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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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Good Christian Reader, if (as Solomon saith) thou wouldest be truly wise for thy self,1 2or hast a purpose to show mercy to thine own soul, in any thing; then manifest it in this one thing (absolutely needful for thee,3 if hitherto thou have neglected it) viz. Be sure, before thou leave this thy natural life; that God (by the ministry of his holy word) hath breathed into thy dead soul,4 a supernatural and spiritual life. For in the grave whither thou goest, there will be neither time, nor place for thee, to have this work of works effected, Joh. 12.35. 5Thy life is in length but like a span; and every step thou steppest, for ought thou knowest;6 there is but a step between thee and death.7 Seeing therefore by Gods especial appointment, thou art once to step out of this world (how soon thou knowest not) it being also thy last step: it standeth thee upon, whilst life and liberty lasteth, wisely to foresee, that then thou steppest surely, 2. Pet. 1.10. 8For if thou diest, and after descendest into the grave,9 a natural man; so thou risest at the last day, and then woeful will thy condition be:10 for thou shalt never see the face of God to thy comfort. His wrath is now revealed from heaven, against all ungodliness,11