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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
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 12 › Verse 3: VER. 3.
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And when he was alone there ⟨p. 228⟩appeared to him in the form of a man that came out against him as an enemy, and as though he would destroy him, not only Esau his brother came out to destroy him, but there comes out one wrestling against him as though he intended to destroy him likewise, and this man that did appear as a man, the truth is, was no other than God himself, it was Jesus Christ, and so he is called an Angel; That it was Christ appearing in the form of a man there, taking humane shape, it's clear from verse 5. for he is called Jehovah, and the Lord of Host, and you shall find in Gen. 32. that Jacob called the name of the 1place Peniel, for saith he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved, so that Jacob knew before he had done, he knew it was God, God comes and appears against him as an enemy even at that time that this holy man Jacob was in so great straights as he was, and yet Jacob though God did thus appear against him, he did not sink in his heart, but stirred up all the strength that he had, and wrestles even with God himself thus appearing like an enemy and prevailed, and had power at length, though one would have thought that there had been enough to have sunk Jacob's spirit, the distress that he was in at that time, his brother coming with four hundred men ready to destroy him, he left alone, one comes and wrestles with him, yet he had power with God. This is a famous and a notable story as any we have in the old Testament.
And when he was alone there ⟨p. 228⟩appeared to him in the form of a man that came out against him as an enemy, and as though he would destroy him, not only Esau his brother came out to destroy him, but there comes out one wrastling against him as though he intended to destroy him likewise, and this man that did appear as a man, the truth is, was no other than God himself, it was Jesus Christ, and so he is call'd an Angel; That it was Christ appearing in the form of a man there, taking humane shape, it's cleer from verse 5. for he is call'd Jehovah, and the Lord of Host, and you shall find in Gen. 32