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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. 16. And after you shall be multiplied and increased, or augmented, in the land, in those days saith the Lord, they shall no more say, the Ark of the Lords Covenant: neither shall it come any more to mind, or ascend into the heart, neither shall it be remembered, neither shall they visit it any more, neither shall that be done any more.
Vers. 16. And after you shall be multiplied and encreased, or augmented, in the land, in those dayes saith the Lord, they shall no more say, the Arke of the Lords Couenant: neither shall it come any more to mind, or ascend into the heart, neither shall it be remembred, neither shall they visit it any more, neither shall that be done any more.
The expositors are here gravelled, in regard scarcely any one of them hath attained the Prophets meaning. The greater part of the Jews forge I know not how many fictions here, nothing to the purpose, and yet ⟨p. 173⟩they labour to fetch that far enough off too: namely, that they should no more carry with them the Ark of the covenant into battle. Why so? Because no enemy should afterwards invade them. Their opinion then is, that there is promised to the people in this place, a quiet and secure state, because they shall no more need to carry the Ark of the Covenant hither and thither, to discomfit the assaults of the enemy withal. But we may easily see, that these words will not at any hand bear this sense. Others say, this must be referred to the time of the Messiah: neither indeed doth any one of the Jews deny this, in regard it follows afterwards, in vers. 18. that the Israelites shall return with the tribe of Judah. Which hitherto was not accomplished: whence it follows, that the Prophet here prophesieth of the kingdom of Christ: and yet the Jews in confessing this, think nothing at all here of the abrogation of ceremonies. Notwithstanding, all the Christian expositors (in a manner) favour this opinion: namely, that the Prophet meant to teach, that when Christ shall appear, the shadows and ceremonies of the Law shall then in such wise cease, that there shall be no more use of the Ark of the Covenant, in regard the fullness of the God-head should dwell in Christ. And who would not judge, but that this exposition had some good likelihood of truth? But yet I think this comes nothing near the Prophets meaning. For he speaks expressly here, of that discord or divorce which had now a long time continued between the kingdom of Judah, and the kingdom of Israel: for albeit the kingdom of