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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 9
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.
IN the words before you heard that the Lord by the Prophet did not only threaten war, but summon the Cities of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, as if war were at the gates. But what if troubles do come, we shall do well enough, they will have an end, and blow over again, we shall wear them out: we have been delivered out of great troubles and so we may be out of these. No, 'tis otherwise now, Ephraim shall now be desolate, Ephraim (that is the ten Tribes) shall be desolate; Leshamnne, 1the word signifies a most stupendous thing, the the hand of God shall be upon them even to amazement, they shall come into desolation, in the time of his rebuke, in the day of his trouble: The words are plain; the Notes from them are these.
IN the words before you heard that the Lord by the Prophet did not only threaten war, but summon the Cities of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, as if war were at the gates. But what if troubles do come, we shall do well enough, they will have an end, and blow over again, we shall wear them out: we have been delivered out of great troubles and so we may be out of these. No, 'tis otherwise now, Ephraim shall now be desolate, Ephraim (that is the ten Tribes) shall be desolate; Leshamnne, 1the word signifies a most stupendious thing, the the hand of God shall be upon them even to amazement, they shall come into desolation, in the time of his rebuke, in the day of his trouble: The words are plain; the Notes from them are these.
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That the day of Gods peoples affliction, is the day of their rebuke. Obs. 1 See this proved in Numb. 12.14. Moses saith: If her father had spit in her face should she not be ashamed: When God afflicts His people, he doth as it were spit in their faces: and ought not