A30574:1629
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. › Chapter 10 › Verse 15 › Shall be utterly cut off.
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.
But Thirdly,1 In the morning, which comes yet nearer and more full to the sense and the scope of the Spirit of God here; that is, even when the light comes, when they have hopes of further good, then he shall be cut off. And so you shall find if you read the story in the book of Kings, at this time when Hoshea was to be cut off, that it was when he had entered into League with the King of EGYPT, and now Hoshea thought a morning would arise, and he should have a brave day, and live many merry days now; and when he thought the light began to come, in a morning doth God come to cut him off.
But Thirdly,1 In the morning, which comes yet neerer and more full to the sense and the scope of the Spirit of God here; that is, even when the light comes, when they have hopes of further good, then he shall be cut off. And so you shal find if you reade the story in the book of Kings, at this time when Hoshea was to be cut off, that it was when he had entred into League with the King of EGYPT, and now Hoshea thought a morning would arise, and he should have a brave day, and live many merry daies now; and when he thought the light began to come, in a morning doth God come to cut him off.
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Oh!1 so it is many times (my Brethren) That at that time when people have some enlightening, and they think that now light is breaking out, 2when after a long night of darkness, then Gods displeasure breaks forth upon them. We cannot but acknowledge that the Lord hath granted us a morning light, but let us fear and tremble; for the time of Gods displeasure, sometime it is in the morning; when we think we have light breaking forth, God may have other ways to bring