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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
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.
They shall bring them forth to the murderers.
Sometimes indeed in war men are led forth even by the treachery or the spite at least of Commanders in the war, only that they might be a prey to the murderers;1 if any wicked Officers in an Army have a spite against a man, or any particular company of men, ordinarily their spite is most against godly men in their Army, a wicked, swearing, deboist Officer that hath a spite against godly men in an Army he will set them upon the most desperate service, there enjoin them upon pain of death to do service and not to stir, on purpose that they might be cut off, or at least hoping that they will fall into the hand of the murderer. Just in this case like to David, for his own ends in another way, that would set Uriah in the forefront and would have others withdraw from him; on purpose that he might fall by the enemy.
Sometimes indeed in war men are led forth even by the treachery or the spight at least of Commanders in the war, only that they might be a prey to the murderers;1 if any wicked Officers in an Army have a spight against a man, or any particular company of men, ordinarily their spight is most against godly men in their Army, a wicked, swearing, deboist Officer that hath a spight against godly men in an Army he will set them upon the most desperat service, there enjoyn them upon pain of death to do service and not to stir, on purpose that they might be cut off, or at least hoping that they will fall into the hand of the murderer. Just in this case like to David, for his own ends in another way, that would set Ʋriah in the forefront and would have others withdraw from him; on purpose that he might fall by the enemy.