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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 5 › 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.
And hearken ye house of Israel] that is the next.1 The house of Israel, by that is meant the common people. Priests first, the house of Israel next, and the house of the King, that is last. And the house of Israel is set between the Priests and the house of the King upon this ground, because by these two, by the corruption of the Priests and the house of the King all was swayed: the cause of the evil of the people came from them both, partly from the Priests and partly from the house of the King: It came both ways to the people and between them both the people were undone.2 Let these two join in any sinful way in a Kingdom, the Priests and the house of the King, let them join and set up what they will in worship, the people will go that way they go. If but one of them be right there is a great deal of hope of much good, but woe to a ⟨p. 340⟩people when both of them are corrupt, when both Priests and the house of the King too are corrupt. If the house of the King should be corrupt, yet if the Priests and so the Ministers, if they kept up the truth and vigour and life of Religion, things would go reasonably well in a Kingdom, though Religion might be persecuted yet the life of it would not be taken away. Whatsoever Laws Magistrates did enact against the ways of God except Ministers be brought to comply those Laws will not be brought to prevail with the consciences of people, nor with their practices. Jeroboam and the other Princes saw it was in vain for them to think to prevail with the people except they could get the Priests to be for them, therefore it was the great de••gn of Jeroboam to get the Priests of his side, which he easily did, for all preferment came by him, he raised whom he would, and then because that their means and preferment lay upon him they would join with him in what way he went.
And hearken ye house of Israel] that is the next.1 The house of Israel, by that is meant the common people. Priests first, the house of Israel next, and the house of the King, that is last. And the house of Israel is set between the Priests and the house of the King upon this ground, because by these two, by the corruption of the Priests and the house of the King all was swaied: the cause of the evil of the people came from them both, partly from the Priests and partly from the house of the King: It came both waies to the people and between them both the people were undone.