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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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Let us assure our selves then,1 that whatsoever proceeds from mans brain, may lawfully be rejected. Why so? Because God hath reserved this honour as peculiar to himself, to be heard in his Church, as we said yesterday. Whence it follows, that none are to be held for Gods servants, nor to be reputed faithful Prophets and teachers in the Church, but those by whose mouth God speaks; that nothing be forged out of the shop of their own brains, nor ought to be taught there according to their carnal appetites; but that they faithfully bring and publish that which God hath delivered unto them.
Let vs assure our selues then,1 that whatsoeuer proceeds from mans braine, may lawfully be reiected. Why so? Because God hath reserued this honour as peculiar to himselfe, to bee heard in his Church, as wee said yesterday. Whence it followes, that none are to bee held for Gods seruants, nor to bee reputed faithfull Prophets and teachers in the Church, but those by whose mouth God speakes; that nothing be forged out of the shop of their owne braines, nor ought to be taught there according to their carnall appetites; but that they faithfully bring and publish that which God hath deliuered vnto them.
- 1God only is to be heard in his Church.God onely is to be heard in his Church.
The visible sign was added, the better to confirm the thing it self. True it is, that this must not be drawn to a ⟨p. 20⟩general rule; as if it were necessary that God should still touch the lips and tongues of all Ministers with his hand: §1but two things are here expressed; to wit, the action it §2