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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 14
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.
But this word translated harlots here, hath a great deal further meaning I suppose than our English can express or bear. The word [Greek or Hebrew] translated harlots, 1it is meant of the Priests with the consecrated ones. This doth more justify the interpretation of the other word whores, for I told you by that was meant those women that worshipped Baal-Peor, for there the word signifies the consecrated ones, the holy ones. You ⟨p. 163⟩will say, holy ones, how can it be translated harlots then?2 Yes, merely by way of contrariety, for so the Scripture expresseth things and words, and so doth other languages too, as wood is called wood by a name that comes from light. So here, holy ones, that is, devoted to filthiness as others do consecrate themselves to God and therefore are called holy ones in a quite contrary sense, because they rather devoted themselves unto all manner of filthiness. And that I think is the meaning of this place, the Priests of Baal. Peor they are here those that are meant that this people did separate themselves for.
But this word translated harlots here, hath a great deal further meaning I suppose than our English can express or bear. The word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 translated harlots, 1it is meant of the Priests with the consecrated ones. This doth more justifie the interpretation of the other word whores, for I told you by that was meant those women that worshiped Baal-Peor, for there the word signifies the consecrated ones, the holy ones. You ⟨p. 163⟩will say, holy ones, how can it be translated harlots then?2 Yes, meerly by way of contrariety, for so the Scripture expresseth things and words, and so doth other languages too, as wood is called wood by a name that comes from light. So here, holy ones, that is, devoted to filthiness as others do consecrate themselves to God and therefore are called holy ones in a quite contrary sense, because they rather devoted themselves unto all manner of filthiness. And that I think is the meaning of this place, the Priests of Baal. Peor they are here those that are meant that this people did separate themselves for.