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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 4 › 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.
And see how we should have a controversy too against this sin of uncleanness, especially when it is in a forced way. Judg. ⟨p. 58⟩20.27. you shall read there that there was four hundred thousand men, all men of war that were raised up as one man, and they all said (vers. 8.) we will not any of us go to his t•nt, neither will we any of us •urn into his house: And upon what did all these men rise? Chap. 19. the cause was only this, that there was a Levite that had a Concubine, which Concubine had plaid the harlot and had gone from the Levite, he going to fetch hi• Concubine whom the men of Gib•ah a City of Benjamin, came in a violent way and ravished his Concubine until she died, upon thi•, the Levite took the dead body and divided it into twelve several pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel, and wished them to consider what i• don•. Upon this the hearts of all the men of Israel were raised a• one man, and covenanted among themselves that they •ould none of them turn into their houses until they had brought those Delinquents that had committed that horrible offence to condigne punishment. Mark now, that the hearts of people should be so set upon it and think it cause enough to gather an Army of four hundred thousand to bring to condigne punishment those that had but ravished a whore (for she was no other) and resolved never to go home till those Delinquents were punished. Have not we heard of worse than this amongst us? Oh what adulteries, what rapes have there been wheresoever the Soldiers come! what horrible villainies are committed that way, taking not mens concubines and whores, but grave matrons and on purpose those whom they think to be most godly, and defile them before the eyes of their husbands, and then when they have done murder them! And yet we stir not for all this to fetch in these Delinquents. Now we have rapes and ravishments of thousands amongst us, and yet our hearts stir not, though no question the same thing is intended against us here that is done to our brethren in other Countries, for you can expect little else from such as these,