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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.
Thus the Prophets shall fall, but why in the night? Some therefore because they think hard of the different expression, they read it thus; You shall fall in the day with the Prophet, in ⟨p. 88⟩the night your mother shall be destroyed, and so do but point it differently. It may be fairly read so, You shall fall in the day with the Prophet, in the night your mother past be destroyed. But I had rather read it as we have it, You shall fall in the day, and the Prophet with you in the night. Upon these two reasons, the Prophet shall fall in the night, false Prophets, so they are meant, they shall fall.
Thus the Prophets shall fall, but why in the night? Some therefore because they think hard of the different expression, they reade it thus; You shall fall in the day with the Prophet, in ⟨p. 88⟩the night your mother shal be destroied, and so do but point it differently. It may be fairly read so, You shall fall in the day with the Prophet, in the night your mother past be destroyed. But I had rather reade it as we have it, You shall fall in the day, and the Prophet with you in the night. Upon these two reasons, the Prophet shall fall in the night, false Prophets, so they are meant, they shall fall.
1First, Because God would inflict a greater darkness upon them in his just judgment, than upon the people. Those that abuse most light they come into most gross darkness, and therefore it is a usual expression in Scripture when Prophets are threatened, to threaten, that darkness shall be upon them, Micah 3.6. To you (saith he, speaking of the Prophets) it shall he dark, night shall be upon you, the Sun shall go down over the Prophets, and the day shall be darkened over them; over the Prophets in a special manner. And