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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 3
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.
YOU have heard that God in this Chapter commenceth a suit against the ten Tribes. He putteth in his Action, and he declareth, and then judgeth. The Articles of his Declaration or Charge against them we had some of them the last day. Hereupon Judgement is past, upon this Declaration, Therefore shall the land mourn.
The Land.] How can the Land be said to mourn? As when the Land is fruitful it is said to laugh and sing. Meadows that are green and fruitful laugh: And it is the Scripture phrase, Psal. 65.13. The valleys are covered with corn, they shout for joy, they also sing. So when a land is desolate and God bringeth famine, then it is said to mourn. Jer. 12.4.1 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts are consumed and the birds, because they said, 2he shall not see our last end: I warrant you as long as his eyes are in his head he shall never see that fulfilled that he speaks of, therefore shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither. And likewise when a place is left desolate of people that were the beauty of it before, then it is said to mou••, Isa. 3.26. Her gates shall lament and mourn: Lament. 1.4. The ⟨p. 63⟩ways to Zion mourn, because n•ne come to her solemn feasts. As now in time of Plague, the streets of your City may be said to mourn because they are desolate, they look in a desolate way when the grass grows between the stones; her gates sall lament and mourn. The end of thi expression here is to upbraid the hardness of the hearts of the ten Tribes. As if God should say, Notwithstanding all their dreadful sins that should break their hearts and make them howl and cry out, yet they will not mourn, therefore their Land shall mourn. When God will upbraid men for stopping their ears and refusing to hear, and th they were not obedient, he calls to the Heavens,