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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. 15. And I will give you pastors according to mine own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and* understanding: that is, with knowledge and wisdom.
Vers. 15. And I will giue you pastors according to mine owne heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and* vnderstanding: that is, with knowledge and wisedome.
- *or wisdom.or wisedome.
God here promiseth he will in such wise provide for the good and welfare of the people after their return out of their banishment, that they shall not thenceforth be in danger to fall into the like ruin. For the cause why God executed this vengeance, is to be observed;1 which also is specified by Isaiah, in chap. 5. The reason (saith he) why my people are led captive, is only for want of knowledge: Therefore hell hath enlarged her soul, or throat. He saith then, that the reason why the people perished, was because knowledge perished, and that their pastors were become dumb dogs, or else were like thieves and cut-throats.2 But here God on the contrary testifies, that he will give them good and faithful shepherds, who shall discharge their functions diligently. I grant that under this word Pastors, is also comprehended godly and faithful Magistrates: but he especially notes the Prophets and Priests, whose office it was to reform the false worship.
GOd here promiseth he will in such wise prouide for the good and welfare of the people after their returne out of their banishment, that they shall not thenceforth bee in danger to fall into the like ruine. For the cause why God executed this vengeance, is to be obserued;