Jeremiah 36

Counsels of men for the good of his people, are his act. The princes advised Jeremiah and Baruch (Jeremiah 36:19) to hide themselves which they did, yet in verse 26 it is said the Lord hid them. Though they followed the advice of their court friends, yet they could not have been…

3. His greatness and majesty is such, that we cannot comprehend it (Job 36:26): Behold God is great and we know him not, nor can the number of his years be searched out. The greatness of God cannot be known, but only by way of negation, that he has none of those infirmities, whi…

The not renting the garment is charged as a conviction of an un-rent heart. When the roll of curses that Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah was read before Jehojakim and his courtiers, the King cut the roll with a penknife and cast it into the fire; their impenitence is thu…

The Lord speaks of some who when they hear the words of the curse, yet bless themselves, and say they shall have peace; Deuteronomy 29:19. Let men preach, and say what they please of the terror of the Lord, they will despise it; which God threatens with utter extermination: And…

Object 1. The Scripture mentions no ordinary reading in any church, but that which is joined with interpretation. Answer 1. The Scripture does expressly mention Baruch to have read the word in a church assembly, without adjoining any interpretation to it (Jeremiah 36:6, 7). Answ…

It is impossible that any one should be really convinced of sin in the way before declared, but that a dislike of sin, and of himself that he has sinned, shame of it, and sorrow for it, will ensue thereon. And it is a sufficient evidence that he is not really convinced of sin, w…

(3.) Because, Christ bids all without distinction, search the Scriptures (John 5:29). (4.) Because, the Prophets, and Apostles preached their doctrines, to the people and nations, in their known languages (Jeremiah 36:15-16; Acts 2:6). (5.) Because, immediately after the Apostle…