commanded the Fish to vomit out Jonah upon the dry Land, Jonah ii.

7Q. What Service did God affign to Jonah after this great Deliverance? A. He fent him the second Time to Nineveh to preach Deftruction against it within forty Days, Jonah iii.

8Q. What Effect had his Preaching upon the People? A. The King and the People put on Sackcloth, mourned for their Sins, turned from their evil Ways, and cried mightily to God for Mercy, whereupon God with-held the Punishment which he threatened.

9Q. How did Jonah refent this merciful Dealing of God with Nineveh? A. He feared he fhould be counted a falfe Prophet, and in an angry Temper defired God to take away his Life, Jonah iv.

10 Q. What did God do to convince him of the Unreasonableness of his Anger? A. He made a Gourd grow up in a Night, which fheltered him from the Heat of the Sun, and he caufed it to wither the next Day; upon which Jonah murmur ed against God.

11 Q. How did God argue with Jonah upon this Occurrence? A. God reproved the Prophet, that he fhould be fo much concerned about a Gourd, a fenfelefs Plant which grew up in one Night, and only afforded him fome Conveniency in Life; and that he fhould be no more concerned about the Lives of fo great and populous a City, which befides Men and Women, had above fixfcore thoufand Children in it.

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CHAP. XVI.

The Hiftory of JEREMIAH.

Q. WH HO was Jeremiah? A. One of the Priests in the Land of Benjamin, whom God called to be a Prophet when he was very young, in the Days of Jofiah King of Judah, Jer. i. 1-7.

2 Q. What Encouragement had he when he was So young to pronounce the Judgments of God against the People? A. God put forth his Hand and touched his Mouth, to fignify his divine Infpiration, and promifed his Prefence with him to deliver him from all that fhould oppofe him, ver. 7-19.

3Q. What was the chief Meffage with which Jeremiah was fent to the People, and to the Princes and Kings of Judah? A. That Jerufalem fhould be deftroyed, and the People and Princes fhould be carried away captive into Babylon, becaufe of their Sins, and remain there feventy Years. From Chap. vii. to xxv. ver. If,

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4 Q. By what Method did Jeremiah fet before them their Sins and thefe Judgments of God? A. By fome very plain and direct Speeches, by an Example of the Rechabites fet before them, and by fome Parables or Emblems,

5Q. How did Jeremiah fhew them the Heinoufnefs of their Sins by a View of the Example of the Rechabites? A. Since all the Family of Rechab abftained from Wine, which is no unlawful Li H

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quor, merely because Jonadab their Father forbid them; much more fhould the Jews have abstain ed from thofe Practices which are utterly unlawful, when the God of Ifrael had forbid them, Jer. xxxv.

6Q. What were fome of the Emblems by which God ordered Jeremiah to foretel their Calamities? A. A Linnen Girdle, a Potter's Veffel, an Earthen Bottle, Yokes of Wood and of Iron, &c.

7Q. What was defigned by the Linnen Girdle? A. Jeremiah was commanded to hide it in the Hole of a Rock near the River Euphrates, and when he fought it again, it was quite fpoiled; fo God decreed to fpoil the Pride of Jerufalem by the Nation that dwelt near Euphrates, i. e. Affyria, Jer. xiii.

8Q. What was intended by the Potter's Veffel? A. As when the Veffel of Clay was spoiled in the making, the Form of it was changed, and it was moulded up into another Veffel, as the Potter pleafed; fo God declared his Power over the House of Ifrael, to manage and difpofe of them as he pleafed, and that he would change his Providences and their State, according to their Behaviour, Jer. xviii,

9. Q. What further Leffon was taught by an Earthen Bottle? A. Jeremiah was commanded to break the Bottle in the Sight of the Priests and the Elders, and to declare, Thus faith the Lord, even fo will I break this Nation and this City, that it fhall not be made whole again, Jer. xix.

10 Q: What did Jeremiah, teach them by the Emblems of Bonds and Yokes? 4. In the Days of Jehoiakim King of Judah Gcd commanded Jeremiah to make Bonds and Yokes, and put

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them upon his own Neck, and then fend them to the King of the Nations round about, to affure them that they fhould all be made fubject to Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon, Jerem. xxvii.

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IIQ. Who were Jeremiah's chief Enemies? A. The Priefts and the falfe Prophets, who would have put him to Death in the Reign of Jehoiakim, Jer. xxvi. 1-8.

12 Q. Who Saved Jeremiah at that Time? A. The Princes and the People faved him from Death, though the King flew Urijah the Prophet, who confirmed the Words of Jeremiah, ver. 10

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13 Q. What Abufes did Jeremiah receive from Pafhur the Priest? A. Pafbur fmote the Prophet, and put him in the Stocks, Jer. xx. I, 2.

14 Q. What Evil was denounced ngainst Pashur on this Account? A. God changed his Name to Magor miffabib, to denote that he should be a Terror to himself and to all his Friends; and foretold that he fhould be led captive to Babylon, and die there, ver. 3-6..

15 Q. How did Jeremiah's Patience hold out under the many Injuries he received? A. In the main he continued to truft in God, but once he murmured against God, refufed to prophefy, and curfed the Day of his Birth, ver. 7-18.

16 Q. In what manner did God overcome his Murmuring and his Difobedience? A. The Word of the Lord was in his Heart like a burning Fire fhut up in his Bones, and he could not forbear fpeaking, ver. 9.

17 Q. How did Jeremiah publish his Prophecies when he could not appear in publick himself, being fhut up in Prifon? A. He commanded Baruch

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the Scribe to write the Words of his Prophecies from his Mouth in a Volume of a Book, and to read them in the Ears of the People in the Temple on a Faft-Day, Jer. xxxvi. 1-10.

18 Q. What Effect had this upon Jehoiakim the King? A. When he heard of it he fent for the Volume, read a little of it, cut it with a Penknife, and burnt it in the Fire, and then sent to feize Jeremiah and Baruch; but God by his kind Providence kept them hid from the King, ver. 20-26.

19 Q. What was the next Message from God to Jeremiah? A. That he fhould take another VoJume, and that Baruch should write over again from his Mouth the fame Words, and many others of the fame Import, ver. 27, 32.

20 Q. What did Jeremiah prophefy concerning Jehoabaz the Son of Jofiah King of Judah, who is bere called Shallum? A. That he fhould die a Captive in the Land of Egypt, Jer. xxii. 11, 12 2 Kings xxiii. 31-34.

21 Q. What did he fay concerning Jehoiakim his Brother? A. That he fhould die unlamented, and be buried like an Ass, drawn and cast out beyond the Gates of Jerufalem, Jer. xxii. 18, 20.

22 Q. What did he pronounce concerning Jehoiachin, who is alfo called Jechoniah and Coniah? A. That he should die in a strange Land, and none of his Seed fhould fit on the Throne of Judah, Jer. xxii. 24-30. and he accordingly was carried to Babylon, and lived long there, and there he died, Fer. lii. 31.

23 Q. What Advice did he give to Zedekiah King of Judah? A. To fubmit willingly to the Yoke of the King of Babylon, that both he and his People might meet with better Treatment, Jer. xxvii. 12, 18.

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