A77979:1544
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 6
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.
2. Not sacrifices to make atonement for their sins. The people thought by their sacrifices to make atonement for their lives though they were never so vile and base; but saith God, I will not have it thus, I will have it only typical, in relation to Christ; but they left out Christ in them: therefore saith God in this sense, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.
2. Not sacrifices to make atonement for their sins. The people thought by their sacrifices to make atonement for their lives though they were never so vile and base; but saith God, I wil not have it thus, I will have it only typical, in relation to Christ; but they left out Christ in them: therefore saith God in this sense, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.
3. Not sacrifice. That is, of your own; They had many sacrifices of their own, which God did neither require, nor would He accept them from them. I will have mercy, and not &c.
4. Not sacrifices. That is, such as are injuriously gotten: the Jews were a very oppressing, grinding people, they would be much in sacrifices, but it was out of the rights of the poor, ⟨p. 602⟩they would oppress and grind the poor and then think to make up all again by their sacrifices, in this case I will have mercy and not &c.