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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. 34. Also in thy wings is found the blood of the souls of poor innocents; I have not found it in holes, but upon all these places: some turn it, because in all these: for it is a particle that renders the cause; but here it ought to be resolved into an adversative, as in many places.
Vers. 34. Also in thy wings is found the blood of the soules of poore innocents; I haue not found it in holes, but vpon all these places: some turne it, because in all these: for it is a particle that renders the cause; but heere it ought to bee resolued into an aduersatiue, as in many places.
The Prophet (as far as I can judge) repeats that which he said before; namely, that those of his nation were become altogether desperately wicked, in regard that what admonition soever was given them, yet could they never be brought to acknowledge their faults: but on the contrary fared like poysonfull and wild beasts, in murdering the Prophets, and holy men which were sent to teach and admonish them. Those are mistaken, who think the Prophet here condemns all the Jews in general, in respect of their cruelty: and yet all follow this opinion. But questionless the Prophet rather amplifies the fault of the Jews; not only in that they were hardened in their evil courses; but also because they exercised their cruelties against the Prophets of God. And thus he once again shows, that God used all means that could be, to cure the Jews, by bringing them to repentance, but nothing would serve the turn. For what better remedy could he procure for them, than the reprehensions of his Prophets, who showed the people how they had loosely and wickedly turned away, and estranged ⟨p. 127⟩