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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 1 › He shall come as an Eagle.
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 he shall come as an Eagle swiftly, that is upon the prey before it is aware.
Men flatter themselves when danger is at any distance from them,1 if it be not just upon them, then think themselves safe, but God can bring evil suddenly and irresistibly upon them. In Isa. 5. 26. He will lift up an Ensign to the Nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: 2and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly. Gualter upon this place applies it to the Turks coming into some part of Germany, they were come on a sudden from the uttermost part of Europe, yea from Asia, and so Spain and Sicily, and Italy; God, to punish the contempt of the Gospel,3 brought them suddenly upon them. Howsoever the Lord hath delivered us hitherto from foreign Nations, we think our selves secure because God hath put work enough into their hands for the present, the Danes, French, Spaniards, ⟨p. 5⟩but how easily is it for the Lord in an instant when there is no fear of them at all, to bring them swiftly.
Men flatter themselves when danger is at any distance from them,1 if it be not just upon them, then think themselves safe, but God can bring evil suddenly and iresistably upon them. In Isa. 5. 26. He will lift up an Ensign to the Nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: 2