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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. 17. And shall devour thine harvest, and thy bread: they shall devour thy sons, and thy daughters; they shall devour thy flocks, and thy cattle; they shall devour thy vine, and thy fig tree; they shall bring thy defenced Cities, in which thou didst trust, to poverty, by the sword.
Vers. 17. And shall deuoure thine haruest, and thy bread: they shall deuoure thy sonnes, and thy daughters; they shall deuoure thy flockes, and thy cattell; they shall deuoure thy vine, and thy figge tree; they shall bring thy defenced Cities, in which thou didst trust, to pouerty, by the sword.
HE toucheth the cruelty of the enemy here,1 in the same sense with the former: as if he should say, they have the conquest already. Why so? Because they are Gods executioners. He omits to speak to the Jews then, of the difficulties and tediousness of war: but speaks here, as to those that are vanquished: only he shows, that the Chaldeans in this conquest, shall be very cruel. He §1takes it as granted then, that the Chaldeans shall have the day; because they shall undertake this war by Gods appointment. But he adds a second point, namely, that they §2shall carry themselves cruelly herein: and having vanquished the Jews, they shall insult over them with an extraordinary pride. Therefore he saith, they shall eat; and shall eat: for he changeth the number in the verb, and yet the sense is all one. He shall eat (saith he) thy harvest, 2and thy bread: that is to say, whatsoever thou reapest, shall be a prey for the enemy. By the harvest, and bread, he means all their comings in.
HE toucheth the cruelty of the enemie heere,1 in the same sense with the former: as if he should say, they haue the conquest already. Why so? Because they are Gods executioners. He omits to speake to the Iewes then, of the difficulties and tediousnesse of warre: but speakes heere, as to those that are vanquished: onely he shewes, that the Caldeans in this conquest, shall be very cruell. He