Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations-Volume 1

By Calvin, John

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Title:	Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations-Volume 1
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Excerpt
Excerpt: The Commentaries On Jeremiah, like those on The Minor Prophets, were delivered as Lectures In The Theological School At Geneva, taken down by some of the Pupils, and afterwards read to Calvin, and corrected. We find in them the production of the same vigorous and expansive mind: The Divine Oracles are faithfully explained, the meaning is clearly stated, and such brief deductions are made as the subjects legitimately warrant. Though the Lectures were extemporaneously delivered, there is yet so much order preserved, and such brevity, clearness, and suitableness of diction are found in them, that in these respects they nearly equal the most finished compositions of Calvin as proof that he possessed a mind of no common order. The Ministry Of Jeremiah extended over a large space of time from the thirteenth year of Josiah?s reign till after the final overthrow of the nation; but for how long after that period, it is not known. 1 Between the thirteenth year of Josiah and the destruction of the city and Temple, there were about forty years. This was a remarkable period, and Jeremiah nearly alone labored among the people. Their sins had been for the most part the same for a long time - for nearly two centuries, as it appears from the testimonies of his predecessors, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Joel, Micah, Nahum, and Zephaniah; for these seven had in this order preceded him. Zephaniah And Habakkuk were probably for a time his contemporaries, the first at the commencement, and the other near the end of his ministry. The contumacy with which Jeremiah often charged the Jews was here evident, as they continued in their evil courses after so many urgent remonstrances by the former Prophets. What an example of blindness and of the power of superstition does the history of the Jews at this period exhibit! No past nor present calamities, and no threatenings of still greater calamities, and no promises of Divine favor and of temporal blessings, were sufficient to keep them from idolatrous and immoral practices - and such practices, too, as were plainly and explicitly condemned by that very Law which they professed to receive! Such inconsistency might have been deemed impossible, had it not been exemplified in the Jews: but it is an inconsistency which is still exhibited in the conduct of many calling themselves Christians.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii Commentary on Jeremiah 1-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1 Translator's Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2 Facsimile of the Title Page to the 1589 Latin Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6 Facsimile of the Title Page to the 1565 French Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 7 Facsimile of the Title Page to the 1620 English Translation. . . . . . . . . . p. 8 Clement Cotton's Dedication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 9 Calvin's Dedication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 11 Printer's to the Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 17 Calvin's Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 18 Calvin's Preface to Jeremiah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19 Lecture first. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19 Chapter 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 22 Jeremiah 1:1-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 22 Jeremiah 1:4-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 24 Jeremiah 1:6-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 26 Prayer Lecture 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 27 Lecture second. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 27 Jeremiah 1:8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 28 Jeremiah 1:9-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 29 Jeremiah 1:11-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 33 Prayer Lecture 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 35 Lecture third. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 35 Jeremiah 1:13-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 35 Jeremiah 1:15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 37 Jeremiah 1:16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 39 Jeremiah 1:17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 41 Prayer Lecture 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 43 Lecture fourth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 43 Jeremiah 1:18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 43 Jeremiah 1:19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 45 Chapter 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 47 Jeremiah 2:1-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 47 Jeremiah 2:3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 49 Jeremiah 2:4-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 50