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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.
And all thy fortresses shall he spoiled.
What are strong holds for the safeguard of a people when the strong God is against them? You have made Lines, and Fortifications, Oh! but the strong God is against you.1 In Nahum. 3. 12. All thy strong holds shall be like Fig trees, with the first ripe figs, if they be shaken they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
And now my Brethren, blessed be God we know this Scripture to be true in a way of mercy, God hath made our enemies so to us,1 and not in a way of Judgment: God might have made our strong holds so to them, this Scripture might have been fulfilled thus, All thy Fortresses shall be spoiled, that is, though we have made Fortresses we might ⟨p. 506⟩have heard, first, of this strong hold spoiled, and the other strong hold in such a place spoiled, this Castle taken, and the other Castle taken, and we might have been amazed with the news, and have said, How doth God fight against s, that though we had such strong holds, and men enough to man them, yet for all that they might have been but as the first ripe figs that being shaken fall into the mouth of the eater? How were our hearts dejected when we heard but of one strong hold being taken from us, (Bristol) But I say through Gods mercy this Summer the Lord hath made this text good unto us,