A77979:1671
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 8
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.
1: By taking those in which were wilful murderers,1 when as the City was for the shelter of those which had killed any by accident; now these men they would judg wilful murder to be but manslaughter (as we call it) and I wish our Kingdom be not deeply guilty of this sin,2 even by this distinction as it is used, when men in their passions shall make nothing to kill a man, and this shall be accounted for manslaughter; certainly God will never account it so, but even wilful murder.
1: By taking those in which were wilful murderers,1 when as the City was for the shelter of those which had kild any by accident; now these men they would judg wilful murder to be but manslaughter (as we call it) and I wish our Kingdom be not deeply guilty of this sin,2 even by this distinction as it is used, when men in their passions shall make nothing to kill a man, and this shall be accounted for manslaughter; certainly God will never account it so, but even willful murder.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Supplantata, Hier.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Supplantata, Hier.
- 2English guilty of blood, by calling murder manslaughter.
2. By refusing to take in those, which of right they should, except they had good store of money to give them, when some that were poor came to be let in, they would refuse them and put them by, and by that means they were often taken by the pursuer of blood: for these priests were to judg of it.