A77979:660
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 2
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.
VER. 2. And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
THE Lord by hi• Prophet proceedeth in his charge against Israel for their Idolatry; And in the latter •nd of the 5. verse, he pronounceth the sentence against them.
THE Lord by hi• Prophet proceedeth in his •harge against Israel for their Idolatry; And in the latter •nd of the 5. verse, he pronounceth the sentence against them.
1. The continuance of their charge. The revolters are profound to make slaughter.
The revolters.] The Apostates, those who once worshipped me according unto what I required in the way of true worship; But they are revolted. The brand of a Revolter is an ignominious brand; Especially when God himself chargeth this upon any; Once you were thus and thus forward in the ways of God, but you are revolted, you are an apostates; there can be on blacker brand upon a people, upon a man than this is,