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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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Seventhly. I gave them my Oracles, the Revelation of my 1Will. This was another notable fruit of the love of God to this people; In Judah was God known: his Name was 2great in Israel, in Psal. 147. 19, 20. He showed his Word unto Jacob, his Statutes and his Judgments unto Israel. I dealt not so with any Nation: And as for my Judgments they have not known them, saith God. This was a notable Privilege that Israel had above all other people. In Rom. 3. What 3advantage hath the Jew? (saith the Scripture) or what profit is there of Circumcision? Yes, every way, the Jew hath much ⟨p. 62⟩advantage every way above all other people of the earth: Why, wherein? for unto them were committed the Oracles of God Other men had the book of Nature, they could see Gods Name as it were written in the Characters of the book of Nature; yea, but the special things of God, the Counsels of God concerning the Eternal Estate of the Children of Men, were not then revealed: but saith he, I gave to this people my Oracles, they had those Counsels of mine concerning mans eternal estate revealed, I opened to them my whole heart and soul, all that I would have known to the children of men for that time I opened to them; Oh this is a bond of love indeed, to have the Oracle, of God committed to a people.
Seventhly. I gave them my Oracles, the Revelation of my 1Will. This was another notable fruit of the love of God to this people; In Judah was God known: his Name was 2great in Israel, in Psal. 147. 19, 20. He shewed his Word unto Jacob, his Statutes and his Judgments unto Israel. I dealt not so with any Nation: And as for my Judgments they have not known them, saith God. This was a notable Priviledg that Israel had above all other people. In