Jeremiah 42

"Son of man, these have set up their idols in their heart, etc." (Ezekiel 14:3-4). Men will come and pretend to ask God's counsel and leave upon their undertakings; when they are resolved upon a wicked enterprise before, then God must be called upon, and sought to, and so they m…

They promised universal obedience, and did not lie in it; for God says, They have done well in their promise; there was a moral sincerity, but there wanted a renewed sanctified heart. And those Captains which came to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 42:5) intended not to deceive for the prese…

Broach any full vessel, and what's there will come out; words are as the broaching of the heart, and giving it vent, and then out comes that which was within. It is indeed both possible and common for persons to speak well, when they mean ill, peace is in their mouth, when war i…

And therefore his conspiracy comes under the name of enquiry, but in the issue if the will of God suit not with his will, and his [illegible] commands cross the corruptions of his heart, which he is resolved to maintain, he casts all away in [reconstructed: contempt and scorn].…

See how far they speak, how freely they profess (Deuteronomy 5:27): All that you have spoken, we will do. (Jeremiah 42:5) The Lord be judge [reconstructed: between] you and us, enquire at the mouth of the Lord for us, and whatever it be, whether good or evil, we will do it — wha…