A30575:1554
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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Kings and Princes sometimes are given to a people in anger. 1Job. 34. 30. That the Hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. It is in anger if an Hypocrite reign. Psal. 109. 6. Set thou a wicked man over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand. Dan. 8. 23. In the latter time when the transgressions are come to the full, a King of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences shall arise; and his power shall be mighty, he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper. So it was said of the *Agrigentines, That Phalaris was given to them as a plague, and Marius to the Romans. ‡Anastasius Nicenus, Quest. 15. in script. speaketh of one in the time of Phocas, pleading with God and saying, Wherefore Lord hast thou made Phocas Emperor? the Answer from Heaven was: Because I could not find a worse. He tells also of the Bishop of Thebais, being proud because advanced: Had these words spoken to him: Wherefore miserable man art thou proud? Thou wert not made Bishop because thou wast worthy, but because the City deserved such a Bishop.
KIngs and Princes sometimes are given to a people in anger. 1Job. 34. 30. That the Hyyocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. It is in anger if an Hypocrite reign. Psal. 109. 6. Set thou a wicked man over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand. Dan. 8. 23. In the latter time when the transgressions are come to the full, a King of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences shall arise; and his power shall be mighty, he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper. So it was said of the