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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.
Now the reason why they must not come thither, it was, Reas. 1 because though they were such famous places before for Gods true worship, yet now they were become the primest places for Idolatry in the whole land, therefore there is a charge here not to come to Gilgal nor to Beth-aven. So in Amos, 5.5. there you have the like charge almost in the same words, Seek not Bethel, not enter into Gilgal; there it is called Bethel; though (saith God) it hath the name from my house, and once there was a glorious appearing of mine there, yet now do not seek to Bethel, do not so much as enter into Gilgal.
Now the reason why they must not come thither, it was, Reas. 1 because though they were such famous places before for Gods true worship, yet now they were become the primest places for Idolatry in the whol land, therefore there is a charge here not to come to Gilgal nor to Beth-aven. So in Amos, 5.5. there you have the like charge almost in the same words, Seek not Bethel, not enter into Gilgal; there it is called Bethel; though (saith God) it hath the name from my house, and once there was a glorious appearing of mine there, yet now do not seek to Bethel, do not so much as enter into Gilgal.
That both these places were now very corrupt by Idolatry, I will make that appear too. As I have showed you how famous these places were before, so I will show you how corrupt these places afterward were made.1 For Gilgal, that place was abominably corrupt, it appears plainly in Hos. 9.15. All their iniquity (saith God) is in Gilgal, above all places there is the greatest iniquity committed, and there I hated them saith God. It was the place where God loved his people and manifested himself unto them, but now, there I hated them, I saw so