...when he chooses a vessel to purify it for his use. The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, " Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee ; and before thou earnest forth out of the 1 Acts xxvi, 15, 16. womb, I sanctified thee, and thee a prophet unto the natioi hardly persuaded to...

...confined to Moses. To Jeremiah this declaration was vouchsafed : " Before I formed thee in the belly, / knew thee ; and before thou earnest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nationb." Here the very same expression, " I knew thee," is explained...

...that of his parents, but for the manifestation of the power of God. The Lord said to Jeremiah — " Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee, and before thou earnest out of the womb, I gave thee wisdom."* The author of the Book of Wisdom says — "Yea rather being...

...his administration, all of them speak him fully to have performed ¡t. To Jeremiah indeed Goa said, " Before thou earnest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations ;" (Jer. i. 5.) and of John the Baptist, '' He shall be...

...possible he may allude to the revelation to Jeremiah on his appointment to the prophetic office : " Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee ; and...out of the womb I sanctified thee, and ordained thee to be a prophet to the natious."t While he, Paul, was running a career of persecuting fury, the Saviour...

...possible he may allude to the revelation to Jeremiah on his appointment to the prophetic office : " Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee ; and...out of the womb I sanctified thee, and ordained thee to be a prophet to the nations."t While he, Paul, was running a career of persecuting fury, the Saviour...

..." He chose David his servant, and took him from the sheep fold. Before I formed thee," Jeremiah, " in the belly, I knew thee ; and before thou earnest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee," or, I set thee apart, " and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." Of hie disciples he chose...

...Apostolos quisque vocatur, aut Propheta. In like manner does God speak to the prophet, Jer. i. 5. " Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee ; and before thou eamest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." St....

..." He chose David his servant, and took him from the sheep-fold. — Before I formed thee [Jeremiah] in the belly, I knew thee ; and before thou earnest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, [or, I set thee apart,] and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations — Of his disciples he chose...

...carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. 4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5 m I 'ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, 4Lord GOD ! behold, I cannot speak...