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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 7: VER. 7.
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The balances of Deceit are in his hand] The Lord abhorred their balances of deceit, yea, and professed that they are an abomination to him, if you read Levit. 19. 35, 136. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in Judgment, in Meteyard, in Weight, or in Measure. Just Balances, just Weights, a just Ephah, and a just Hin shall ye have: I am the Lord, I am Jehovah. This lies upon it, if you will acknowledge me to be the Lord, to be Jehovah, be just in your dealing, have no unjust balances, let there be no injustice in your trading. And in Deut. 25. 13. and so on to the 16. Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great, and a small; thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures, a great and a small: But thou shalt have a perfect and a just weight, a perfect and a just measure shalt thou have, &c. For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously (mark) are an abomination to the Lord thy God. There's much laid upon it, you think you may take liberty in such things, no saith the text, all that do such things they are an abomination to the Lord thy God, 'tis not only a thing that God forbids, but a thing that God abominates to be deceitful in trading. Doest thou profess any interest in 2God? hast thou any hope that God should be merciful to thy soul, to do thee any good? doest thou think that God is thy God? know this is an abomination then to thy God, to that God that thou professest to have any interest in; nay, in Prov. 11. 1. there's likewise a Scripture to the same purpose, A false balance is an abomination ⟨p. 309⟩to the Lord; but a just weight is his delight. God takes pleasure in that. Now saith the Prophet here, The balances of Deceit are in his hand, as if he should say, let him have riches any way, he doth not mind turning to God, but he regards the balances of deceit.
The ballances of Deceipt are in his hand] The Lord abhor'd their ballances of deceipt, yea, and professed that they are an abomination to him, if you reade