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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. 12. Go, and cry, that is to say, with full mouth sound forth all these words towards the North, and say: Thou disobedient Israel, saith the Lord, return unto me, I will not cause to rest, word for word it is, I will not let fall, my wrath: others translate, my face; but by a similitude it signifies wrath, upon you, because I am merciful, saith the Lord, I will not always retain it.
Vers. 12. Goe, and cry, that is to say, with full mouth sound forth all these words towards the North, and say: Thou disobedient Israel, saith the Lord, returne vnto me, I will not cause to rest, word for word it is, I will not let fall, my wrath: others translate, my face; but by a similitude it signifies wrath, vpon you, because I am mercifull, saith the Lord, I will not alwayes retaine it.
After the Prophet hath showed how the Tribe of Judah deserved to be more severely punished than the ten Tribes, and also added the reason of it; to wit, because they saw before their eyes what chastisements had been inflicted upon them; and yet without any remorse as on their parts: he now directs his speech to the Israelites themselves, or to the ten Tribes; and promiseth that God will now be merciful unto them, and bow his ears to their prayers. The kingdom of Israel at this time was abolished, and the people thereof led captive; some of them into Assyria, and some of them among those of the Medes and Persians; so as they were in such wise dispersed, that no memory at all was left of that kingdom. As touching the country, it had often been wasted before. For from the beginning, there yet remained some part of the kingdom; in regard four Tribes only were carried away into captivity: but in the end, the memory of the kingdom was utterly abolished, and (as I have said) led into captivity. See why the Prophet then is commanded to