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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.
The first was this, God did wonderfully separate this 1people from all the Nations in the world unto Himself, to be a people unto himself, and that out of love, and this was a great fruit of love, and a strong Wreath this was, had there been nothing else, That God should set his heart upon this people above all other people in the earth to be his people, in Exod. 33. 16. Wherein (saith 2Moses) shall it be known that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight, if thou goest not with us? for thereby (saith he) shall ne be separated from all Nations of the Earth: it is in your books, only, shall be separated, but the Hebrew word signifies 3wonderfully separated, we shall wonderfully be separated 4from all the Nations of the earth. Indeed the Lord he did wonderfully separate the people from all the Nations of the earth, and this was only out of love, it was not from any excellency he saw in this people. In Deut. 7 6. The Lord did not choose thee &c. but in the 7. 5verse, He did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than other people, for you were the least of all people.
The first was this, God did wonderfully separate this 1people from all the Nations in the world unto Himself, to be a people unto himself, and that out of love, and this was a great fruit of love, and a strong Wreath this was, had there been nothing else, That God should set his heart upon this people above all other people in the earth to be his people, in Exod. 33. 16. Wherein (saith 2