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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. 15. For lo, I will* call all the families of the kingdoms of the North, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne in the entering in of the* gates of Jerusalem, and on the walls thereof round about, and in all the Cities of Judah.
Vers. 15. For lo, I will* call all the families of the kingdomes of the North, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and euery one shall set his throne in the entring in of the* gates of Ierusalem, and on the walles thereof round about, and in all the Cities of Iudah.
- *or, cry to.or, crie to.
- *or, doors of.or, doores of.
This verse contains in it the exposition of the former: for God expresseth that more plainly and particularly, which he had but touched before: namely, that the plague should come from towards the North. He tells how himself will be the author of it; but he speaks of the calamity which he was to send: Behold (saith he) I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the North. Neither should this prophecy have had such efficacy, unless this advertisement had been in express words added; to wit, that the Chaldeans should come under the ensign and leading of God. For men are wont to attribute whatsoever happens, to fortune: and we shall afterwards see in the Lamentations, how the Jews were so besotted, that in their miseries they attributed the destruction of the City, Kingdom, yea even of the Temple it self, to chance, or fortune,