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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.
I, but than Mercy steps up and pleads, But Lord, art 1not thou a God: thou art a God: These actions indeed may overcome men, but shall they overcome thee?
- 1The plea of Mercy.
[And this is Ephraim.] Are not they thy People? are they not in relation to thee? are they not in Covenant with thee? Spare them Lord for their for fathers sake, for Abraham's sake, for Israels sake, who was so mighty with thee; remember Lord the kindness of their youth, the wonders that thou hast done heretofore for them, when they were stubborn and rebellious; Lord, thou hast many of thine Elect among them, and therefore wilt thou utterly consume them. Oh! when the Lord hears these prayers of Mercy on the other hand, How shall I do it? I cannot do it. Thus you have seen the opening of the words, with the paraphrase.
[And this is Ephraim.] Are not they thy People? are they not in relation to thee? are they not in Covenant with thee? Spare them Lord for their for fathers sake, for Abrahams sake, for Israels sake, who was so mighty with thee; remember Lord the kindness of their youth, the wonders that thou hast done heretofore for them, when they were stuborn and rebellious; Lord, thou hast many of thine Elect among them, and therefore wilt thou utterly consume them. Oh! when the Lord hears these prayers of Mercy on the other hand, How shall I do it? I cannot do it. Thus you have seen the opening of the words, with the paraphrase.
But now for the Notes. If any one of you should have 1