, and arise, and speake vnto them all that I command thee: bee not afraid of their faces,* lest I destroy thee before them; or in their presence.
- *or, lest I make thee to fear before their face.or, lest I make thee to feare before their face.
IN the first place God commands his Prophet to proclaim this heavy and woeful judgement, whereof we have formerly heard. For his meaning was not to speak to Jeremiah in a corner, or in hugger-mugger to himself alone; but he puts him in trust with that which he meant should be published to the whole body of the people: that is the cause why he adds, And thou. We see then that the Prophet was instructed and taught of God, that he might be able boldly and fearlessly to publish that message which hereafter he will deliver. These things ⟨p. 39⟩therefore must be read altogether; namely, that God will ascend into his judgement seat, to execute that vengeance §1