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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. 17. They shall be about her as the keepers of the field, because she hath provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord.
Vers. 17. They shall be about her as the keepers of the field, because shee hath prouoked mee to wrath, saith the Lord.
HE here shows, that the Jews shall not be able to retire themselves into any corner at all, after God shall cause the Chaldeans to come forth; in regard all the ways and passages shall be so shut up, that they shall not be able to save themselves elsewhere. It is as much then, as if he had said, Such a judgement will shortly befall you, which you can no way avoid, use all the means you can. Doubtless it is a woeful thing, when men are driven to flee all naked (as it were) to shift for their lives any where, and that they be forced to seek their abode among strangers, to live there in much poverty and distress. But the Prophet here testifies, that the judgement which should overtake the Jews, shall be so horrible, that they should neither avoid it, nor flee from it, no not by suffering and sustaining banishment from their country, nor by flight: because God will compass them in on every side; as if he had set watchmen to shut up all passages.
HE heere shewes, that the Iewes shall not be able to retire themselues into any corner at all, after God shall cause the Caldeans to come forth; in regard all the wayes and passages shall be so shut vp, that they shall not bee able to saue themselues elsewhere. It is as much then, as if he had said, Such a iudgement will shortly befall you, which you can no way auoid, vse all the meanes you can. Doubtlesse it is a wofull thing, when men are driuen to flee all naked (as it were) to shift for their liues any where, and that they be forced to seek their abode among strangers, to liue there in much pouerty and distresse. But the Prophet heere testifies, that the iudgement which should ouertake the Iewes, shall be so horrible, that they should neither auoid it, nor flee from it, no not by suffering and sustaining banishment from their countrey, nor by flight: because God will compasse them in on euery side; as if he had set watchmen to shut vp all passages.