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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 in the Second place,
Jacob took his Brother by the heel. That is, as if he should 1say, your Father Jacob he was greedy of the blessing, greedy of the birth-right, there was a secret in stinct of God upon the spirit of Jacob when he was in the very womb, to be greedy of the blessing of the birthright, and therefore he would do what he could to get it from his Brother, as if the Prophet should say, Oh! but you that are his posterity you are carnal, you do not regard the privilege of the birthright, you do not regard the blessing that comes by it, being carnal you care not which way that goes, so be it you may but live and have your ease and contentment to the flesh; Oh! you are not like your Father Jacob that was so greedy to have this blessing.
Jacob took his Brother by the heel. That is, as if he should 1say, your Father Iacob he was greedy of the blessing, greedy of the birth-right, there was a secret in stinct of God upon the spirit of Iacob when he was in the very womb, to be greedy of the blessing of the birthright, and therefore he would do what he could to get it from his Brother, as if the Prophet should say, Oh! but you that are his posterity you are carnal, you do not regard the priviledg of the birthright, you do not regard the blessing that comes by it, being carnal you care not which way that goes, so be it you may but live and have your ease and contentment to the flesh; Oh! you are not like your Father Iacob that was so greedy to have this blessing.
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