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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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For thy children have forsaken me: this is the first sin. Now when God complains he was forsaken, his meaning is, that the people had wittingly and willingly rejected the yoke: for the like could not have been affirmed of the profane nations. I grant if we have respect to the beginning, soon after the creation, all may be condemned of forsaking of God, and of revolting from him; in regard he manifested himself to Adam, and to the sons of Noah: and when they fell afterwards into superstitions, they were therein guilty of Apostasy. But the revolt of the Jews was much more later, and therefore less tolerable: and especially, seeing they gloried much of the title of Gods people; what pretext or colour of ignorance could they allege? We see now then, what the Prophet means, when he saith, God was forsaken of this people.
For thy children haue forsaken me: this is the first sinne. Now when God complaines he was forsaken, his meaning is, that the people had wittingly and willingly reiected the yoke: for the like could not haue been affirmed of the profane nations. I grant if we haue respect to the beginning, soone after the creation, all may bee condemned of forsaking of God, and of reuolting from him; in regard he manifested himselfe to Adam, and to the sonnes of Noah: and when they fell afterwards into superstitions, they were therein guilty of Apostasie. But the reuolt of the Iewes was much more later, and therefore lesse tolerable: and especially, seeing they gloried much of the title of Gods people; what pretext or colour of ignorance could they alleage? We see now then, what the Prophet meanes, when hee saith, God was forsaken of this people.
Then he adds, and have sworn by that which is not God. 1Under one part he notes, that Gods service was perverted and corrupted: in regard an oath (as we said yesterday) is a part, or one kind of Gods service. For as oft as §1we swear by the name of God, we thereby make protestation of our subjection under his authority; and that we cannot escape unpunished if we lie. Secondly, we attribute §2