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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 13 › Verse 10: VER. 10.
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By Judges (though sometimes Kings are meant, as Amos, 2. 3. I will cut off the Judg out of the midst of thee, he 1speaks (saith Drusius) of the King of Moab:) we are to understand here their Nobles and Great men upon whom they relied, for so they are called in Scripture, Judges: they had indeed Judges before that time, when they said, Give us a King and Princes; they had Judges, but they were of meaner rank in comparison of those they had after, they had Judges that by Gods appointment governed them, but they were too mean for them; no, they must have a KING, they must have PRINCES, they must have such JUDGES that are Kings and Princes, Great men, for these that they had to rule over them, they were but of their own rank, and this would not satisfy them, but they must have such as were great ones, above them: those were but ordinary men, what were they but the Commons of the same rank with other men; and raised up but a little while ago from the ordinary 2way and rank of men? and why should not we be ruled and governed by them? No, we must have a King, ⟨p. 529⟩and Nobles, and they must govern us, Give us a King and Princes. God had been much with these Judges, read but the story of the Judges, and you shall find that God had ever more appeared with them, I do not remember any one of the Judge, but ever prevailed when God raised him up: but now this people they regard them not, why? because they were but meaner men, they were but men of their own rank, though God did assist them so exceedingly.
By Judges (though sometimes Kings are meant, as Amos, 2. 3. I will cut off the Judg out of the midst of thee, he 1speaks (saith Drusius) of the King of Moab:) we are to understand here their Nobles and Great men upon whom they relied, for so they are call'd in Scripture, Judges: they had indeed Judges before that time, when they said, Give us a King and Princes; they had Judges, but they were of meaner rank in comparison of those they had after, they had Judges that by Gods appointment govern'd them, but they were too mean for them; no, they must have a KING, they must have PRINCES, they must have such JUDGES that are Kings and Princes, Great men, for these that they had to rule over them, they were but of their own rank, and this would not satisfie them, but they must have such as were great ones, above them: those were but ordinary men, what were they but the Commons of the same ranke with other men; and raised up but a little while ago from the ordinary