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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. 37. And even for this, that is to say, this thine iniquity, thou shalt go forth, and thy hands upon thine head, because the Lord abhors thy confidences, neither shalt thou prosper in them.
Vers. 37. And euen for this, that is to say, this thine iniquity, thou shalt goe forth, and thy hands vpon thine head, because the Lord abhorres thy confidences, neither shalt thou prosper in them.
HE here more plainly expresseth that which he had said touching the reproach of his nation; namely, that whilst the Jews thought to rest upon the aide of the Egyptians, they thereby weaved the web of their own ruin. But this they believed not: for the Egyptians being their next neighbours, and the Jews at that time feared no enemies but the Assyrians and Chaldeans, who were far remote from them, they imagined that their matters would succeed well, and be in great safety. How so? Our adversaries are twenty or thirty days journey from us; and our friends who are ready to succour us, are here at our gates, as soon as they shall have but the least warning. The Jews then (as I have said) thought themselves very secure: but the Prophet tells them here, that they are much deceived. For, for this iniquity, that is, because thou trustedst in this so cursed a covenant, thereby promising safety to thy self, in regard of thine enemies; or rather because thou imaginedst thou mightest with little ado overcome them. For this cause (saith he) thou shalt go forth. And yet, was any thing more unlikely, or incredible, than that which the Prophet here tells them? For whilst the Egyptians opposed themselves against the Chaldeans, they were to the Jews, as a brazen wall set between, whereby they were (in a manner) invincible: who would not have thought the Jews most safe in their own country? Thou shalt go forth then (saith he) and thine hands upon thine head.