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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 11 › Verse 4: VERS. 4.
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Secondly, God strengthened it with many Arguments, 1which is some way beyond the manner of men; If the Lord had but only given out his Law, and left men to find out the meaning, it had been enough; yea, but the Lord drew ⟨p. 44⟩them with the Cords of a man, that is, added to his Law many Arguments and Reasons to show the equity of the Law that he had given to them: now men think it enough if they give out a Law, you do not use to have the proof of the Law and the reason of it; yea, but saith God, I drew them with the Cords of a man, I gave them a Law that had reason in it, and explained that; as if we should go no further than the very moral Law, see how God begins, I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee out of 2the Land of Egypt, every word a Reason to back the Law.
Secondly, God strengthened it with many Arguments, 1which is some way beyond the manner of men; If the Lord had but only given out his Law, and left men to find out the meaning, it had been enough; yea, but the Lord drew ⟨p. 44⟩them with the Cords of a man, that is, added to his Law many Arguments and Reasons to shew the equitie of the Law that he had given to them: now men think it enough if they give out a Law, you do not use to have the proof of the Law and the reason of it; yea, but saith God, I drew them with the Cords of a man, I gave them a Law that had reason in it, and explain'd that; as if we should go no further than the very moral Law, see how God begins, I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee out of 2the Land of Egypt, every word a Reason to back the Law.
- 12. Backed with Reasons.2. Backt with Reasons.
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