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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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But what is the sum of this message or embassy? Hast thou not seen (saith he) what this disdainful Israel hath done? God here compares the ten Tribes, with the kingdom of Judah: to which (as we know) was added half the Tribe of Benjamin: he compares Israel then with Judah, and saith, Seest thou not what this rebellious ⟨p. 153⟩Israel hath done? Now he brings in the kingdom of Israel and Judah, under the person of a wife. For as we have seen heretofore, God takes unto himself the person of an husband, in respect of the people.1 Thus then he saith he hath had two wives, to wit, Israel and Judah. I grant God had married to himself in one marriage, the whole seed of Abraham. But Jeremiah speaks here by way of granting them so much. For albeit the Israelites had revolted from God, yet had he not utterly rejected them: so the covenant held as yet in part. In this sense he acknowledgeth, as well Israel as Judah, for his wives. He saith then, Hast thou not seen what this disdainful Israel hath done? This word, To disdain, or turn away, is diversly taken by the expositors; but it may properly be translated, lewd, or loose.2 See (saith he) how she is gone upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, &c. The sum of Gods complaint here is, That the ten tribes have falsified the faith of this holy marriage. Why so? Because they bowed before idols; and that upon every high mountain, and under every green tree. For (as we have said) it was their custom to choose out those places, as if there had been some holiness upon the tops of the mountains, or under the shadow of the green trees.
But what is the summe of this message or ambassage? Hast thou not seene (saith he) what this disdainfull Israel hath done? God heere compares the ten Tribes, with the kingdome of Iudah: to which (as we know) was added halfe the Tribe of Beniamin: hee compares Israel then with Iudah, and saith, Seest thou not what this rebellious ⟨p. 153⟩Israel hath done? Now he brings in the kingdome of Israel and Iudah, vnder the person of a wife. For as we haue seene heretofore, God takes vnto himselfe the person of an husband, in respect of the people.