A77979:1899
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 13
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.
Some read it in the future: Though I would, and was ready to do it, yet they say that the way of worship I prescribed is not so successful, and no such blessing follows it; they say my Prophets threaten nothing but judgment and utter desolation: now saith God, All these are lies, it is no such matter, I was ready to do them good. But the future is often used for the pretertense in the Hebrew, and so here: the sense is, I have not only redeemed them out of Egypt, but very often since out of the hands of their enemies. And the story which this Scripture refers unto, is, in 2 Kings. 14.27. the Lord wonderfully prospered them in their wars, and the Lord said not, that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven? but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. It follows.
Some reade it in the future: Though I would, and was ready to do it, yet they say that the way of worship I prescribed is not so successeful, and no such blessing follows it; they say my Prophets threaten nothing but judgment and utter desolation: now saith God, All these are lyes, it is no such matter, I was ready to do them good. But the future is often used for the pretertense in the Hebrew, and so here: the sense is, I have not only redeemed them out of Egypt, but very often since out of the hands of their enemies. And the story which this Scripture refers unto, is, in 2 Kings. 14.27. the Lord wonderfully prospered them in their wars, and the Lord said not, that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven? but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. It follows.
But they spoke lies against him.
But they spoke lyes against him.