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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.
Beth-aven 1was no other than that Town which so often in Scripture was called Bethel, which Bethel signifies the house of God, and it had that name given unto it by Jacob upon Gods extraordinary appearing to him when he fled because of his brother Esau, Gen. 28. This place was before called Luz, and it had that name from the abundance of Almond trees which were there, which that word Luz signifies; but upon Gods appearing unto Jacob it changed the name and it is called Bethel, the house of God; And a very sweet Note2 we may have from thence, and that is this, That Gods appearing to his people in any place puts a more honourable respect upon it ⟨p. 184⟩than all the pleasant fruits that can grow in a place. A Garden or Orchard, if they were filled with Almond trees and the most pleasant fruits that can be, yet they are not so delightful, they should not be so delightful to our hearts, nor would not be if our hearts were right, as the house of God, where God appears to us. If God appear to us in any place though it should be a wilderness, it should have the honour rather than the most pleasant Garden in the world where we have not the like appearance of God to us. Gods appearing makes that place the house of God: where ever God appears, there is the house of God, and that will make a place far more delightful than all the beautiful and pleasant fruits in the world possibly can do. Thus you see what both places were; but now they are charged they must not come thither.3 Beth-aven it is no other place than Bethel, and if you will know the reason of the change of the name from Bethel to Beth-aven, I shall show you presently in giving you the reason why they must not come to Gilgal nor to Beth aven.
Beth-aven 1was no other than that Town which so often in Scripture was called Bethel, which Bethel signifies the house of God, and it had that name given unto it by Jacob upon Gods extraordinary appearing to him when he fled because of his brother Esau,