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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 8: VER. 8.
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.
VER. 8.
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, &c.
IN the Verse before Ephraim is charged for being a Merchant, for having the Balances of Deceit in his hand, and Loving to oppress; but yet Ephraim saith, I am become rich. Yet.
IN the Verse before Ephraim is charged for being a Merchant, for having the Ballances of Deceipt in his hand, and Loving to oppress; but yet Ephraim saith, I am become rich. Yet.
The Particle here is [nevertheless,] as if they should say, 1Let the Prophet say what he will, let him inveigh against me as he pleaseth, I know not what he means by his Deceit, and Oppression, I am sure I gain well by it, Yet I am become rich, I am sure I prosper in this way, and that's enough for me. I have found me out substance.