A77979:1837
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 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.
EPHRAIM hath mixed himself.] There is a great evil charged upon Ephraim, and that is observable, he hath mingled himself among the people, the people did not so much seek to him, as he to them; some here understand by Ephraim the Court, because Jeroboam was of the Tribe of Ephraim; and Cyril 1hath this Note from thence, that it is a great dishonour for them that are in place of honour to suit themselves and their minds to those that are of base low spirits among their people; men of place and power should be men of honour and worth. But we take Ephraim here for the people of the ten Tribes, for so it is more often taken in Scripture, they were guilty of this sin, in mixing themselves with the people, that is, the Gentiles, in these five regards.
EPHRAIM hath mixed himself.] There is a great evil charged upon Ephraim, and that is observable, he hath mingled himself among the people, the people did not so much seek to him, as he to them; some here understand by Ephraim the Court, because Jeroboam was of the Tribe of Ephraim; and Cyril 1hath this Note from thence, that it is a great dishonor for them that are in place of honor to sute themselves and their minds to those that are of base low spirits among their people; men of place and power should be men of honor and worth. But we take Ephraim here for the people of the ten Tribes, for so it is more often taken in Scripture, they were guilty of this sin, in mixing themselves with the people, that is, the Gentils, in these five regards.
- 1Cyril
First, In their marriages. The seed of the Israelites was §1too precious to mingle with the Gentiles, this was forbidden them in Deut. 7.3. and the good man Ezra in the 9. chapter, in the day of humiliation, confessed this sin unto God against them, and this was typified of the Christians under the Gospel that they should not mix themselves with the wicked and ungodly of the world; they must marry in the Lord,