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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 6 › Verse 2
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.
The scope of these two verses is to express a further confidence1 ⟨p. 538⟩of repenting believing Israel in Gods goodness: before he smote them, and now he would revive them; but before this reviving comes perhaps we may be as dead men, yea lie a day (that is a certain time) as dead men, forsaken of God, quite out of his mind, yea, we may lie the second day also, that is a second time wherein we expected help, yet then also the enemy may triumph over us, yet shall we live in his sight, that is, all shall see, that the eye of God was on us for good: he will revive us, and God shall be in our sight as we shall be in his, glorious things is he about to make known to us, though it be night now, yet know his mercy is a coming, even as the morning followeth the dark night; this is the sum of these words.
The scope of these two verses is to express a further confidence1 ⟨p. 538⟩of repenting beleeving Israel in Gods goodness: before he smote them, and now he would revive them; but before this reviving comes perhaps we may be as dead men, yea lie a day (that is a certain time) as dead men, forsaken of God, quite out of his minde, yea, we may lie the second day also, that is a second time wherein we expected help, yet then also the enemy may triumph over us, yet shall we live in his sight, that is, all shall see, that the eye of God was on us for good: he will revive us, and God shall be in our sight as we shall be in his, glorious things is he about to make known to us, though it be night now, yet know his mercy is a coming, even as the morning followeth the dark night; this is the sum of these words.
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