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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. 6. And the Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah, what hath this lewd, or disdainful Israel done? others translate, This rebel: she is gone upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and there hath she played the harlot. 7 And after she had done all these things, I said, Return unto me. Others translate in the third person, She will return, and she returned not, as her rebellious sister Judah saw. 8 And I saw that for all this, for all these occasions, or causes; to wit, that rebellious Israel had played the harlot; I forsook her: I put her away, and gave her the bill of ber divorce: and yet her disloyal sister Judah feared not, but she went also and played the harlot.
Vers. 6. And the Lord said to me in the dayes of King Iosias, what hath this lewd, or disdainfull Israel done? others translate, This rebell: shee is gone vpon euery high mountaine, and vnder euery greene tree, and there hath she played the harlot. 7 And after she had done all these things, I said, Returne vnto me. Others translate in the third person, Shee will returne, and she returned not, as her rebellious sister Iudah saw. 8 And I saw that for all this, for all these occasions, or causes; to wit, that rebellious Israel had played the harlot; I forsooke her: I put her away, and gaue her the bill of ber diuorce: and yet her disloyall sister Iudah feared not, but shee went also and played the harlot.
Here the Prophet begins a new speech: for he recites that which God had given him in charge; and withal notes the time; to wit, whilst Josiah reigned. Now it is well known, that in his days the land was purged from all sorts of superstitions. For this good King endeavoured to restore Gods pure worship, and to abolish all the filthy corruptions wherewith the Temple, and religion it self had been wholly infected and defiled. He therefore manfully employed himself in this business; neither is it to be doubted, but as touching the outward face of things,