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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 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.
But for further Notes upon this. Jacob fled, and served 1for a Wife. From the scope of the Prophets bringing this in here, we may […] ▪ That such as pride themselves in their Ancestors, should […] back to the mean condition of their Ancestors; some are very high in their conceits, because they have such and such to be their Ancestors, it may be two or three degrees off they were great, but look but half a dozen degrees off and they were but mean Trades-men, 2or Yeomen in the Country; here the Prophet would ⟨p. 293⟩take off their pride from priding in their Ancestors; it is 3a great vanity for any to pride themselves in their Ancestors, because some of them are great and rich by some providence or other they think themselves out beyond the common sort of mankind, they look upon others under them in a mean contemptible way; Look unto the Rock from whence ye are hewen.
But for further Notes upon this. Jacob fled, and served 1for a Wife. From the scope of the Prophets bringing this in here, we may 〈…〉 ▪ That such as pride themselves in their Ancestors, should 〈…〉 back to the mean condition of their Ancestors; some are very high in their conceits, because they have such and such to be their Ancestors, it may be two or three degrees off they were great, but look but half a dozen degrees off and they were but mean Trades-men, 2or Yeomen in the Country; here the Prophet would ⟨p. 293⟩take off their pride from priding in their Ancestors; it is 3