...what he had .predicted. In the 7th and oth verses of that chapter, he makes the Almighty to say, " At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, tu pluck up, and to pull down, and destroy it : if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn...

...relates to nations and bodies of men ; see the place of Jeremy whence St. Paul has taken it : xvm. 7. " At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, &c." 3. The instance of Jacob and Esau, which looks the fair, est for individual Election, is to be...

...repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them." I:I Verses 9 and 10. * And at what instant shall I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom,...the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them." ".'i <': '•"••; God, through the mouth of the Prophet, here plainly declares to the Israelites,...

...them." Here was a proviso against one side of the case : now for the otherside. Verses 9 and 10, " At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation,...evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice : then 1 will repent me of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them." Here is a proviso against the...

...and ye shall know my breach of promise or the altering of my purpose :"-f- And I read in Jeremiah, " If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then 1 will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them :"£ Certainly these passages are hostile...

...confesseth the sin of the people, and prays and pleads with God for Israel at large. — Jer. xiv. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it : if that nation, &c. turn from their evil way, I will...

...men ere he proceeds to extremities. And his authoritative, but mild and gentle language is this, ' At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it : if that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn...

...merey, and the condition on which his declared thought or intention may be altered; as where he saith: "At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to pull down and destroy it, if that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn from...

...of all things. — Jer. x. 6> 7. 10. 12. 16. li. 15, 16. 19. Job ix. 5. my hand, O house of Israel: At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy, &c. — Jer. xviii. 6 — 9. Thug saith the Lord of hosts,...

...lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die ;"f and again, in the prophecy of Jeremiah, " At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom to destroy it ; if that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of...