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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 8: VER. 8.
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.
First, How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? Or as some 1others read it, What shall I do to thee?
First, How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? Or as some 1others reade it, What shall I do to thee?
- 1Expos. in partic. 1. [Greek or Hebrew]. Al. [Greek or Hebrew]. Simile.Expos. in partic. 1. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Al. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Simile.
I am as it were at a stand what to do; as the Father that hath the rod in his hand comes to correct, and lets the rod fall out of his hand, his affections work so strongly;
What shall I do? As if God should say, Oh! were there but any repentings, were they but ever so little, I would be glad of it, I would take any little repentings, could I but tell how to vindicate mine honour any other way, I would do it; Oh! what shall I do? It is your foolish, wilful stubbornness, going on in such a vile, sinful way that puts God to such a stand; What shall I do? God seems here to have his heart troubled in him, much like that in Exod. 33. 5. when God was offended with the people 1