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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.
Oh it should teach us to be tender-hearted towards the 1Saints that are in sears and troubles, and to labour to ⟨p. 268⟩comfort our Brethren with seasonable and suitable mercies, And especially after great conflicts, that's observable; for Jacob had been wrestling with God not long before, and after these great conflicts God comes with the manifestation of great mercies, this God spake to us there, That we should not be discouraged, though God bring us into great conflicts; because after those times are the seasons for God to speak the most comfortable, and the most encouraging things unto us. There God spake to us. So you see the Third Story thus opened unto you, and the usefulness of it, I know scarce a Scripture fuller than these two verses.
Oh it should teach us to be tender-hearted towards the 1Saints that are in sears and troubles, and to labor to ⟨p. 268⟩comfort our Brethren with seasonable and sutable mercies, And especially after great conflicts, that's observable; for Jacob had been wrastling with God not long before, and after these great conflicts God comes with the manifestation of great mercies, this God spake to us there, That we should not be discouraged, though God bring us into great conflicts; because after those times are the seasons for God to speak the most comfortable, and the most encouraging things unto us. There God spake to us. So you see the Third Story thus opened unto you, and the usefulness of it, I know scarce a Scripture fuller than these two verses.
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And the Reason why the Prophet brings this Third Story to upbraid this people is this; as if he should say thus;