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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 › Ephraim hath hired Lovers.
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.
That where we place our confidence, 1there our love should be placed. If God be the confidence of our hearts, let our love be placed there, yea let God be our Loves, in the plural number, for so it is here, they hired Lovers; she would fain have the Assyrians to love her. When God is forsaken, when we have lost our Interest in Gods love, no marvel though there be such a seeking after the Creatures love; men that forsake God they seek to make up what they have not in God in the Creature:2 as a dog when he hath lost his Master he is ready to follow every one he meets with. Again,
That where we place our confidence, 1there our love should be placed. If God be the confidence of our hearts, let our love be placed there, yea let God be our Loves, in the plural number, for so it is here, they hired Lovers; she would fain have the Assyrians to love her. When God is forsaken, when we have lost our Interest in Gods love, no mervail though there be such a seeking after the Creatures love; men that forsake God they seek to make up what they have not in God in the Creature:2 as a dog when he hath lost his Master he is ready to follow every one he meets with. Again,
- 1Obs. 1.
- 2simile.
He hath hired Loves.] 1Because they had nothing lovely in themselves therefore they hire the love of others to them, they seek even to hire love, though the truth is, Love cannot be hired nor purchased, although men may fawn and glaver, and flatter, and crouch that they may gain the love of some other, yet if there be no loveliness in themselves to gain love, although those whom they fawn on, and flatter may use them for their own turn, and serve themselves upon them,