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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. 21. How long shall I see the standard? How long shall I hear the voice, or the sound of the trumpet?
Vers. 21. How long shall I see the standard? How long shall I heare the voyce, or the sound of the trumpet?
Here he shuts up the speech which we said,1 he adorned and enriched with figures, that he might the better touch those to the quick who were slow & dull of hearing. ⟨p. 228⟩And yet he also confirms that which he said in the beginning of the former verse: Affliction upon affliction is called. By another phrase of speech then, he repeats that which he said before, when he now adds, how long shall I see the standard, &c. as if he should say, you greatly deceive your selves, if you think the enemy shall retire himself home into his country, after he hath remained a while in the land, and spoiled some part thereof. For the war shall be of long durance, and God shall still prolong the afflictions, so as the sound of the trumpet shall continually ring in your ears, and your eyes shall daily see the banners displayed, yea every moment. Now we have attained the Prophets meaning. §1First he showed, that albeit their enemies were far off from them, yet they should post towards them in a moment, as we heard yesterday, in vers. 13. Gods horses shall be swifter than all the Eagles in the world. In the second §2place, he mentions the continuance of the wars. For it was very expedient,