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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the prophesy of Hosea· Being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhill London. By Jeremiah Burroughs. Being the fifth book, published by Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simson William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the prophesy of Hosea· Being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhil London. By Jeremiah Burroughs. Being the fifth book, published by Thomas Goodwyn, William Greenhil, Sydrach Simson William Bridge, John Yates, William Adderly.
London: printed for Peter Cole, 1650
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 5 › Verse 13
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.
Men use not to seek for help till they see and be made sensible of Obser. 4 there misery. And this is true spiritually; till the soul cometh to be made sensible of its sickness, and till God wounds it, it seldom, yea never sends out for help, but when God cometh to wound the conscience, then it sendeth out for help. And many times it is with soul affliction as it is here in outward affliction, they seek out for help, but for help in a false way. They went to the Assyrian and sent to King Jareb.
Men use not to seek for help till they see and be made sensible of Obser. 4 ther misery. And this is true spiritually; till the soul cometh to be made sensible of its sickness, and till God wounds it, it seldom, yea never sends out for help, but when God cometh to wound the conscience, then it sendeth out for help. And many times it is with soul affliction as it is here in outward affliction, they seek out for help, but for help in a false way. They went to the Assyrian and sent to King Jareb.
You will say, When did they do so? Quest.
For the showing the meaning of this we must refer to the story of the Kings, Answ. for though you have this Prophecy of Hosea in your books placed in a great distance from the book of the Kings, yet this Prophet and so others did prophesy in the time of the Kings, and therefore the history of the Kings will much help to understand the meaning of the Prophecy. First then for Ephraims beginning to send to the Assyrian and to King Jareb, you have it in the 2 King. 15.19.1 There you shall read that Menahem who was King of the ten Tribes, gave Pull that was King of Assyria a thousand talents of silver,