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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 9 › A wild Ass, alone, by himself.
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.
Alone.] The reason of this expression is, to show, that Ephraim and the ten Tribes they would be at their own hands, they would have their own wills▪ alone: There's these two things expressed in it.
Alone.] The reason of this expression is, to shew, that Ephraim and the ten Tribes they would be at their own hands, they would have their own wills▪ alone: There's these two things exprest in it.
First, That they would be under no government, but ⟨p. 54⟩alone by themselves,1 and have liberty to frisk up and down,2 and do what they list alone, acknowledging no Commander; and so the Chaldee Paraphrase hath it, Because that they would walk in the evil of their own lusts, 3and would acknowledge no Commander. And thus many at this day, they love to be alone, that is, to live at their own hand, to be from under Government. Though it is here, he was alone in the Wilderness, he would rather be in the Wilderness alone, so be it he may acknowledge no Commander, than in the best pastors under any command. Thus it is with many, they love to be alone, that is, they are loth to come under any Government, they had rather be in the wilderness and suffer never so great straights than come under any Government;4 It is true of divers sorts of people, even the lowest sort, many that love to live at their own hand, servants that are not able to provide for themselves that if they have but a little sickness are ready to starve, yet that they might live without any command, not under any Government, they will choose rather to endure abundance of hardship that they may live alone;