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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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Here the Prophet prosecutes the same matter: for he refels all these goodly shows by which they thought God would be pacified. For whilst they had the name of God in their mouths, they thought that sufficient §1to justify their cause. As how? Call we not upon the §2name of the Lord? yield we not unto him his due honour, when we swear by his name? For the Prophet takes one particular for the general; namely, swearing by Gods name, for his whole worship. Because the Jews then pretended the name of God, thinking they had so throughly ⟨p. 193⟩purged themselves, that none could charge them with any fault; therefore the Prophet saith, thou shalt swear the Lord liveth in truth: that is, you hold your selves safe and secure; in regard you imagine that a bare show, and an outward appearance of godliness will serve the turn, to procure your absolution from all your sins: and that God will be well enough appeased, as oft as you boast your selves to be the seed of Abraham, and (in a word) as oft as you swear the Lord liveth. But in the mean while perceive you not how sacrilegious you are in abusing the sacred name of God, in this false manner. Swear then (saith he) in truth. Now we see how the Prophets words depend one upon another. In the former verse he affirmed that the people lied unto God, 1in regard they never kept touch with him, but brake their promise. For they always wandered from him. Now he adds, that the Israelites shall gain nothing by calling upon God thus in this outward appearance, showing by their outward gestures, that they were his people, and did him very good service: all this (saith he) is nothing, unless you serve God, in truth, in judgement, and in righteousness.
HEre the Prophet prosecutes the same matter: for he refels all these goodly shewes by which they thought God would bee pacified. For whilest they had the name of God in their mouthes, they thought that sufficient §1to iustifie their cause. As how? Call we not vpon the §2name of the Lord? yeeld we not vnto him his due honour, when we sweare by his name? For the Prophet takes one particular for the generall; namely, swearing by Gods name, for his whole worship. Because the Iewes then pretended the name of God, thinking they had so throughly