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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 11 › Verse 1: VERS. 1.
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When as any of the people of God are under the power of any men, God looks upon them as Sons, and if they 1deal hardly with them God will enquire and will say thus, Is such a one a slave? had he been a slave I would not so much have cared for your dealings thus with him, but he is a Son. You find in the Acts that they were afraid when they heard that Paul was a Roman. When thou knowest thou hast to deal with a Son of God, know that thou hast not so much liberty to misuse him as thou hast to misuse another man, though no liberty to misuse any.
When as any of the people of God are under the power of any men, God looks upon them as Sons, and if they 1deal hardly with them God will enquire and will say thus, Is such a one a slave? had he been a slave I would not so much have car'd for your dealings thus with him, but he is a Son. You find in the Acts that they were afraid when they heard that Paul was a Roman. When thou knowest thou hast to deal with a Son of God, know that thou hast not so much liberty to misuse him as thou hast to misuse another man, though no liberty to misuse any.
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Thirdly, The Saints are not only Sons in their particular 1relation, but in their Community they are sons too: Take them ⟨p. 13⟩joined together, as the members of the Church, and so the whole Community of the Church now, is but as one Son: I called my Son out of Egypt. He speaks of the whole Body of Israel: Now the Lord looks upon the Community 2of his Church as one Son in the singular number. There are many privileges that do belong to the Church of God in their Community, as well as in their particular relation.