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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of the prophesy of Hosea being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the seventh book published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of the prophesy of Hosea being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhil, London / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the seventh book published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1650
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.
What then shall a King do to us? (or, for us?)
Suppose we had him, now he is gone, but if we had him, what good would he bring to us if we had him? As if they should say, we speak much concerning our King, but now we have not the King with us as he was, but if he were with us again, what should he do for us? what would our condition be better than it is? And indeed, what good had their Kings done for them? The People of Israel they were very desirous of a King, they must needs have a King, God granted to their desires in giving them Saul, then afterwards they must have a King again, so they had Jeroboam, and he must be the King of the ten Tribes. Their first King they had, it was in Gods wrath, and every one of the Kings of Israel *was a plague to them, what had they done for them? All the time they had Judges they were in a better case; Israel was in a far better case when they were ruled by the Government of God. And Peter Martyr in his Preface to the Book of Judges, 2observes three things wherein Israel was better when they were under Judges, than Kings.
Suppose we had him, now he is gone, but if we had him, what good would he bring to us if we had him? As if they should say, we speak much concerning our King, but now we have not the King with us as he was, but if he were with us again, what should he do for us? what would our condition be better than it is? And indeed, what good had their Kings done for them? The People of Israel they were very desirous of a King, they must needs have a King, God granted to their desires in giving them Saul, then afterwards they must have a King again, so they had Jeroboam, and he must be the King of the ten Tribes. Their first King they had, it was in Gods wrath, and every one of the Kings of Israel