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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
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › CHAP. VIII. › Verse 4 › They set up Kings, but not by me
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They set up Kings,1 but not by me
- 1Expos. 1.
Some think that this hath reference to the choosing of Kings at first, because that they did it without Gods Warrant when they chose a King to themselves at first, and so they have set up Kings but not by me.1 But I rather think that this hath reference to Jeroboam and his successors, they set up Jeroboam and his successors, and not by God. This you will say, is very strange, for it is clear in Scripture that it was from God that Jeroboam should be King, and that the ten Tribes should be rent from Solomons posterity for the punishment of Solomons sin, it was prophesied of by Ahijah the Shilonite, 1 King 11. 29, 30, 31. the Prophet came to Jeroboam, and ren• the Garment of Jeroboam in twelve pieces, and said to him, Take thee ten pie•es: for thus saith the Lord the God of Israel; Behold, I will rent the Kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten Tribes to thee. The Lord sent his Prophet to tell him expressly, that he would rent ten Tribes from the house of Solomon, ⟨p. 16⟩to give them to him; and yet here it is said, That they have set up Kings, but not by me. Again in the 10. chap. and 15. ver. Rehoboam hearkened not unto the people: for the Cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying which the Lord spake by Ahijah the Shilomite unto Jeroboam the Son of Nebat. It was from the Lord that Rehoboam gave such a churlish answer, was from the Lord that he was left to such a Tyrannical, cruel spirit, that the Lord might fulfil the word that he had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite.
Some think that this hath reference to the chusing of Kings at first, because that they did it without Gods Warrant when they chose a King to themselves at first, and so they have set up Kings but not by me.