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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.
How shall I protect thee? So the old Latin.1
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] 68 70. Protegam. Vulg. a [Greek or Hebrew] tradidit [Greek or Hebrew] •lypeus [Greek or Hebrew] protexit [Greek or Hebrew] a〈non-Latin alphabet〉 68 70. Protegam. Vulg. a 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 tradidit 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 •lypeus 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 protexit 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 a
And the mistake comes from a little difference in the Hebrew word, so that the same radical letters in the Hebrew word that is for [delivering] signifies a [Shield] likewise, To protect as with a shield. And therefore they translate it so, How shall I protect thee? but that comes to the same, thus: How shall I protect such a one as thou art? How shall it be for mine honour that thou shouldest be under my protection? Men indeed do abuse their power they have, to give protection to others, you know ⟨p. 137⟩there hath been a great abuse since the Parliament begun by protections that have been given to others, but saith he, How shall I do it? that is, I who am a holy and infinite God, how shall I protect such a one as thou art? How shall I protect thee, Israel?
And the mistake comes from a little difference in the Hebrew word, so that the same radical letters in the Hebrew word that is for [delivering] signifies a [Shield] likewise, To protect as with a shield. And therefore they translate it so, How shall I protect thee? but that comes to the same, thus: How shall I protect such a one as thou art? How shall it be for mine honor that thou shouldest be under my protection? Men indeed do abuse their power they have, to give protection to others, you know