Jeremiah 51

Use 3. Comfort to those who are the subjects of the King of Heaven; God will put forth all his royal power for their succor and comfort. 1. The King of Heaven will plead their cause (Jeremiah 51:36), I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. 2. He will protect his peo…

By his great name; Jeremiah 44:23. By his soul; Jeremiah 51:14. And by the excellency of Jacob; Amos 8:7.

(3.) On this supposition, all reformation of an apostatized church, is utterly impossible. But it is our duty to heal even Babylon itself by a reduction of all things to their first institution, if it would be healed (Jeremiah 51:9), and if not, we are to forsake her, and reform…

A separation from corruptions is always enjoined, but not always from those that are corrupted, those Scriptures (Isaiah 52:11 and 2 Corinthians 6:17) speak of a fellowship with men in evil works. But now a separation from men that are corrupt, is sometimes lawful (Revelation 18…

For first, the set time to build Zion is come, when the people of God take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof (Psalm 102:13, 14, 16). The stones which the builders of Babel refused, are now chosen for corner stones; and the stones which they chose, do the builder…

You blind Pharisee, every man is brutish in his knowledge, every founder is confounded by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them, they are vanity, and the work of errors, in the time of their visitation they shall perish (Jeremiah 10:…

The prophecies of Babylon's destruction, do from time to time take notice of this way of destroying her, by drying up the waters of the River Euphrates, to prepare the way for her enemies; Isaiah 44:27, 28. That says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers; that says…

For the first part of this verse, Who has believed our report? To open it a little, you shall take these four or five considerations before we come to the doctrines: Consider 1. The matter of this report in reference to its scope; it's not every report, but a report of Christ, a…

Heaven is the workhouse of all that befalls you; every evil is the birth that lay in the womb of an infinitely wise decree; so God is said to frame evil, as a potter does an earthen vessel (so [illegible] jatsar signifies) (Jeremiah 18:11); to frame a vessel of clay is a work of…

There is a generation of men that are marvelously unwilling to yield to this, so that you see it is an ordinary thing for men to say, they have Christ for a Savior, but it is a rare thing to be so indeed; you know how affectionate our Savior's speech is (Matthew 23:37): O Jerusa…

It is the vengeance of the Lord and his Temple that lights upon them, in that day (Jeremiah 50:28). The violence done to me and my flesh, be upon Babylon shall the inhabitant of Zion say, and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea shall Jerusalem say (Jeremiah 51:35). In this…

The meaning whereof is, I have taken it upon my self as I am God, or let me not be so, if I perform not this thing. And this is expressed by his soul, Jeremiah 51:14. The Lord of Hosts has sworn by his soul, that is, by himself, as we render the words.

Of their ripeness for judgment the Scripture often speaks (Genesis 15:16): The sin of the Amorites is not yet full. And of Babylon, it's said (Jeremiah 51:13): O you that dwell upon many waters, your end is come and the measure of your covetousness. It is worth remarking, that t…

When the disposition of grace is on, a small object brings forth suitable actings; Christ lets out one cast of his eye upon Peter, and he went out and wept bitterly; a small shake of the tree brings down ripe apples, they fall of their own accord: a gentle quiet gale of wind wil…

So plagued and melted away sinners, you might have been charmed by God and would not, can you blame God? Jeremiah 51:9. We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: well then, it follows, forsake her, let us go every one into his own Country, for her judgement is reached…

It is the character of the Lord's people both in respect of holiness and happiness, that (however they be branded as the troublers of Israel) they are the quiet in the land (Psalm 35:20). If every saint be made a spiritual prince (Revelation 1:6), having a dignity above others,…

And Psalm 148:8. The stormy winds are said to fulfil his word; not only his word of Command, in rising when God bids them, but his word of threatning also. And hence it is called a destroying wind, Jeremiah 51:1. and a stormy wind in God's fury, Ezekiel 13:13. APPLICATION.

If you have time, who knows that God will give you a heart, to seek for mercy or sue for grace; it is true God may help you, but it is as true God may harden you, he may humble you and he may leave you, and it is most likely he will. You which have refused to hear, he will refus…

The Scripture forbids revenge (Romans 12:19): Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves. This is to take God's office out of his hand, who is called the God of recompenses (Jeremiah 51:56) and the God of vengeance (Psalm 94:1). This I urge against those who challenge one another to…

Hence we must be mortified to every thing created which the Lord may take from us. 14. And upon this account there is required a deadening of our hearts to shipping and trading with diverse mighty nations, as we see in the case of Tyre (Ezekiel 27), of Babylon (Revelation 18:11-…

Fourthly, both the one and the other may be weary of the rod, and think the day of adversity a tedious day, wishing it were once at an end. Babylon shall be weary of the evil that God will bring upon it (Jeremiah 51:64); and O that none of Zion's children were weary of adversity…

Doubt 1. The first doubt that troubles the mind of a justified person, is the abundance and store of sin, he sees such a world of filthiness in him, that he never saw before, as that he thinks, it is scarce possible that ever God should be merciful to such an unprofitable creatu…