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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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He by and by adds that which is the exposition of this sentence. For I told you, that the question is not here of sentencing babes in understanding, but of the Jews; who by sure and certain proofs knew that God was their Father. Seeing then, God had manifested himself unto them by so many infallible testimonies, they had not to allege for themselves so much as any show of ignorance. That is the cause then why the Prophet saith, It came not into their thoughts to ask; Where is the Lord, that hath brought us out of the land of Egypt? &c. This could not be said generally of all nations; therefore I told you before, that this speech is directed particularly to the Jews, who had tasted and felt the power of God by evident testimonies; so as they could not offend, but of set ⟨p. 61⟩purpose, that is, in quenching (by their frowardness) the clear light that shined before them. Also the Prophet yet further aggravates their offence, by certain circumstances: for he saith not only that they were brought out of Egypt, but that God was always to them in stead of a Captain and leader, and that for forty years together: for under this word desert, he notes the time. Now because the history thereof was fresh in memory; that is the cause why he thinks it enough to touch it only in a word. And yet even therein he notably sets forth Gods glory, in mentioning the desert. But in the first place observe, that the Jews were altogether inexcusable, in that they remembered not how their fathers had been miraculously preserved for the space of forty years, by Gods immediate hand, and not after an ordinary manner. For they had no bread to nourish them, neither had they water: God caused water to flow out of the rock, and afterwards he filled them with bread, which fell from heaven: neither did their garments wax old by length of time. We see then, that their fault is here augmented by the circumstance of time: now follow the things which I spake of. For the Prophet calls the desert, a dry, or vast land, a terrible land, an hideous, or horrible land, a land of deadly darkness. As if he should say, you were preserved in the middest of many deaths: for none ever passed through this land, neither did any (saith the Lord) ever inhabit there. Whence appeared your safety then, or from what fountain? Truly even from death it self, saith he.
He by and by addes that which is the exposition of this sentence. For I told you, that the question is not here of sentencing babes in vnderstanding, but of the Iewes; who by sure and certaine proofes knew that God was their Father. Seeing then, God had manifested himselfe vnto them by so many infallible testimonies, they had not to alleage for themselues so much as any shew of ignorance. That is the cause then why the Prophet saith, It came not into their thoughts to aske; Where is the Lord, that hath brought vs out of the land of Egypt? &c. This could not be said generally of all nations; therefore I told you before, that this speech is directed particularly to the Iewes, who had tasted and felt the power of God by euident testimonies; so as they could not offend, but of set