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Jeremiah 17
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1a The remembrance of their contempt of God can not passe, albeit for a time he deferre the punishement for it shalbe manifest to men & Angels.
1! The frowardnes of the Jewes.
1c Your sinnes appeare in all the altars that you haue erected to idoles.
1b In stead of the Law of God, thei haue writen idolatrie & all abominations in their heart.
2d Some read, So that their children remember their altars that is follow their fathers wickednes.
3e Zion that was my mountaine, shal now be left as a wastfield.
4f Because thou woldest not giue the land rest at such times, dayes, & yeres as I appointed, thou shalt here after be caried away, & it shal rest for lacke of laborers.
5! Cursed by those that put their confidence in man.
5g The Jewes were giuen to worldelie policies, & thoght to make them selues strong by the friendship of the Egyptians, {Isa. 31, 3} and strangers, & in the meane season did not depend on God, & therefore he denounceth Gods plagues against them, shewing that they preferre corruptible man to God, which is immortal, {Isa. 2, 22}, {chap. 48, 6}
8h Read {Psa. 1, 3}
9! Mans heart is wicked.
9i Because the wicked haue euer some excuse to defend their doing, he sheweth, that their owne lewde imaginations deceiue them, & bring them to these inconueniences: but God will examine their dedes by the malice of their hearts, {1 Sam 16, 7, 1 Chro 28, 9, Psal. 7, 10, chap. 11, 20 & 30, 12, reuel. 2, 23}
10! God is the searcher of the heart.
11k As the partriche by calling gathereth others, which forsake her when they se that she is not their dam: so the couetous man is forsaken of his riches, because he cometh by them falsely.
12l Shewing that the goldie oght to glorie in nothing, but in God: who doeth exalt his, and hathe left a signe of his fauour in his Temple.
13m Their names shal not be registred in the boke of life.
13! The liuing waters are forsaken.
14n He desireth God to preferue him that he fall not into tentation considering the great contempt of Gods worde, & multitude that fall from God.
15o The wicked say that my prophecie shal not come to passe because thou deferrest the time of vengeance.
16p I am assured of my vocation, and therefore, knowe that the thing which thou speakest by me, shal come to passe, & that I speake not of any worldelie affection.
17q How soeuer the wicked deale rigorously with me, yet let me finde comfort in thee.
18r Read {Chap, 11, 20}
19s Where as thy doctrine may be best vnderstand both of hie and lowe.
21! The right keping of the Sabbath commanded.
21t By naming the Sabbath day, he comprehendeth the thing, that is thereby signified: for if they transgressed in the ceremonie, they must nedes by culpable of the rest, read {Exo. 20, 8}, and by the breaking of this one commandment, he maketh them transgressors of the whole Lawe, for as the first and second table are conteined herein.
1 a The remembrance of their contempt of God can not passe, albeit for a time he deferre the punishement for it shalbe manifest to men & Angels.
1 ! The frowardnes of the Jewes.
1 c Your sinnes appeare in all the altars that you haue erected to idoles.
1 b In stead of the Law of God, thei haue writen idolatrie & all abominations in their heart.
2 d Some read, So that their children remember their altars that is follow their fathers wickednes.
3 e Zion that was my mountaine, shal now be left as a wastfield.
4 f Because thou woldest not giue the land rest at such times, dayes, & yeres as I appointed, thou shalt here after be caried away, & it shal rest for lacke of laborers.
5 ! Cursed by those that put their confidence in man.
5 g The Jewes were giuen to worldelie policies, & thoght to make them selues strong by the friendship of the Egyptians, {Isa. 31, 3} and strangers, & in the meane season did not depend on God, & therefore he denounceth Gods plagues against them, shewing that they preferre corruptible man to God, which is immortal, {Isa. 2, 22}, {chap. 48, 6}
8 h Read {Psa. 1, 3}
9 ! Mans heart is wicked.
9 i Because the wicked haue euer some excuse to defend their doing, he sheweth, that their owne lewde imaginations deceiue them, & bring them to these inconueniences: but God will examine their dedes by the malice of their hearts, {1 Sam 16, 7, 1 Chro 28, 9, Psal. 7, 10, chap. 11, 20 & 30, 12, reuel. 2, 23}
10 ! God is the searcher of the heart.
11 k As the partriche by calling gathereth others, which forsake her when they se that she is not their dam: so the couetous man is forsaken of his riches, because he cometh by them falsely.
12 l Shewing that the goldie oght to glorie in nothing, but in God: who doeth exalt his, and hathe left a signe of his fauour in his Temple.
13 m Their names shal not be registred in the boke of life.
13 ! The liuing waters are forsaken.
14 n He desireth God to preferue him that he fall not into tentation considering the great contempt of Gods worde, & multitude that fall from God.
15 o The wicked say that my prophecie shal not come to passe because thou deferrest the time of vengeance.
16 p I am assured of my vocation, and therefore, knowe that the thing which thou speakest by me, shal come to passe, & that I speake not of any worldelie affection.
17 q How soeuer the wicked deale rigorously with me, yet let me finde comfort in thee.
18 r Read {Chap, 11, 20}
19 s Where as thy doctrine may be best vnderstand both of hie and lowe.
21 ! The right keping of the Sabbath commanded.
21 t By naming the Sabbath day, he comprehendeth the thing, that is thereby signified: for if they transgressed in the ceremonie, they must nedes by culpable of the rest, read {Exo. 20, 8}, and by the breaking of this one commandment, he maketh them transgressors of the whole Lawe, for as the first and second table are conteined herein.