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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth 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 eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth 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, 1651
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 11 › Verse 1: VERS. 1.
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But the second hath more in it, which is of Junius 1that learned man, he thinks that the very literal sense of the place is rather a Prophecy of Christs going into Egypt and returning again, than of the people of Israels going into Egypt and returning again. So he saith in his Parallels, in his 6th of the first book, it is (saith he) as if God should say, I have threatened that I will utterly destroy the King of Israel, what shall I wholly destroy Israel therefore? No no, I will not do that for my Sons sake, for though Israel is unworthy and receive not my Son, and by my Sons going into Egypt it is declared that they are unworthy of him, and that they should never have my Son come among them again, yet he shall come amongst them again, and that shall be an evidence to them that I will not cast off my people of Israel, and it's a very spiritual and good Interpretation, and we find often ⟨p. 18⟩that, the Lord when he did promise mercy to his people, and would give an evidence that he would not destroy them, he would give a promise of Jesus Christ; as in Isa. 9. 6. Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: 2he seals the Promise that he will not cast off his people by promising the Messiah; so Junius thinks that the Lord here doth seal this promise of mercy to the people of Israel, that he will not utterly cut off his own people, Why? because he will call his Son out of Egypt.
But the second hath more in it, which is of Junius 1that learned man, he thinks that the very litteral sense of the place is rather a Prophesie of Christs going into Egypt and returning again, than of the people of Israels going into Egypt and returning again. So he saith in his Paralels, in his 6th of the first book, it is (saith he) as if God should say, I have threatned that I will utterly destroy the King of Israel, what shall I wholly destroy Israel therefore? No no, I will not do that for my Sons sake, for though Israel is unworthy and receive not my Son, and by my Sons going into Egypt it is declared that they are unworthy of him, and that they should never have my Son come among them again, yet he shall come amongst them again, and that shall be an evidence to them that I will not cast off my people of Israel, and it's a very spiritual and good Interpretation, and we find often