Jeremiah 48

The angel of the Church of Laodicea is blamed, because he is neither hot, nor cold (Revelation 3). He is accursed of God, that does the work of God negligently (Jeremiah 48). Secondly, we are to be angry in ourselves, and grieved, when God is dishonored, and his word disobeyed.

This noun comes of the verb to Transgress, as if we should say in Latin, To exceed, and therefore I have thought good to translate it insolence. Jeremiah having mentioned their pride and arrogance, speaks of haughtiness of the heart (Jeremiah 48:14, 29). I make no question but I…

If we therefore at this day see the Church of God afflicted and troubled by those that in show have some acquaintance and league with us, indeed such as take upon them the name and title of the Church, yet let us sustain and comfort our hearts by this promise. Whereas we have tu…

Before this period, the face of the earth was comparatively in quietness: though there were many great wars among the nations, yet we read of no such mighty and universal convulsions and overturnings as there were in this period. The nations of the world, most of them, had long…

And now I am persuaded it will be asked at every one of us on what terms we held Christ, for we have sat long rent-free; we found Christ without a wet foot, and he and his gospel came upon small charges to our doors, but now we must wet our feet to seek him. Our evil manners and…

6th Commandment: You shall not kill. He breaks this commandment: who bears malice to another (1 John 3:15); who is given to hastiness (Matthew 5:22); who uses inward fretting and grudging (James 3:14); who is froward of nature, hard to please (Romans 1:31); who is full of rancor…

Our duties would be — as God complains of Ephraim — like flat, dead drink (Hosea 4:18). 'Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity; therefore his taste remained in him,…