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Jer_5:23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
Ver. 23. But this people have a revolting and rebellious heart.] {a} Cor recedens et amaricans; gone they are, and return they will not. Apostates are dangerous creatures, and mischievous above others; witness Julian, once a forward professor; Lucian, once a preacher at Antioch; Staphylus and Latomus, once great Lutherans, afterwards eager Popelings. Harding was the target of Popery in England, saith Peter Moulin, against which he had once been a thundering preacher in this land, wishing he could cry out against it as loud as the bells of Oseney. The Lady Jane Grey, whose chaplain he had sometimes been, gave him excellent counsel in a letter; but he was revolted and gone past call. {b}
{a} êáñäéá áíçêïïò êáé áðåéèçò . - Sept.
{b} Acts and Mon., fol. 1291.