A30574:1167
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.
They shall fear, because of the Calves of Beth-aven.
You know what they were, those that Jeroboam set up in Dan and Bethel, the golden Calves.
Luther upon the place moves a Question, What a wonderful thing is it (saith he) that Jeroboam should be so bold, to set up Calves to worship, when there's that eminent story of Gods revenging himself for the peoples worshipping a Calf that Aaron set up, that at one time cost the lives of twenty three thousand men which were slain, and yet that Jeroboam should presume to set up Calves again to worship? It was a strange bold attempt saith Luther, it was a wonderful thing that he should be so bold, and that he should prevail with the people. Luther gives the Answer to this Question, thus:1
Luther upon the place moves a Question, What a wonderful thing is it (saith he) that Jeroboam should be so bold, to set up Calves to worship, when there's that eminent story of Gods revenging himself for the peoples worshiping a Calf that Aaron set up, that at one time cost the lives of twenty three thousand men which were slain, and yet that Jeroboam should presume to set up Calves again to worship? It was a strange bold attempt saith Luther, it was a wonderful thing that he should be so bold, and that he should prevail with the people. Luther gives the Answer to this Question, thus:1