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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 12 › Verse 12: VER. 12.
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.
Though that might be a reason of his first going away 1in so mean a condition, yet that could not be the reason why Isaac should not send after him afterwards, for we never read that Isaac sent any servant after him, but sent him away with his staff in his hand, having only the blessing of God upon him; Therefore it is more probable this, That God did mean to train up Jacob in a low 2condition, in an estate of affliction, to train him up to ⟨p. 390⟩patience, and humility, and in dependence upon God.
Though that might be a reason of his first going away 1in so mean a condition, yet that could not be the reason why Isaac should not send after him afterwards, for we never reade that Isaac sent any servant after him, but sent him away with his staff in his hand, having only the blessing of God upon him; Therefore it is more probable this, That God did mean to train up Jacob in a low 2condition, in an estate of affliction, to train him up to ⟨p. 390⟩patience, and humility, and in dependance upon God.
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- 22. The chief reason.
Well then, he goes to Laban, he flies to Syria: that is, to his Uncle Laban, when he comes there he serves him, yea, he was a Servant to him for twenty years together in a low condition, so you find it in