A77979:1787
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 7 › Verse 5
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.
This day of their King was either the day of his birth, or his coronation day, or the day in which he set up the Calves at Dan and Bethel. Now it cannot be imagined but that there was some murmurings amongst some of the people, they were not all of a mind, to give their consent to the setting up of the Calves, therefore they did it by a stratagem, with all the mirth and triumphing in the day of their King, pleasing and pampering the flesh, drowned all the discontents by this way of pleasing the flesh, caused all things to be carried before them. Or thus: If the people were not throughly leavened, by this means, they would take this course; Come, we will go set up our King, and magnify our King, and this will prepare the people to receive any thing he enjoins. Let the Citizens be in their gowns, and the Gentry in their bravery, and let the King be amongst them, and show himself courteous and loving to the people, and now let us cry out, Oh our good King! This is the day of our King.
This day of their King was either the day of his birth, or his coronation day, or the day in which he set up the Calves at Dan and Bethel. Now it cannot be imagined but that there was some murmurings amongst some of the people, they were not all of a mind, to give their consent to the setting up of the Calves, therfore they did it by a strategem, with all the mirth and triumphing in the day of their King, pleasing and pampering the flesh, drowned al the discontents by this way of pleasing the flesh, caused all things to be carried before them. Or thus: If the people were not throughly levened, by this means, they would take this course; Come, we wil go set up our King, and magnifie our King, and this will prepare the people to receive any thing he enjoyns. Let the Citizens be in their gowns, and the Gentry in their bravery, and let the King be amongst them, and shew himself courteous and loving to the people, and now let us cry out, Oh our good King! This is the day of our King.
Those who carry this day to the day of his birth,1 have this Note, That we never read in Scripture of any godly King that ever celebrated his birth-day, but of three wicked Kings, of Pharaoh,