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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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It was not long since that the land could not bear them; we hope that the time may come ere long that the Lord Christ may so rule and that in our land, that it will as hardly bear wicked and ungodly men as it hath borne the Saints, though it were hard to say that there should be so much violence used even to keep them from some sins, as hath been used here against the Saints to keep them from their God, yet time may come ere long that wicked men may be glad to fly (though not forced unto it) out of their own choice, into another land, because they cannot have the enjoyment of their lusts so freely here: As the Saints have been forced to fly out of their land that they might serve the Lord and keep their consciences clear.
It was not long since that the land could not beare them; we hope that the time may come ere long that the Lord Christ may so rule and that in our land, that it will as hardly beare wicked and ungodly men as it hath borne the Saints, though it were hard to say that there should be so much violence used even to keep them from some sins, as hath been used here against the Saints to keep them from their God, yet time may come ere long that wicked men may be glad to flye (though not forced unto it) out of their owne choyce, into another land, because they cannot have the enjoyment of their lusts so freely here: As the Saints have been forced to flye out of their land that they might serve the Lord and keep their consciences cleare.
But we let this pass, and come now to the close of the Chapter to the Epiphonema of it all. For great shall be the day of Jezreel.
But we let this passe, and come now to the close of the Chapter to the Epiphonema of it all. For great shall be the day of Jezreel.
They shall appoint themselves one head, and come up out of the land, for great, Licet, so Tremelius turns it, although the day of Jezreel be great: & indeed the Hebrew particle [Greek or Hebrew] signifieth quamvis as well as quia,