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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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These three things are observable in general.
First, That there is such a gracious promise immediately after such a sore and dreadful threatening as this, as indeed it is one of the most dreadful threatenings we have in all the Book of God; yet here in the close of the Chapter, we have as gracious a promise again as is in the whole Book of God. From whence we may observe thus much.
First, That there is such a gracious promise immediately after such a sore and dreadful threatning as this, as indeed it is one of the most dreadful threatnings we have in all the Book of God; yet here in the close of the Chapter, we have as gracious a promise again as is in the whole Book of God. From whence we may observe thus much.
That the Lord in Judgement remembereth Mercy.1 It is a sore thing when God in mercy shall remember judgement, but it is as comfortable when God in judgement remembers mercy. When God threateneth most dreadfully yet he promiseth most graciously. We should therefore when we most fear the threats of God, yet look up to the promises of God, look up to see when wrath is denounced in the most hideous and dreadful way, whether we cannot spy a Promise,2 whether there be not yet a little cloud, though but as big as a mans hand, whether there be not yet a little crevice through which we may see whether God doth not break forth with a little light in a way of promise.
That the Lord in Judgement remembreth Mercy.1