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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 15
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.
The words are ordinarily read and past over without any great observation, but there is much of Gods mind in them.
For the first, Gilgal, 1it was a most famous place in the borders of Israel, famous heretofore for many things. I know no one place that there are more glorious things spoke of than of Gilgal, except Jerusalem it self. It was famous for these things.
- 1Gilgal
First, There was that great Circumcision after Israel §1came out of the wilderness, when God rolled away their reproach, from whence it had the name Gilgal. For we are to know that all the forty years wherein Israel was in the wilderness, none of their children were circumcised, God was so indulgent to his people for that time, because they were to remove up and down according as God should require, they knew not how soon, now if their children should then have been circumcised they could not have carried them up and down so readily. But yet it see•s it was an affliction, for God saith he would roll away the reproach of Egypt from off ⟨p. 182⟩them and therefore commanded that they should be circumcised. Now when they came over Jordan, as soon as ever they came to set foot upon the land of Canaan, or presently upon it, then God required them to circumcise their children. And if we observe it, it was a strange command, for they were now come into the very mouth of their enemies, and all the people of Cnan, all the Kings and Princes of the Country were gathered together to fight against them, and yet now they must circumcise even their fighting men, those that had been in the wilderness so long, all those that were under forty years old must now be circumcised, and though they were even in the very mouth of their enemies and by reason of their forenes after their circumcision they could not be able to stir out against them, yet they mu come to it. Thus we see God will have his worship regarded rather than our own safety when he pleaseth.