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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. 22: Return ye rebellious children, I will heal your transgressions: behold,* we come unto thee, for thou art the Lord our God. ⟨p. 184⟩23. Truly the sides of the little hills, the multitude of mountains deceive: certainly the salvation of Israel is in Jehovah our God.
Vers. 22: Returne ye rebellious children, I will heale your transgressions: behold,* we come vnto thee, for thou art the Lord our God. ⟨p. 184⟩23. Truly the sides of the little hils, the multitude of mountaines deceiue: certainly the saluation of Israel is in Iehouah our God.
- *or, we will come.
Now the Prophet exhorts the Israelites to repentance, that by their example he might provoke the Jews to do the like. I grant the poor captives might indeed gather some fruit from this doctrine: but in regard Jeremiah was after a peculiar manner sent to the Jews, questionless he chiefly bent his endeavours that way; as we said before. God here shows then, that he is ready to be reconciled with the Israelites, 1albeit they have grievously offended: and afterwards, he brings in the Israelites themselves with their answer; Behold we come unto thee, &c. or, we will come: For there is greater likelihood that the Prophet speaks here of that conversion of the ten Tribes, which should afterward be effected. Here is a kind of dialogue then, 2between God, and the Israelites. God of his mere grace calls them to repentance, saying, Return ye rebellious children. In the next place he promiseth to play the part of a good physician, in healing all their diseases. I (saith he) will heal your transgressions: that is, I will blot out all your sins, and will absolve you from all your offences. See here what office