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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 10 › They were abominable as they loved.
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Thirdly, They were abominable as they loved. That which is here translated of the Concrete, I find it may be as well translated of the Abstract, They were abominable as their love: and so it's carried by Interpreters, that is, they were abominable as their Idols were that they did love, and their Idols were called Love in the Abstract; as a man calls his Wife, his Love, so they called their Idols their Love, and they were abominable as their Love was, that is, look how abominable Baal-Peor was, so abominable were they; so the Psalmist saith, that, they that make Idols, are like unto them.
Thirdly, They were abominable as they loved. That which is here translated of the Concrete, I find it may be as well translated of the Abstract, They were abominable as their love: and so it's carried by Interpreters, that is, they were abominable as their Idols were that they did love, and their Idols were call'd Love in the Abstract; as a man cals his Wife, his Love, so they call'd their Idols their Love, and they were abominable as their Love was, that is, look how abominable Baal-Peor was, so abominable were they; so the Psalmist saith, that, they that make Idols, are like unto them.
But fourthly,1 which I think is especially the scope of the holy Ghost here, They were abominable as they love, (though the other may be taken in) this Scripture hath reference to that that you read in Numb. 25. 1. there you find that the people of Israel by the wicked counsel of Balaam, 2when they could not be cursed, yet Balaam did counsel them that they should come and bring their daughters before them, and so to entice them to commit uncleanness with their daughters, and then they should entice them to Idolatry, that was the wicked counsel of Balaam, they committed whoredom with the daughters of Moab; and they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. So They were abominable as they loved: that is, they being enticed to bodily uncleanness, by the Moabitish women, these drew them likewise to the worship of their Idols. And so their loves to their Whores was that which drew them to this wickedness.