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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. 10. Climb up upon her walls, and destroy them, or scatter them, and yet make not the consumption, or rather, an end, take away her spreading, or branches, or the teeth of the wall, as others translate: or the battlements; for they are not the Lords.
Vers. 10. Climbe vp vpon her walles, and destroy them, or scatter them, and yet make not the consumption, or rather, an end, take away her spreading, or branches, or the teeth of the wall, as others translate: or the battlements; for they are not the Lords.
Here God, by the mouth of his Prophet, speaks to the enemies, whose service he meant to use, for the execution of his vengeance upon the Jews. Now this is usual with the Prophets, when they mean to gall men to the quick: for we are not ignorant that there rests in men a world of carelessness, when God summons them before his judgement seat. Jeremiah then seeing he profited little, by a plain manner of teaching, takes this course as ye see. In the person of God, he speaks to the Chaldeans, and commands them to speed themselves to the siege of Jerusalem. Thus the Prophets are wont to speak: God will hiss for the fly that is in Egypt: or he will sound a trumpet, and call the Chaldeans, Isa. 7.18. ⟨p. 276⟩and 5.26. But this kind of figure hath much more efficacy to wound mens hearts, when the Prophet, by Gods express charge, as an herald sent from heaven, calls the enemy, and appoints them out their task; namely, to destroy the whole City. In the first place he saith, Climb up upon the walls, whereby he signifies, that it is but in vain for the Jews, to trust in the height of their walls; because God will so advance and lift up their enemies, that the entrance shall not be difficult unto them. The Jews thought themselves safe, in regard the City was well defenced. But they shall be deceived, saith he: thus then he reproves their folly, because their walls should be insufficient to save them.