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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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THE SEVENTEENTH LECTURE, WHICH IS THE FOURTH UPON THE fourth Chapter.
THE SEVENTEENTH LECTVRE, WHICH IS THE FOVRTH VPON THE fourth Chapter.
Vers. 23. I beheld the earth, and lo it was desolate and deformed; and the heavens, and they had no light in them. 24 I beheld the mountains, and lo they trembled, and all the his moved. 25 I beheld, and lo, there was no man; and all the birds of the heaven had taken their flight. 26 I beheld, and lo, the fruitful region, or Carmel, was a desert, and all her Cities destroyed, before the face of the Lord, and before the face of his fierce anger.
Vers. 23. I beheld the earth, and loe it was desolate and deformed; and the heauens, and they had no light in them. 24 I beheld the mountaines, and loe they trembled, and all the his moued. 25 I beheld, and loe, there was no man; and all the birds of the heauen had taken their flight. 26 I beheld, and loe, the fruitfull region, or Carmel, was a desert, and all her Cities destroyed, before the face of the Lord, and before the face of his fierce anger.
The Prophet here by sundry sorts of figures, amplifies the terror of Gods vengeance, that he might awaken the Jews; who were become utterly senseless and careless. For he makes no idle repetitions, when four times together he saith, he beheld. He might as well at once have mentioned, the earth, the heavens, men, mountains, and fruitful places: but he saith, that which way soever he turned his eyes, as if he had viewed the four quarters of the world; on every side there appeared horrible and fearful signs of Gods wrath and displeasure, which threatened the Jews with an utter wast. Neither is it any marvel that the Prophet useth such vehemency. For we know with what contempt men are wont to entertain all Gods threatenings, unless they be indeed soundly awakened. Which manner of teaching ought not to be strange unto us. For he that is but meanly read in the Prophets, may easily observe, that they insist much upon this point; to wit, in rousing the hypocrites and contemners