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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.
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.
With HIS strength] What, Jacob's strength! Mark, 1The strength that God puts into us, though it be Gods own, yet when we have it, and work by it, God accounts it as ours, 'tis called Jacobs strength, though the truth is, it was Gods strength, God himself wrestling with him gives him strength, and yet he will account it Jacob's own strength.
With HIS strength] What, Jacob's strength! Mark, 1The strength that God puts into us, though it be Gods own, yet when we have it, and work by it, God accounts it as ours, 'tis call'd Jacobs strength, though the truth is, it was Gods strength, God himself wrastling with him gives him strength, and yet he will account it Jacob's own strength.
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Further, That's another Note, It's a great honour to manifest much strength in prayer in wrestling with God; this 1was the honour of Jacob, O! with his strength he prevailed with God, a great honour to put forth strength in wrestling with God even in prayer. We should not ⟨p. 235⟩come with weak and empty prayers, but we should put forth strength; if a Christian hath any strength in the world for any thing, he should have it in prayer: According to the strength of the fire the bullet ascends; so according to what strength we put forth in prayer it's that we prevail with; this strength of Jacob was a type of the spiritual strength that God gives his Saints when they have to deal with him: and we find in the new Testament, there's mention of very great strength that the Saints have by the Grace of God; in