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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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For when the Jews bowed before images, they did (for all the world) as we see the Papists do at this day. They affirmed indeed that they worshipped one God only, and it was to him they came for deliverance: but in the mean while (by your leave) they thought Gods power was included in those images. And this is the reason why they say, Thou art my father, thou hast begotten me. So our Papists likewise, if any of them fall down before the image of Saint Katharine, Saint Christopher, he will say, Our father; but to excuse the matter, Oh (saith he) it is in the honour of God: and yet like a fool thou trottest first to this image, and then to that, and wilt patter over thy Pater noster. Neither is it to be doubted, but the idolatry now used in the Papacy, is more gross, and less excusable, than that which was then among the Jews. But although we should speak nothing of the Papists pattering over their Pater noster thus, before the first image they meet withal: yet it is a thing without question, that in offering their vows and prayers to their images, they enclose Gods power within them, as if it were fixed thereunto. We must therefore observe, that the Jews are not only condemned for censing or sacrificing to their idols; but for attributing the glory of God to senseless stocks, and in seeking for deliverance from them. Now because this was not done in express words, the Prophet notes here their perverse affections; in regard they raised not up their minds and senses on high unto God; but thus doted upon their images. It follows.
For when the Iewes bowed before images, they did (for all the world) as we see the Papists doe at this day. They affirmed indeed that they worshipped one God onely, and it was to him they came for deliuerance: but in the meane while (by your leaue) they thought Gods power was included in those images. And this is the reason why they say, Thou art my father, thou hast begotten me. So our Papists likewise, if any of them fall downe before the image of Saint Katharine, Saint Christopher, he will say, Our father; but to excuse the matter, Oh (saith he) it is in the honour of God: and yet like a foole thou trottest first to this image, and then to that, and wilt patter ouer thy Pater noster. Neither is it to bee doubted, but the idolatry now vsed in the Papacy, is more grosse, and lesse excusable, than that which was then among the Iewes. But although we should speake nothing of the Papists pattering ouer their Pater noster thus, before the first image they meet withall: yet it is a thing without question, that in offering their vowes and prayers to their images, they inclose Gods power within them, as if it were fixed thereunto. We must therefore obserue, that the Iewes are not onely condemned for censing or sacrificing to their idols; but for attributing the glory of God to senselesse stockes, and in seeking for deliuerance from them. Now because this was not done in expresse words, the Prophet notes heere their peruerse affections; in regard they raised not vp their mindes and senses on high vnto God; but thus doted vpon their images. It followes.