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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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In the last place, a great day, because it shall be a day after which there shall be no night. And that you will say will be a great day indeed, after which ⟨p. 136⟩the Saints shall be raised to such a state of prosperity and happiness that shall never fall again, that shall never come to be darkened any more. The Churches here many times have had some little release, they have had their days of peace for a while, but it hath soon grown to be night, and a dismal night of darkness. But when this great day shall come it shall be a day that shall never have night, for so God promiseth here to his Jezreel, to make it to be an eternal excellency, and to make Jerusalem an everlasting joy, and Dan. 2. 44. God shall in the days of those Kings set up a Kingdom that shall never be destroyed, that is, the great day of Jezreel.
In the last place, a great day, because it shall be a day after which there shal be no night. And that you will say will be a great day indeed, after which ⟨p. 136⟩the Saints shall be raised to such a state of prosperity and happiness that shall never fall again, that shall never come to be darkened any more. The Churches here many times have had some little release, they have had their dayes of peace for a while, but it hath soone grown to be night, and a dismall night of darkness. But when this great day shall come it shall be a day that shall never have night, for so God promiseth here to his Jezreel, to make it to be an eternal excellency, and to make Jerusalem an everlasting joy, and Dan. 2. 44. God shall in the dayes of those Kings set up a Kingdom that shall never be destroyed, that is, the great day of Jezreel.
The first thing that shall be done in this great day of Jezreel, shall be the deliverance of the Churches from woeful affliction which they shall be found to be in a little before. For so the Scripture tells us,