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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 1
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.
Ye children of Israel] In this appellation God puts them in mind of the covenant he had made with them and the• with him; you are not Heathens you are the children of Israel, in covenant with me, a people near to me, yet I have a controversy with you.
Ye children of Israel] In this appellation God puts them in mind of the covenant he had made with them and the• with him; you are not Heathens you are the children of Israel, in covenant with me, a people neer to me, yet I have a controversie with you.
1The nearness of a people to God exempteth them not from Gods contending with them for sin: Neither should nearness to us exempt any from our contending with them. Deut. 13.6. If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wise of thy bosom, or thy friend which is as thy own soul, entice thee secretly to worship a strange god, Verse 8. thine eye shall not pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him, but thou shalt surely kill him, thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death.2
1The neerness of a people to God exempteth them not from Gods contending with them for sin: Neither should neerness to us exempt any from our contending with them. Deut. 13.6. If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wise of thy bosom, or thy friend which is as thy own soul, intice thee secretly to worship a strange god, Verse 8. thine eye shall not pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him, but thou shalt surely kill him, thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death.