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An exposition of the prophecy of Hosea begun in divers lectures upon the first…An exposition of the prophesie of Hosea begun in divers lectures vpon the first…
An exposition of the prophecy of Hosea begun in divers lectures upon the first three chapters, at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jer. Burroughs.An exposition of the prophesie of Hosea begun in divers lectures vpon the first three chapters, at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jer. Burroughes.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1652
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Thirdly,1 Jezreel, to show the way that God intended to bring judgement upon these ten Tribes. And what was it? The way should be by scattering, God would scatter them.
Thirdly,1 Jezreel, to shew the way that God intended to bring judgement upon these ten Tribes. And what was it? The way should be by scattering, God would scatter them.
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It is a special way of Gods bringing judgement upon a Kingdom,1 by scattering of them. We read, that when Micaiah saw the destruction of Ahab and his people, he had this vision, I saw (saith he, 1 King. 22. 17.) all Israel scattered one from another as sheep that have no shepherd. There is a two-fold scattering;2 A scattering among our selves in ways of division, and a scattering by the Enemy one from another to fly for our lives. The one part of this judgement (the Lord be merciful to us) is upon us already, and in this sense we may be called Jezreel. Oh how is our Kingdom divided! how is it scatted? The Lord keep us from the other scattering, that we be not scattered one from another, by being forced to fly for our lives before the Enemy. It is just with God that if we scatter our selves sinfully by way of division, that God should scatter us in his wrath to our destruction, by giving us up to our Enemies. If we love scattering, ⟨p. 26⟩if we delight in division, we may soon have scattering enough, there may soon be divisions far enough one from another.