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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 Zach. 14. 6. you have mention of a day, that we may apply to the present day that we have now. And it shall come to pass (saith the Text there) that the light shall not be clear nor dark, but it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day nor night, but it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light. Mark what shall be in that day, ver. 8. And it shall be in that day that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; & ver. 9, In that day shall there be but one Lord, and his name one; and then ver. 20. In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses holiness to the Lord; and ver. 21. In that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of Hosts. Certainly my brethren these Scriptures speaks of a glorious day that is a coming, but yet in the beginning of it is just like such a day as we have now for the present, wherein the light is neither clear nor dark: It is true, not long since it was dark, now this darkness beginneth to be a little dispelled, but it is not clear yet, many things for the present darken the light, and there is opposition and many damps upon the hearts of Gods people, and things go not o••s we desire; but blessed be God it is not night with us, though it be not […] day it is not dark as it was, though it be not as clear as we desire; therefore this is now a day which is neither clear nor dark, but even as it were twilight. Well but it shall be one day that is one special day, and indeed it is our day now, it is the greatest day that ever yet England had. It shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, a day wherein the Lord hath great thoughts and purposes to do great things, and certainly this our day is known to the Lord, great things God is about to do for his Churches, & laying a foundation of glorious things for the good of his people. And then mark, though it be neither day nor night, yet at the evening time it shall be light. What a strange expression is here? It shall be a dusky cloudy day all day, and then a man would think that at evening it should be quite dark, what to be cloudy at noon and to be darkish at three ⟨p. 140⟩or four of the clock in the afternoon, what then will it be in the evening? surely then it must needs be more dark: