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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 13 › And visit their sins.
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.
The Note is,1 That it is one of the most dreadful Judgments upon a Nation, after God hath delivered them from a bondage, to deliver them to the same bondage again: And as it was grievous to be delivered into the bondage of Egypt, so more to deliver us into a spiritual Egypt:2 If we should again come under the power of those that have persecuted us and those that have oppressed us, that they should have their full power over us again, oh our bondage would be seven fold more than it is: And yet what cause have we to have our hearts tremble and shake when we think of our abuse of the beginning of Deliverance that we had? but of all judgments let us pray to be delivered from that judgment, that we may never go back again to our prisons.
- 1Obs. 10.
- 2Applicat. to Engl.
But just with God it is that those who inherit their progenitors sins,1 they should inherit their progenitors judgments. You continue in their sins, you shall have their Judgements also.
- 1Obs. 11.
But were they ever carried into Egypt, 1was this threat ever fulfilled?