Wesley Corpus

Chapter XI God's message of wrath to those who remained secure at Jerusalem, ver. 1 - 13. A message of comfort to the dejected captives at Babylon, ver. 14 - 21. The glory of God removes farther, ver....

Your fathers - Who lived under the judges; and you shall have no advantage by the change of government, nor shall your kings be able to protect you against God's displeasure. The mistake, if we think ...

When he makes the mountains tremble, and the earth shake, shall not our hearts be moved "Fear ye not me saith the Lord; and will ye not tremble at my presence" (Jer. 5:22.) Will ye not fear me, who ca...

When he makes the mountains tremble, and the earth shake, shall not our hearts be moved "Fear ye not me saith the Lord; and will ye not tremble at my presence" (Jer. 5:22.) Will ye not fear me, who ca...

my evil, my torment, arising from the insuperable difficulty of my office and work of ruling this people, and from the dread of their utter extirpation, and the dishonour which thence will accrue to G...

A holy confidence; he drew near with an assurance of faith, drew near as a prince, Job 31:37. Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes - He speaks as one amaz...

Causes Of The Inefficacy Of Christianity "Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered" Jer. 8:22. 1. This question, as h...

Hath rejected thee, &c. - But he does not say, he "hath rejected thee from salvation." And who besides hath authority to say so Strength of Israel - So he calls God here, to shew the reason why God ne...

Winding stairs - Without the wall, leading up to the gallery out of which they went into the several chambers. Middle chamber - Or rather, into the middle story, or row of chambers; and so in the foll...

The corners of your heads - That is your temples, ye shall not cut off the hair of your heads round about your temples. This the Gentiles did, either for the worship of their idols, to whom young men ...

The Deceitfulness Of The Human Heart "The heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: Who can know it" Jer. 17:9. 1. The most eminent of the ancient Heathens have left us man...

When - By the conduct of providence in the wilderness, keeping thee from all dangers. And now - What business hast thou there Sihor - The Nile: it signifies black, called Melas by the Greeks, either f...

Chapter 1 The title of the book, ver. 1. The destruction of Judah foretold, ver. 2 - 4. A charge against them for their sins, ver. 5 - 9. A description of the day of the Lord, ver. 10 - 18. Zephaniah ...

The Lord Our Righteousness Preached at the Chapel in West-Street, Seven Dials, on Sunday, November 24, 1765 "This is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our righteousness." Jer. 23:6. 1. ...

On The Omnipresence Of God "Do not I fill heaven and earth saith the Lord." Jer. 23:24. 1. How strongly and beautifully do these words express the omnipresence of God! And can there be in the whole ...

Chapter X This chapter contains, the only certain account extant of the original of nations; and yet, perhaps, there is no nation, but that of the Jews, that can be confident from which of these seven...

The mountain - The mountain, on which the temple stood. This is that passage, which is quoted, Jer 26:18, which Hezekiah and his princes took well: yea, they repented and so the execution of it did no...

Chapter XXXIV A charge against the shepherds of Israel, ver. 1 - 6. Their dismission from their trust, ver. 7 - 10. A promise, that God would take care of his flock, ver. 11 - 16. Another charge again...

9. But will their evil deeds too (since, if we take in his whole life, there is not a man on earth who liveth and sinneth, not), will these be remembered in that day, and mentioned in the great congre...

In particular, Ge 1:16,17,18, The lights of heaven are the sun, moon and stars, and these all are the work of God's hands. The sun is the greatest light of all, and the most glorious and useful of all...

When God performs what he hath sworn by his holiness, then he sanctifies his name. Sprinkle - "This signifies both the blood of Christ sprinkled upon their conscience, to take away their guilt, as the...

25. And so all Israel too shall be saved. For "blindness has happened to Israel," as the great Apostle observes, (Rom. 11:25, &c.,) till the fullness of the "Gentiles be come in." Then "the Deliverer ...

Chapter X The death of Nadab and Abihu, and quieting of Aaron, ver. 1 - 3. Orders given to bury them, and not to mourn, ver. 4 - 7. A command not to drink wine or strong drink, and to distinguish betw...

Chapter XXV Jerusalem is taken, ver. 1 - 4. Zedekiah taken and sentenced, ver. 5 - 7. Nebuzaradan burns the city, breaks down the walls, and carries away the spoils, with most of the people, ver. 3 - ...

As it is with the times, so it is with the events of time, they are subject to vicissitudes, day and night, summer and winter counterchanged. In heaven and hell it is not so; but on earth God hath set...

And this verse may have a special respect to them or such as them. The tithe - There are divers sorts of tithes, but this seems to be understood only of the ordinary and yearly tithes belonging to the...

I am the Lord that brought thee out - He glories in it as an act both of power and grace. To give thee this land to inherit it - Not only to possess it, but to possess it as an inheritance, which is t...

6. In the Jewish church there were some stated fasts. Such was the fast of the seventh month, appointed by God himself to be observed by all Israel under the severest penalty. "The Lord spake unto Mos...

Chapter XXIX A prediction of the destruction of Pharaoh, for his treacherous dealing with Israel, ver. 1 - 7. A prediction of the desolation of Egypt, ver. 8 - 12. A promise of the restoration thereof...

Shall bear - Disguised, as a servant, in hope to conceal himself, chuses the twilight as the time that would best favour his design. They shall dig - This was fulfilled when they broke down the wall t...

Knoweth - From his own guilty conscience. For - Now he gives the reason of all the fore - mentioned calamities, which was his great wickedness. Against God - He sinned against God with an high hand. T...

The corners of your heads - That is your temples, ye shall not cut off the hair of your heads round about your temples. This the Gentiles did, either for the worship of their idols, to whom young men ...

Chapter I Obadiah - His name speaks a servant or a worshipper of the Lord, but who he was we know not. We - The prophets, have heard. A rumour - Not an uncertain report, but it comes from God. Is sent...

High places - In which you will sacrifice after the manner of the Heathens. The carcases of your idols - So he calls them, either to signify that their idols how specious soever or glorious in their e...

Shut - Closely compacted together, as things that are fastened together by a seal. This likewise is true of the crocodile, but the skin of the whale is smooth and entire without any scales at all. Sne...

The sea - The great river Nile, is called a sea, both in scripture, as Isa 11:15, and in other authors, as Euphrates is called the sea of Babylon, Isa 21:1 Jer 51:36. Lakes also are most frequently ca...

Lilly work - Made like the leaves of lillies. In the porch - Or, as in the porch; such work as there was in the porch of the temple, in which these pillars were set, ver.21, that so the work of the to...

But in vain; they still hardened their hearts: and therefore execution is awarded to the utmost. Burnt the house of the Lord - One of the apocryphal writers tells us, that Jeremiah got the ark out of ...

Ten men - Ten captains or officers, and under each of them many soldiers. Egypt - And here they probably mixt with the Egyptians by degrees, and were heard of no more as Israelites. Seven and twentiet...