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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.
Another word in the re•ding is to be observed, [they shall be taken away.] The word in the Hebrew is, they shall be gathered, 1for it is observable both in fowls and in fishes when they perceive any thing noxious unto them or that they are in any danger, they gather themselves together: And that is the reason that fishes at some time of the year are in such shoals as ⟨p. 66⟩they are; they going from one place to another, finding one place noxious and hurtful and perceiving some danger, they gather together: And so it is observed in countries where there are fowls, that in the winter time they go to some other place. I have heard many in Holland say of the Storks that in one week they all of them go away together, they gather themselves in the space of a week or there abouts and go away from that country, gathering first all together and so fetching their •ight: from thence I take the word here, they shall be gathered together, that is, there shall be such times of danger, and there shall be such infection in the air, and in the very waters of the Sea, that the fishes and fowls shall perceive it and so shall be gathered together, as they use to be gathered (when they perceive any such thing) to go away;2 and being so gathered together they shall be destroyed. It is good for men in times of danger to gather together and to join one with another and not be scattered one here and another there, as the creatures many times use to do in the time of their danger. This only for the reading of the words.
Another word in the re•ding is to be observed, [they shall be taken away.] The word in the Hebrew is, they shall be gathered, 1for it is observable both in fowls and in fishes when they perceive any thing noxious unto them or that they are in any danger, they gather themselves together: And that is the reason that fishes at some time of the yeer are in such sholes as ⟨p. 66⟩