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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. › Chapter 9 › Verse 3 › The Lords Land.
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The Lords Land.
It may be said of all the Land in the world, he that is thy Father is the great Land-Lord of the world; howsoever men respect their Land-Lords and are afraid to displease them, but how little respect is given to this great Land-Lord of the world!1 The earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof; well, but though all the world be the Lords Land, yet this Land was the Lords Land in a peculiar manner, the Land of Canaan it was the Lords Land more peculiarly in many respects:
It may be said of all the Land in the world, he that is thy Father is the great Land-Lord of the world; howsoever men respect their Land-Lords and are afraid to displease them, but how little respect is given to this great Land-Lord of the world!1 The earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof; well, but though all the world be the Lords Land, yet this Land was the Lords Land in a peculiar manner, the Land of Canaan it was the Lords Land more peculiarly in many respects:
- 1Canaan the Lords Land in a special manner.
First,1 It was a Land that God had espied out for his People. In