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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. 22. Will ye not fear me, saith the Lord? and will ye not tremble before my face? who have laid the sand for the bounds of the sea: a statute of an age, that is, by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it: some refer this to the bounds, some to the statute or decree, and his waves shall move, but shall have no power, and shall make a tumult, or shall roar, and they shall not pass over.
Vers. 22. Will ye not feare me, saith the Lord? and will ye not tremble before my face? who have laid the sand for the bounds of the sea: a statute of an age, that is, by a perpetuall decree, and it shall not passe it: some referre this to the bounds, some to the statute or decree, and his waues shall moue, but shall haue no power, and shall make a tumult, or shall roare, and they shall not passe ouer.
1Here God shows the reason why he called this people foolish, and without heart. For it was a strange senselessness in them, that they feared not Gods presence, seeing the very dumb and insensible elements, subject themselves under his command. And above all, he proposeth the example of the sea: for no creature is so hideous and terrible as the sea, when it is tossed with tempests and waves. Why so? The whole world seems to be turned topsy turuey, when her waves arise with so great violence: who is it that hears or sees the same, that trembles not every joint of him:2 and yet the sea it self, which terrifies the most resolute man on earth; obeys God quietly. For let her floods be never so furious, yet do they grow calm and still, and keep within compass. But if you would know the manner how; truly it is a miracle; and therefore who can give a reason of it? For the sea we ⟨p. 297⟩know (as other elements are) is round: as the earth is round, so is the element of water; and so is the fire and air in like manner. Sith the form of this element then is round, let us see whether it be lower than the earth, or above it: but her lightness shows, that she is above the earth. Whence is it then,