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By this argument doth Hosea exaggerate the offences, and justify the punishments of the Priests of his time. As they ¹were increased (saith he) that is, grown richer, and exalted higher, they rebelled against me, therefore I will change their glory into shame. And Jeremiah, by way of comparison, doth somewhat extenuate the naughtiness of the vulgar sort, to aggravate the wickedness of the nobility, saying, They (this common people) are poor, they are foolish, for they know not the way ²of the Lord, nor the judgement of their God. I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them, for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgement of their God: but those have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. Wherefore a Lion ⟨p. 70⟩out of the Forest shall slay them, and a Wolfe out of the Wilderness shall destroy them, &c.

By this argument doth Hosea exaggerate the offenses, and iustifie the punishments of the Priests of his time. As they ¹were increased (saith he) that is, growen richer, and exalted higher, they rebelled against me, therefore I will change their glorie into shame. And Ieremie, by way of comparison, doth somewhat extenuate the naughtinesse of the vulgar sort, to aggrauate the wickednesse of the nobilitie, saying, They (this common people) are poore, they are foolish, for they know not the way ²of the Lord, nor the iudgement of their God. I will get me vnto the great men, and will speake vnto them, for they haue knowen the way of the Lord, and the iudgement of their God: but those haue altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. Wherefore a Lion ⟨p. 70⟩out of the Forest shall slay them, and a Wolfe out of the Wildernesse shall destroy them, &c.

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