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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 7
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 their portions.] I find the Seventy translate it, Cleros, 1their lots. And it may be turned, their lots, upon this ground, because in the division of the land of Canaan, that which they had for their estates, was given unto the ten Tribes at first by Lot. Well saith God, I did give you your estates by such a special providence of mine, by lot; but though I did in another ⟨p. 434⟩way measure out your estates than I do measure out the estates of any men upon the earth, yet a month shall devour your Lot, all that you had in that way of my special providence it shall now be devoured. From thence then the Note is this, and of exceeding use to us, That 2The more special the providence of God is toward us, in bringing any mercy to us, the more grievous is it after, if God be provoked in his judgment to come and take that away from us.
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- 2Obser.
That mercy that I had by a special hand of Gods providence, that I can relate Gods providence how it wrought about from this passage to the other passage, how strangely the Lord did work about His ends, to bestow such a mercy and such a mercy upon me; Well, thou canst speak of Gods providence and bless His Name, thou dost well in it, but take then heed thou dost not abuse that mercy that thou enjoyest by the special hand of Gods providence; take heed of provoking God to come and devour that mercy. So it is threatened here, a month shall devour their portion, their estates that they had by special lot it shall now come to be destroyed because of their sin.