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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Come we now to the Exhortation it self, Let her put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts. It is in the plural number, her whoredoms, and her adulteries. They were many, she must put them away all. If a wife that hath been naught shall be contented to forsake divers of her lovers and retain but one there is no reconciliation, all her adulteries must be put away.
Come we now to the Exhortation it selfe, Let her put away her whoredomes out of her sight, and her adulteries from betweene her breasts. It is in the plurall number, her whoredomes, and her adulteries. They were many, shee must put them away all. If a wife that hath been naught shall be contented to forsake divers of her lovers and retain but one there is no reconciliation, all her adulteries must be put away.
But the words are not only in the plural number, but those that understand the Original, well know, that there is somewhat in the words to extend the signification beyond the plural number, and that is the duplication of the radical letter, in the first word the second radical letter which is [[Greek or Hebrew]] is double,1 & in the second word the third radical Letter [[Greek or Hebrew]] that is double.
But the words are not onely in the plurall number, but those that understand the Originall, well know, that there is somewhat in the words to extend the signification beyond the plurall number, and that is the duplication of the radicall letter, in the first word the second radicall letter which is [〈non-Latin alphabet〉] is double,1 & in the second word the third radicall Letter [〈non-Latin alphabet〉] that is double.
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