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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 5: VER. 5.
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And in that God hath manifested himself by his own people so much; I will give you one Scripture which I do not remember I made use of then, to show you what the Hosts of God are besides the Angels, there's the Angels, and Sun, and Moon, and Stars, and the whole works of Creation, there are two special Armies that God hath 1besides the Sun, Moon, and Stars, and the works of Creation in general. There are two Armies, The Saints, 2and the Angels, these I may call Mahanaim, the two Hosts of God, the Angels, and the Saints. For that of the Angels I shall not need to give you Scripture. But for the People of God, that they are called the Hosts in way of distinction from all other of the Hosts of God: Gods 3own people (I say) God glories in as his Hosts in way of distinction from all other people, this you have in Exod. 12. 41. where the people of Israel going forth from Egypt, the text saith, And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the self same day it came to pass, that all the Hosts of the Lord went out from the Land of Egypt. What were they but Gods people? the Church is called here the Hosts of God. And so in Cant. 6. 4. the Church of God is said to be terrible as an Army with Banners. And 4through Gods mercy the Lord hath manifested what great things he can do by such an Host, by an Army that 5hath had so many of his chosen ones among them, they have been the Hosts that God, the Lord of Hosts hath taken so much delight to be the Captain of, and to go forth withal. But thus much for that Name, the Lord of Hosts, what use the Prophet makes of that Name we shall speak to presently, how it is a Doctrinal point that he builds his Exhortation upon, Therefore return unto the Lord.
And in that God hath manifested himself by his own people so much; I will give you one Scripture which I do not remember I made use of then, to shew you what the Hosts of God are besides the Angels, there's the Angels, and Sun, and Moon, and Stars, and the wholeworks of Creation, there are two special Armies that God hath