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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 11 › Verse 4: VERS. 4.
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.
First, The Law that I gave to them it was according to the Principles of right Reason, there was nothing in my Law but was suitable to the very principles of right reason, in Deut. 4. saith he, The Nations shall hear all these Statutes, and say, Surely this great Nation is a wise and understanding people, (why?) in the 8 verse, What Nation is there so great, that hath Statutes and Judgments so righteous, as all this Law which I set before you this day? Mark, all the Nations that are about you shall say, What Nation is there so wise, that hath Statutes and Judgments like this Nation? Surely 1then my Law it had abundance of Reason in it, it had the reason that might convince not only you, but all the Nations about you; I drew you with the Cords of a man, in a rational way.
First, The Law that I gave to them it was according to the Principles of right Reason, there was nothing in my Law but was sutable to the very principles of right reason, in Deut. 4. saith he, The Nations shal hear al these Statutes, and say, Surely this great Nation is a wise and understanding people, (why?) in the 8 verse, What Nation is there so great, that hath Statutes and Judgments so righteous, as all this Law which I set before you this day? Mark, all the Nations that are about you shall say, What Nation is there so wise, that hath Statutes and Judgments like this Nation? Surely 1then my Law it had abundance of Reason in it, it had the reason that might convince not only you, but all the Nations about you; I drew you with the Cords of a man, in a rational way.
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Secondly, God strengthened it with many Arguments,