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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
THE ONE AND TWENTIETH LECTURE, WHICH IS THE FOURTH upon the fifth Chapter.
THE ONE AND TWENTIETH LECTVRE, WHICH IS THE FOVRTH vpon the fifth Chapter.
Vers. 16. His quiver is an open sepulchre, all shall be strong.
Vers. 16. His quiuer is an open sepulcher, all shall bee strong.
The Prophet began in the former verse, to threaten the Jews with Gods judgments, and told them that the Chaldeans should be the executioners thereof. He still prosecutes the same argument, and saith, their quiver shall be like open sepulchres. We know the Eastern people, for the most part, used arrows and darts: for they fought not standing still, but seemed to flee; and then suddenly turning back, they discharged their arrows, or darts against their enemies. The Prophet then alludes to this custom of theirs, when he saith, their quiver shall ⟨p. 289⟩be as open sepulchres. This similitude might seem harsh and strange at the first: but it is all one as if he had said, they shall be so expert in the art of shooting, that they shall make havoc of all they meet withal.
THe Prophet began in the former verse, to threaten the Iewes with Gods iudgments, and told them that the Chaldeans should be the executioners thereof. He still prosecutes the same argument, and saith, their quiuer shall be like open sepulchers. We know the Easterne people, for the most part, vsed arrowes and darts: for they fought not standing still, but seemed to flee; and then suddenly turning backe, they discharged their arrowes, or darts against their enemies. The Prophet then alludes to this custome of theirs, when he saith, their quiuer shall