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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 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.
First, Your Father Jacob, he worshipped the true God in Bethel; you worship the Calf in Bethel, (For you know 1that in Dan and Bethel the Calves were set up) as if the Prophet should say, Are you the Children of Jacob? did Jacob worship an Idol in Bethel? No, God found him in Bethel, and God spake with him there; but you Worship a Calf in Bethol.
First, Your Father Jacob, he worshiped the true God in Bethel; you worship the Calf in Bethel, (For you know 1that in Dan and Bethel the Calves were set up) as if the Prophet should say, Are you the Children of Jacob? did Jacob worship an Idol in Bethel? No, God found him in Bethel, and God spake with him there; but you Worship a Calf in Bethol.
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Secondly, God made gracious promises to your father Jacob in Bethel, you flight them, you regard them not, you go to shifting courses for your selves and dare not rely upon Promises as your Father Jacob did.
Thirdly, You pollute the place that God had made his House, that place where there were such gracious manifestations of God, you pollute it. It's an aggravation of sin to sin in those places where God hath showed much mercy.
Thirdly, You pollute the place that God had made his House, that place where there were such gracious manifestations of God, you pollute it. It's an aggravation of sin to sin in those places where God hath shewed much mercy.