Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Jeremiah 17

^{1 a} The remembrance of their contempt of God can not passe, albeit for a time he deferre the punishement for it shalbe manifest to men & Angels.

^{1 !} The frowardnes of the Jewes.

^{1 c} Your sinnes appeare in all the altars that you haue erected to idoles.

^{1 b} In stead of the Law of God, thei haue writen idolatrie & all abominations in their heart.

^{2 d} Some read, So that their children remember their altars that is follow their fathers wickednes.

^{3 e} Zion that was my mountaine, shal now be left as a wastfield.

^{4 f} Because thou woldest not giue the land rest at such times, dayes, & yeres as I appointed, thou shalt here after be caried away, & it shal rest for lacke of laborers.

^{5 !} Cursed by those that put their confidence in man.

^{5 g} The Jewes were giuen to worldelie policies, & thoght to make them selues strong by the friendship of the Egyptians, {Isa. 31, 3} and strangers, & in the meane season did not depend on God, & therefore he denounceth Gods plagues against them, shewing that they preferre corruptible man to God, which is immortal, {Isa. 2, 22}, {chap. 48, 6}

^{8 h} Read {Psa. 1, 3}

^{9 !} Mans heart is wicked.

^{9 i} Because the wicked haue euer some excuse to defend their doing, he sheweth, that their owne lewde imaginations deceiue them, & bring them to these inconueniences: but God will examine their dedes by the malice of their hearts, {1 Sam 16, 7, 1 Chro 28, 9, Psal. 7, 10, chap. 11, 20 & 30, 12, reuel. 2, 23}

^{10 !} God is the searcher of the heart.

^{11 k} As the partriche by calling gathereth others, which forsake her when they se that she is not their dam: so the couetous man is forsaken of his riches, because he cometh by them falsely.

^{12 l} Shewing that the goldie oght to glorie in nothing, but in God: who doeth exalt his, and hathe left a signe of his fauour in his Temple.

^{13 m} Their names shal not be registred in the boke of life.

^{13 !} The liuing waters are forsaken.

^{14 n} He desireth God to preferue him that he fall not into tentation considering the great contempt of Gods worde, & multitude that fall from God.

^{15 o} The wicked say that my prophecie shal not come to passe because thou deferrest the time of vengeance.

^{16 p} I am assured of my vocation, and therefore, knowe that the thing which thou speakest by me, shal come to passe, & that I speake not of any worldelie affection.

^{17 q} How soeuer the wicked deale rigorously with me, yet let me finde comfort in thee.

^{18 r} Read {Chap, 11, 20}

^{19 s} Where as thy doctrine may be best vnderstand both of hie and lowe.

^{21 !} The right keping of the Sabbath commanded.

^{21 t} By naming the Sabbath day, he comprehendeth the thing, that is thereby signified: for if they transgressed in the ceremonie, they must nedes by culpable of the rest, read {Exo. 20, 8}, and by the breaking of this one commandment, he maketh them transgressors of the whole Lawe, for as the first and second table are conteined herein.