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…

Happy are those people that God g•ants such subjects of discourses unto, that they may say one to another, to their brethren and sisters, Ammi, and Ruhamah. It was not long since, that when we met with our brethren, we could not have such a subject of discourse as this is, but usually when Christians met together after their Salutations, their first question was; Oh! what shall we do? what shall we do? what course shall we take? All the News almost that was in the Kingdom, and the subject of discourses (specially among the Saints) was this, Such a Minister silenced in such a place, such a one banished in another place, such a one imprisoned in another place, such a one High-Commissioned in another place, such signs of the wrath of God upon us, we are afraid that God is going, if he be not quite gone already, we are afraid that he will not only reject us from being his people, but reject us from being a people upon the fac• of the earth.

Happy are those people that God g•ants such subjects of discourses unto, that they may say one to another, to their brethren and sisters, Ammi, and Ruhamah. It was not long since, that when we met with our brethren, we could not have such a subject of discourse as this is, but usually when Christians met together after their Salutations, their first question was; Oh! what shall we do? what shall we doe? what course shall we take? All the Newes almost that was in the Kingdome, and the subject of discourses (specially among the Saints) was this, Such a Minister silenced in such a place, such a one banished in another place, such a one imprisoned in another place, such a one High-Commissioned in another place, such signes of the wrath of God upon us, we are afraid that God is going, if he be not quite gone already, we are afraid that he will not onely reject us from being his people, but reject us from being a people upon the fac• of the earth.

But blessed be God, he hath changed the subject of our discourses. Now Gods ways have begun to be towards us as if he intended to make us again to be his people. Now we may when we meet together have plentiful subjects of discourses about Gods grace & mercy, to say Ammi, Ruhamah, O the Lord manifesteth goodness to an unworthy Nation & we have hope that yet he will own us to be his people, we have hope that yet he will show mercy to us though never so unworthy. Who would have thought ever to have seen and heard of such things as we have seen & heard? who would have thought ever to have seen the hearts of the adversaries so daunted,