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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 8: VER. 8.
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.
VER. 8.
Israel is swallowed up: now they shall be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein there is no pleasure.
Israel is swallowed up: now they shall be among the Gentils as a vessel wherein there is no pleasure.
ISRAEL, they had made so many Leagues among other People, till they were even swallowed up by them. And truly my Brethren, if there be not a great care had, there is much danger in making Leagues with other Nations, lest upon the need they see we have of them they should encroach upon us, and at length even have Laws given to us by them:1 It was so with the people of Israel, that by their League with other people they were so encroached upon by ⟨p. 47⟩them, as at length they gave them Laws and swallowed them up.2 And thus many of the People of God, yea, of the Churches of God, by mingling themselves with the world are even swallowed up, so as they lose their beauty; and there's no difference appears between them and the men of the world. It's one thing for wicked men to creep into the Church unawares, (and certainly there's none can expect that any Church in the world can continue but wicked men and hypocrites will mingle themselves) but it's one thing when they creep in unawares, and another thing when the fence is broken down, so as it is very hard to see any face of a Church among them: thus it was with Israel.