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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
THE THIRD CHAPTER.
Vers. 1. *And saying, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another mans, shall he return again unto her? shall not this land hereby be polluted? And thou; thou hast played the harlot with many lovers: notwithstanding, return unto me, saith Jehovah.
Vers. 1. *And saying, If a man put away his wife, and shee goe from him, and become another mans, shall hee returne againe vnto her? shall not this land heereby be polluted? And thou; thou hast played the harlot with many louers: notwithstanding, returne vnto me, saith Iehouah.
- *or, put the case
Many think this verse depends upon the former, so as they read it jointly together; God hath rejected thy crooked confidences,1 And saying, &c. But as I think, this agrees not: because Jeremiah here begins a new speech, namely, God endeavours to reconcile this people; even as if a husband should desire to receive an adulterous wife into his favour again: meaning wholly to pass by her former faults, and hereafter to esteem of her as a chaste and loyal wife. Thus you see this verse cannot agree with that reproach which we saw before: but the Hebrew word which is put here in the beginning of this verse, (as I think) signifies that