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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. 12. O ye heavens, be astonied at this, and tremble for fear; and be utterly confounded, or, dried up, saith Jehovah.
Vers. 12. O ye heauens, be astonied at this, and tremble for feare; and be vtterly confounded, or, dried vp, saith Iehouah.
After the Prophet saw he had to deal with men that were grown utterly senseless and past feeling: he now directs his speech to the heavens. Which kind of speech is very usual with the Prophets, namely, to call heaven and earth to be witnesses of their words, albeit they be utterly void of understanding: and to turn their speech from men, whom they see to be destitute of reason and judgement. And this they were wont to do, when they perceived that things grew desperate; to wit, when men refused to be taught. This is the reason then, why the Prophet now commands the heavens to tremble, and to be astonied, and to be brought (as it were) to nothing: as if he should say, This is so prodigious a thing, that (in a manner) it overturns the whole order of nature; even as if heaven and earth were mingled together. Now we have the Prophets meaning: for by this manner of speech he meant to show how odious the impiety of the people was, when the heavens which have no understanding, ought justly to blush at such an horrible disorder. As touching the words: some translate. O ye heavens be desolate; and afterwards reiterate the same signification. But because the Hebrew word signifies to be astonied: the reading which I have followed, agrees best to this place, ⟨p. 76⟩to wit, O ye heavens be astonied: and then, tremble at this, and be dried up, For the Hebrew word signifies, to become dry; and it also signifies to be brought to a wilderness, or desolation.