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Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/scripturetextswi00calv/page/n4/mode/1upThe prayers of John Calvin, however, have received little attention, as compared with the fame which crowns his theological writings. His commentaries upon Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the minor prophets were originally delivered in the form of lectures, each followed by appropriate petitions. Both lectures and prayers were extemporaneous. In his epistle dedicatory, prefaced to the commentary upon the minor prophets, and addressed to the King of Sweden, Calvin says: "Had it been in my power I would rather have tried to prevent the wider circulation of that extemporaneous kind of teaching, intended for the particular benefit of my auditory, and with which benefit I was abundantly satisfied." John Budaeus, in another preface, piously exhorts that we pray for the Spirit of God, that we may come to the reading of Scripture instructed by him. "And for this end," he says, "much help may be given us by the short prayers which we have taken care to add at the close of every lecture as gathered by us with the same care and fidelity as the lectures were; and the ignorant may also have in these a pattern, as it were, painted before them, by which they may form their prayers from the words of Scripture. For as at the beginning of the lectures he ever used the same form of prayer, so he was wont ever to finish every lecture by a new prayer formed at the time, as given him by the Spirit of God, and accommodated to the subject of the lecture." (Summary from the Introduction)
Target completion date: 2021-07-31
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section (or Chapter) # of Scripture Texts with Expositions and Sentence-prayers from Calvin's Commentaries on the Minor Prophets. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Scripture Texts with Expositions and Sentence-prayers from Calvin's Commentaries on the Minor Prophets, by John Calvin. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of Scripture Texts with Expositions and Sentence-prayers from Calvin's Commentaries on the Minor Prophets, by John Calvin. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
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If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Scripture Texts with Expositions and Sentence-prayers from Calvin's Commentaries on the Minor Prophets, by John Calvin."
Filename: prayersminorprophets_##_calvin_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. prayersminorprophets_01_calvin_128kb.mp3)
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