A77979:1183
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 5 › Verse 14
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.
I, even I will tear.] The main thing wherein God expresseth the dreadfulness of His wrath here in this place, is the tearing of them as a Lyon, we may take in pieces that which we intend to mend and to make use of: but when we tear a thing we intend to make no further use of it. God expresseth great severity of his wrath in this expression, Psal. 50.22. Consider this ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces. Now this tearing here, refers to the letting in the Assyrian upon Israel, and the Babylonian upon Judah. And the main observation from it, and which is indeed seasonable for these times of ours, is, That,
1When God in his wrath causeth war in a Kingdom, then God teareth.
- 1Obser.
I will send the sword amongst you, I will send the Assyrian against you and then I will tear you. The judgment of war it is a tearing judgment. Gods wrath never appeareth more dreadful than in letting out the wrath and rage of provoked enemies upon a people.1 The teeth and claws of this Lyon is no other than spears and swords and poleaxes, the mouth of this Lyon is no other than the roaring Cannon, from whose mouth proceedeth fire and smoke and sudden death: Here you may see thousands stout and strong ones struck down to t•• ground in a moment; Here one mans arm is torn from his shoulders, there another mans leg is rent from his body; here one lies wallowing in his own blood giving up the ⟨p. 503⟩