A30574:584
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
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.
But they shall Return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
For the returning to that we have had before. But besides that, they shall be brought to that poverty and misery to eat unclean polluted bread, whereas before they had abundance: Peter would eat nothing that was unclean till God warned him, but the Assyrians would bring them unclean meat and bid them eat, they would say, We cannot, this is against our Religion, and against our Consciences. Your Consciences! what do we care for them, eat it or starve, so they were forced to eat. Whence observe,
For the returning to that we have had before. But besides that, they shall be brought to that poverty and misery to eat unclean poluted bread, whereas before they had abundance: Peter would eat nothing that was unclean till God warned him, but the Assyrians would bring them unclean meat and bid them eat, they would say, We cannot, this is against our Religion, and against our Consciences. Your Consciences! what do we care for them, eat it or starve, so they were forced to eat. Whence observe,
That it is a great misery to be brought under those men that will have no care, no regard of the consciences of men.