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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 6: VER. 6.
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And the dreadfuller it is, the greater is the mercy of 1God to our City, the Lord hath wholly delivered it from the Sword that it hath not come at all upon it; If the Sword should have come to this City, Oh! it would have raged indeed: for this was the But of the malice of the Adversaries, their fury it was reserved for this City, 2Oh! but the Lord hath protected it, it hath been the City of the Lord of Hosts, the Lord hath commanded that no Army should meddle with it for hurt: Isa. 37. 33. 34. 335. I will defend this City (saith God) and I will save it for mine own sake. Yea, it is for Gods own sake indeed that he hath said to the Sword, Go through the Land; and indeed quite through the Land except this City, and a few Counties about it: as in Ezek. 14. 17. Or if I bring a 4Sword upon that Land, and say, Sword, go through the Land, &c. The Sword hath even devoured from one end of the Land to another, Jer. 25. 15. And yet this City 5preserved, Oh! not only preserved, but made a refuge and a succour for all the godly party flying from the 6rage of the Sword, great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in this City preserved by the Lord, Except it had been preserved by the Lord, the Watch-men certainly had watched in vain. It follows. And shall consume his branches, and devour them.
And the dreadfuller it is, the greater is the mercie of 1God to our Citie, the Lord hath wholly delivered it from the Sword that it hath not come at all upon it; If the Sword should have come to this City, Oh! it would have raged indeed: for this was the But of the malice of the Adversaries, their furie it was reserved for this City,