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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 7: VER. 7.
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.
He is a Merchant; the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
He is a Merchant; the ballances of deceipt are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
This Scripture, though it seems to be somewhat a harsh one, and hard to read, yet it may be a good providence 1of God that did bring it to hand at such a time as this is.
THis Scripture, though it seems to be somwhat a harsh one, and hard to reade, yet it may be a good providence 1of God that did bring it to hand at such a time as this is.
- 1The Text seasonable.
That's the scope of the Prophet: We may exhort long 1enough saith he, yet so long as their hearts are covetous, and set upon their way of getting gain, they will never regard what I say, they will not turn to God, they will not hear of turning to God, but will turn a deaf ear rather. This indeed is the guise of men that have great dealings in the world, and their hearts are set upon their 2riches, let there be the most glorious Truths set before them that ever were, yet they are as nothing to them: we read in