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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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The Prophet useth the word To cry; Behold (saith he) I will cry to all the families of the North.
The Prophet vseth the word To cry; Behold (saith he) I will cry to all the families of the North.
You see that God used sundry and divers manners of speaking, when he meant to show, that all nations are so under his power and command,1 that he raiseth up armies of soldiers as oft as it pleaseth him. In Isaiah he saith, Behold, I will hiss to the Egyptians: and compares them sometimes to Bees. But all these forms of speakings tend to show, that whilst men be tumultuous, and trouble all the world; that God on the other side orders and directs all things according to his sovereign power; so as nothing falls out, but by his government and leading. We see then, that our Prophet speaks not like an historiographer, neither foretells he simply what should come to pass; but he forthwith adds doctrine thereunto. This prophecy then, A plague shall come out of the North, had been bare and naked: but (as I have already said) he now exerciseth the office of a Teacher, that his prophecy might become profitable; in that he affirms, God shall be the General, and chief Commander in this war.
You see that God vsed sundry and diuers manners of speaking, when he meant to shew, that all nations are so vnder his power and command,1 that hee raiseth vp armies of souldiers as oft as it pleaseth him. In Isaiah hee saith, Behold, I will hisse to the Egyptians: and compares them sometimes to Bees. But all these formes of speakings tend to shew, that whilest men bee tumultuous, and trouble all the world; that God on the other side orders and directs all things according to his soueraigne power; so as nothing falles out, but by his gouernment and leading. Wee see then, that our Prophet speakes not like an historiographer, neither foretels hee simply what should come to passe; but hee forthwith addes doctrine thereunto. This prophecie then, A plague shall come out of the North, had been bare and naked: but (as I haue already said) hee now exerciseth the office of a Teacher, that his prophecie might become profitable; in that he affirmes, God shall be the Generall, and chiefe Commander in this warre.