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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 4: VER. 4.
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.
And then lastly, When Jacob was afraid of being cut off because he was few in number, now God presents himself as God Almighty, and he blesses him now with fruitfulness, and tells him he will multiply him to a company of Nations, and Kings shall come out of his loins; In this we have an excellent lesson that God speaks to us.
And then lastly, When Iacob was afraid of being cut off because he was few in number, now God presents himself as God Almighty, and he blesses him now with fruitfulness, and tells him he will multiply him to a company of Nations, and Kings shall come out of his loyns; In this we have an excellent lesson that God speaks to us.
That God delights to receive his people in their fears with suitable, 1and seasonable mercies. Jacob was never in greater fears than at those two times, yet now the Lord comes at this time of his great straits, and tells him now of multiplying of him to many Nations, and that Kings should come out of his loins; at that time when he was afraid that the Nations should come and destroy all that belonged to him, at that time God tells him that Kings should come out of his loins: Oh! the Lord delights to revive his people in their fears, and doth come with suitable mercies to them.
That God delights to receive his people in their fears with sutable, 1and seasonable mercies. Iacob was never in greater fears than at those two times, yet now the Lord comes at this time of his great straits, and tells him now of multiplying of him to many Nations, and that Kings should come out of his loyns; at that time when he was afraid that the Nations should come and destroy all that belonged to him, at that time God tells him that Kings should come out of his loyns: Oh! the Lord delights to revive his people in their fears, and doth come with sutable mercies to them.
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