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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. 6. Then said I, Oh Lord God, behold I cannot speak, for I am a child. 7 And the Lord said unto me: say not, I am a child, for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee; and whatsoever I command thee, shalt thou speak.
Vers. 6. Then said I, Oh Lord God, behold I cannot speake, for I am a child. 7 And the Lord said vnto me: say not, I am a child, for thou shalt goe to all that I shall send thee; and whatsoeuer I command thee, shalt thou speake.
The Prophet having touched the doctrine of his calling, adds immediately his refusal, at the very entrance into his office: which he doth for two causes. First, that he might free himself from all suspicion of §1rashness: for we know how much this desire of bearing rule reigns among men, as Saint James also speaks. Many (saith he) would fain be masters over others, Jam. 3.1. And who of us is it that would not willingly be heard? Because the most part then are too swift in taking upon ⟨p. 14⟩them this office of teaching: (yea would to God many did not violently snatch it unto them) therefore Jeremiah that he might escape the imputation of one that ran before he was sent, affirms he was constrained to take it of §2necessity. Secondly, therewithal also he gets to himself the more reverence, and makes his scholars so much the more attentive. For why refuseth he to obey Gods calling, when he is called to his prophetical office? surely the difficulties thereof, feared him. This very cause then ought to stir up in the reader the greater attention now, by how much the more there was need then, to waken up the hearers when Jeremiah himself preached.
THe Prophet hauing touched the doctrine of his calling, addes immediatly his refusall, at the very entrance into his office: which hee doth for two causes. First, that hee might free himselfe from all suspition of