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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 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.
Again, You shall fall in the day] Hodie, that is, soon, presently, your destruction shall not be long.
And the Prophet shall fall with you in the night] There seems to be some difficulty in this. How cometh this in, you shall fall in the day, and the Prophet shall fall also with you in the night?
First, The Prophet shall fall with you] The blind lead the blind and they both fall into the ditch. You gave your selves up to false Prophets to be guided by them, and here is all the good you shall have, both you and they shall perish together, the Prophet shall fall as well as ye. This is observable here, The falls of the Prophets are the falls of the night, 1For in the captivity of the ten Tribes they had no Prophets, nor never had since. Judah was carried into captivity yet they had Prophets among them, as there was Ezekiel, and Zechariah, and Haggai, they had Prophets to direct them though they had a great deal of misery. But Israel shall be carried into captivity and shall have no Prophet to help them. Here is a Note of great use from hence,2 It is a most sad judgment for a people to be in affliction and to have no Prophet at all amongst them; no Prophet to tell how long, to tell them any part of Gods mind. Look to your selves that you regard the Prophets of God now, otherwise when you shall be brought into misery, under the power of your adversaries, you shall have no Minister among you, none to show you Gods mind, none to open his will. It was so with Israel, they never had any Prophet since the captivity to tell them the mind of God.
First, The Prophet shall fall with you] The blind lead the blind and they both fall into the ditch. You gave your selves up to false Prophets to be guided by them, and here is all the good you shall have, both you and they shall perish together, the Prophet shall fall as well as ye. This is observable here, The falls of the Prophets are the falls of the night,