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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 6: VER. 6.
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1. You had such a gracious Father that did thus prevail with God, to whom God did so appear, therefore turn to God. 2. It is the Lord of Hosts, therefore turn to him. 3. Jehovah is his Memorial, therefore turn to him.
1. You had such a gracious Father that did thus prevail with God, to whom God did so appear, therefore turn to God. 2. It is the Lord of Hosts, therefore turn to him. 3. Iehovah is his Memorial, therefore turn to him.
For the First, The reference it hath to their father Jacob affords us this Note, That the consideration of our gracious 1Predecessors, of our Forefathers that were godly, to whom God appeared in Mercy, is a great argument to turn us to God. Oh! you that are Children, that have had Parents that were wrestlers with God, Are you wicked now? Consider what Parents you had, and turn you therefore unto God: In. 2 Tim. 1. 3. I thank God (saith St Paul) whom I ⟨p. 290⟩serve with a pure conscience from my forefathers. Oh! 'tis a great comfort unto a man or woman, if they can be able to say thus, I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, from my Forefathers: my Forefathers served God, my Grandfather, or Grandmother, or Father, or Mother they were godly; and I thank God, even from them that I serve God: God is my God, and my Fathers God, Exod. 15. 2.
For the First, The reference it hath to their father Jacob affords us this Note, That the consideration of our gracious 1Predecessors, of our Forefathers that were godly, to whom God appear'd in Mercy, is a great argument to turn us to God. Oh! you that are Children, that have had Parents that were wrastlers with God, Are you wicked now? Consider what Parents you had, and turn you therefore unto God: In.