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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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And it shall come to pass in that place, &c. In that place.]
And it shall còme to passe in that place, &c. In that place.]
This according to some hath reference to the very land of Canaan it self, that God will have a very glorious Church there, specially in Jerusalem before the end of the world come, and many Prophesies seem to incline that way, as Zach. 12. 6. Jerusalem shall be inhabited again, even in Jerusalem. This cannot be meant only of their return out of Captivity that was in Cyrus his time, for the Text saith, In that day thee feeble among them shall be as David, and the house of David shall be as the Angel of God, & God will pour upon them the spirit of grace & supplication, and they shall look upon him whom they have pierced, and the like. It shall be in that day when Jerusalem shall be inhabited, even in Jerusalem. The return of their Captivity at first was not so glorious, there was not such a glorious spirit put ⟨p. 85⟩upon them then; for if you read the story of it,1 you shall find that even all that while they were in a contemptible condition before the nations about them. But God speaks here and in other places of a glorious return of their captivity, & coming into their own Land. The Jews have a tradition, (Buxtorfius hath it in his Synagoga Judaica) That there is a time that all the Jews where ever they dye, shall come through Meatus terrae, and rise again at Jerusalem; and therefore some of them when they think they have not long time to live, they will sell all their possessions, and go and live near Jerusalem, at least to prevent the trouble of coming through those Meatus terra that they speak of. Thus they are deluded in their conceits.
This according to some hath reference to the very land of Canaan it selfe, that God will have a very glorious Church there, specially in Jerusalem before the end of the world come, and many Prophesies seeme to encline that way, as