Jeremiah 34

This is like a man that holds his breath under water, and then takes breath again. (Jeremiah 34:15-16) You were now turned, and had done right in my sight; but you turned and polluted my holy name. 3. Men may leave gross sin, and yet live in more spiritual sins; leave drunkennes…

Thus it fell out with David, whose last ways were not like his first; and yet by this, these holy fruits are not utterly destroyed, because it is the seed of God; and so is immortal (1 John 5:4-5). And also because the promises of perseverance and victory made to it, cannot be f…

When they pollute and shame themselves, the Lord is polluted in them (Ezekiel 13:19): "Will they pollute me among my people?" And (Jeremiah 34:16): "You have polluted my name." Christ, that will hereafter be admired in his saints, will now be glorified in them.

Ergo, now neither testament nor covenant was confirmed by blood simply, but by the blood of a living creature slain. Hence the making of a covenant was by cutting a calf or a beast in two, and passing between the parts thereof (Jeremiah 34:18), and so they entered into a curse (…