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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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IN the former lecture, God complained that he had spent his labour in vain in chastising the children of Israel, in regard they were of so rebellious and stubborn a nature, that they could not be tamed by any discipline or correction. I have lost my time (saith he) in endeavouring by chastisements and corrections, to bring you home: but now he aggravates this crime of stubbornness and wilfulness, because they not only rejected all wholesome admonitions, but shed innocent blood? Why so? Because they persecuted and pursued the Prophets, no less than if they had been their open enemies, who yet notwithstanding were sent unto them from God, to procure their salvation. For this cause God here not only accuseth them of rebellion, but of cruelty also: for he saith, he attained not his desire; namely, their conversion. Besides, they were not only obstinate and untamed, but also behaved themselves both currishly and cruelly even towards their own Prophets. 1For we know that Jerusalem was become a shambles, or butchery, wherein many of Gods true Prophets were slain and murdered. Some expound this place of false teachers: as if the Prophet had said, the sins of the people were the cause why the Prophets were punished according to