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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 4 › Verse 2
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The next follows. The Lord hath a contr••• […] with […] ⟨p. 48⟩of the land for Murder, for Killing. Murder, that is a provoking sin, God seldom suffers it to go unrevenged in this world. Whence are all those discoveries of Murders; scarce any one but can tell strange stories of the discovery of murder. We have a vain distinction of murder & man-slaughter as 'tis called, that forsooth if a man be angry and in a passion kills another, thi• is man-slaughter and no murder: God will not own that distinction, for if you shall by your passion make your self a beast, and so kill a man, God will require this at your hand, for Gen 9.5. God saith that he will require the blood of man at the hand of every beast, much more at the hand of a man that by his passion makes himself a beast. The life of a man is precious to God and God will not suffer any creature to have absolute power over it, he keeps the dominion of mens lives unto himself. Mr. Ainsworth upon Gen. 9.6. citeth the the Jewish Doctors, affirming that a Murderer though it were possible for him to give all the riches of the world, yet he must be put to death, because the life of the murdered is the possession of the most holy God; this is their argument. Certainly it is not in the power of any man upon earth to save a murderer be he what he will be. The greatest man upon earth hath no liberty from God, no prerogative to save a Murderer, but he that sheds blood by man must his blood be shed. God avengeth the blood that Manasseh shed a long while after his death, 2 King. 24.4. And for innocent blood that he shed which God would not pardon. Though Maness•h did repent and so we have cause to hope well in regard of his soul and his eternal estate,* yet the Lord came upon the Nation after his days and would not pardon his shedding of innocent blood. What ado do we find in the Law concerning the killing of a man? When a man was found dead in the field nigh unto a City the Elders of that City they must come to the dead body, wash their hands over the heifer to be slain and •ake a solemn Oath that they had no hand in the murder and so clear the City from the guilt of it. This shows how precious the life of man is in Gods esteem and that God hath a controversy with a land for shedding of blood.