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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 12: VER. 12.
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.
Ribera maintains this reading, and hath these two meditations hinted from that reading: first, others they leave the true Worship of God, but Judah continues, and so witnesses for God.
God hath never been without some witness to his Truth. ⟨p. 196⟩1And in evil times when others do forsake God, and his worship, then for people to be willing to venture, and appear any way to witness for God is a very honourable thing; Oh! 'tis a blessed thing to be a witness to the Truth, therefore was I born saith Christ, that I might bare witness to the truth, for those that are faithful and upright in evil times they are Gods witnesses. That's his first Note.
God hath never been without some witnesse to his Truth. ⟨p. 196⟩1And in evil times when others do forsake God, and his worship, then for people to be willing to venture, and appear any way to witness for God is a very honorable thing; Oh! 'tis a blessed thing to be a witness to the Truth, therefore was I born saith Christ, that I might bare witness to the truth, for those that are faithful and upright in evil times they are Gods witnesses. That's his first Note.
- 1Obs. 1.
And then Secondly, He descends, that is, he is content to be in a lower condition so be it he may witness for 1