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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 12 › Verse 3: VER. 3.
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.
But what's the meaning of this, (you will say?) why doth the Prophet instance in this? to what purpose is 1this to the ten Tribes, that Jacob took his brother by the heel? what good would this do to the People, that Hosea was prophesying to? he tells them that their Father ⟨p. 220⟩Jacob take his brother by the heel? what did he aim at? Was this story to be a means to humble the people for their sins? how could it do it? Therefore we must know that the scope & meaning of this great work of God, in taking his brother by the heel, it was this:
But what's the meaning of this, (you will say?) why doth the Prophet instance in this? to what purpose is 1this to the ten Tribes, that Iacob took his brother by the heel? what good would this do to the People, that Hosea was prophesying to? he tells them that their Father ⟨p. 220⟩Iacob take his brother by the heel? what did he aim at? Was this story to be a means to humble the people for their sins? how could it do it? Therefore we must know that the scope & meaning of this great work of God, in taking his brother by the heel, it was this:
- 1Reasons why the Scripture sets down Jacobs taking his brother by the heel.Reasons why the Scripture sets down Iacobs taking his brother by the heel.
First, It showed, That though Esau was the first born, and so in an orderly course the birthright should have descended upon him, and upon his posterity, for so it did, the blessing did use to go along with the first-born, and with their posterity; in which the first-born was a type of Christ, who is called, The first begotten of all creatures: and the blessing upon the first born was a type of the blessing that we have by Christ: Now though this in an orderly way belonged to Esau, as being the first-born, yet Jacob's taking of him by the heel, was a certain token from God that Jacob should supplant him, and that he should get the birthright from him, and so the blessing from him; and in that Jacob should thus get the blessing, though he were the younger, and this sign was given of it when he was in the womb; this did show the free election of God, that it was through Gods mere free Grace that Jacob had the blessing rather than Esau, and so that the posterity of Jacob were in a better condition than the posterity of Esau: It was only the free Grace of God, not from any excellency in Jacob, any worthiness in him more than in Esau, for God showed a sign of it that he intended good when they were in the womb, before Jacob could do any thing that was good.