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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 5: VER. 5.
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.
Thirdly, Which is very useful; Look what Glory and 1Excellency of any Title, or Name, or Work that God hath ever appeared in to our Forefathers, the same we may have God to appear in to us, if we forsake him not: That's the Third end why the Prophet here brings these Titles, The Lord of Hosts, Jehovah; as if he should say, He was thus to your Father Jacob, the Lord of Hosts, and he was Jehovah; and his memorial is still the Lord of Hosts, and Jehovah, and therefore you might have this God to appear, the Lord of Hosts for your good as well as he did to your Forefathers, and you might have God appear to be Jehovah for you as well as he did to Jacob, if you forsake him not; Oh! wretches, that you should forsake this God whom you might have to be the Lord of Hosts, and Jehovah to you.
- 1Obs. 3.
Oh! Let's learn this, That when we read in Scripture, 1or hear from our forefathers how God hath appeared heretofore for his Saints, for our Forefathers, let us make this use of it, God is the same God still, and we may come to have as much good from this God as ever any had since the world began, there's no shortening of his Power, there's no darkening of his Glory, but whatsoever Power hath wrought, whatsoever Glory of God ⟨p. 288⟩hath appeared in former times, we may come to have it appear to us now, it's a mighty argument for people to keep close to God and be faithful with him even because of this.
Oh! Let's learn this, That when we reade in Scripture, 1or hear from our forefathers how God hath appeared heretofore for his Saints, for our Forefathers, let us make this use of it, God is the same God still, and we may come to have as much good from this God as ever any had since the world began, there's no shortning of his Power, there's no darkning of his Glory, but whatsoever Power hath wrought, whatsoever Glory of God