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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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Observe my brethren by the way, That the Lord doth 1not always stand upon number, upon the greatest; this indeed is our argument that so many go in such a way, and so few in another way, and so surely God is most like to ⟨p. 60⟩approve of that that the most go on in; No, God doth not always stand upon number; saith he, I did not choose you because you were most in number, for I knew that you were the least; therefore it was only love that made the Lord choose this people at first, and separate them from other Nations.
Observe my brethren by the way, That the Lord doth 1not alwaies stand upon number, upon the greatest; this indeed is our argument that so many go in such a way, and so few in another way, and so surely God is most like to ⟨p. 60⟩approve of that that the most go on in; No, God doth not alwaies stand upon number; saith he, I did not chuse you because you were most in number, for I knew that you were the least; therefore it was only love that made the Lord chuse this people at first, and separate them from other Nations.
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And then the second Bond of Love is: I chose you, and your seed also: And this was a great mercy; If I had 1but only set my heart upon your selves, it had been somewhat, but it was upon you and your seed, so as to bring you, and your seed into Covenant with me. There's two twists (as I may so say) in this Bond of Love, that he should choose them and their seed, and bring them both into Covenant, for thus you have it in