I have said that John, and his associates, and the whole people acted much more culpably by coming to the Prophet than if they had not done so and …

That the Lord your God may show us the way in which we may walk ,
&c.] Not the way of their duty as to religious wor…

To serve their immediate purpose, Jeremiah is sought out, and the captains ask for his assistance. In every difficult, doubtful case, we must look …

1. Here, the instruction for the gathered people begins, and it is divided into two parts. The first part addre es the general instruction o…