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THis is another Sermon, which the LORDE commaunded Ieremy for to [ A] preach, sayenge:
Heare the wordes of the couenant, and speake vnto all Iuda, and to all them that dwel at Ierusalem, And saye thou vnto thē: Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel: Cur¦sed be euery one, that is not obedient vnto ye wordes of this couenaūt: which I comma∣unded vnto youre fathers, what tyme as I
brought them out of Egipte, from the yron fornace, sayenge: Be obedient vnto my voy∣ce, and do accordinge to all that I comma¦unde you: so shal ye be my people, and I wil be youre God, and will kepe my promyse, yt I haue sworne vnto youre fathers: Namely, that I wolde geue them a londe which flo∣weth with mylke and hony, as ye se, it is co∣me to passe vnto this daye.
Then answered I, and sayde: Amen. It is euen so LORDE, as thou sayest. Then the LOR¦DE sayde vnto me agayne: Preach this in ye cities off Iuda and rounde aboute Ierusa∣lem, and saye: Heare the wordes off this cō¦uenaunt, that ye maye kepe them. For I ha∣ue diligently exorted youre fathers, euer sen¦ce the tyme that I brought them out off the Londe off Egipte, vnto this daye. I gaue [ B] them warnynge by tymes, sayenge: herken vnto my voyce: Neuertheles, they wolde not obeye me, nor enclyne their eares vnto me, but folowed the wicked ymaginaciōs of their owne hertes. And therfore haue I ac∣cused them as transgressours of all the wor¦des off this conuenaunt, that I gaue them to kepe, which they (notwithstōdinge) haue not kepte.
And the LORDE sayde vnto me: It is foū¦de out, that whole Israel and all the citisens off Ierusalem are gone backe. They haue turned them selues to the blasphemies off their fore fathers, which had no lust to hea∣re my worde. Euen likewise haue these also folowed straunge goddes, and worshipped them. The house off Israel and Iuda haue broken my couenaunt, which I made wt the¦ir fathers.
Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: Behol∣de, I will sende a plage amonge you, which ye shal not be able to escape: and though ye crie vnto me, I will not heare you. Thē shal the townes off Iuda and the citisens of Ie¦rusalem go, and call vpon their goddes, vn∣to whom they made their oblaciōs: but they are not able to helpe them in tyme off their trouble. For as many cities as thou hast (o Iuda) so many goddes hast thou also: And loke how many stretes there be in the (o Ie∣rusalem) [ C] so many shameful aulters haue ye set vp, to offre vpon them vnto Baal. But praye not thou for this people, byd nether prayse ner prayer for them: for though they crie vnto me in their trouble, yet will I not heare them.
O thou beloued, why doest thou so shame¦full greate blasphemies in my house? euen as though that holy flesh might absolue the, specially when thou hast made thy boost off thy wickednes. The LORDE called the a gre∣ne olyue tre, a fayre one, a frutefull one, a go∣odly one: but now that there is a contrary re¦porte off the abrode, he will burne the vp, ād destroye thy braunches. For the LORDE off hoostes that plāted the, hath deuysed a pla∣ge for the (o thou house of Israel & Iuda) for ye euel that ye haue done, to prouoke him to wrath, in that ye dyd seruyce vnto Baal.
This (o LORDE) haue I lerned of the, and [ D] vnderstonde it, for thou hast shewed me the∣ir ymaginacions. But I (as a meke lambe) was caried awaye to be slayne: not knowin∣ge, that they had deuysed soch a councel aga¦ynst me, sayenge: We will destroye his meate with wod, and dryue him out of the londe of the lyuynge, that his name shal neuer be tho∣ught vpon. Therfore I will beseke the now (o LORDE of hoostes) thou rightuous iudge, thou that tryest the reynes and the hertes: let me se the auenged of them, for vnto the haue I committed my cause. The LORDE therfore spake thus of the citesens of Ano∣thot, that sought to slaye me, sayēge: Preach not vnto vs in the name of the LORDE, or els thou shalt dye of oure hondes. Thus (I saye) spake the LORDE of hoostes: Beholde, I will viset you. Youre yonge mē shal perish with the swearde, yor sonnes and youre dou∣ghters shal vtterly dye of honger, so that no¦ne shal remayne. For vpon the citesyns off Anathot wil I bringe a plage, and the yeare of their visitacion.
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