Burroughs, On Hosea, 1643-1651

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AN EXPOSITION OF The Prophesie of Hosea. Begun IN DIVERS LECTURES Upon the first three Chapters, At MICHEALS Cornhill, LONDON By JER: BURROUGHES. Inter omnia dona, donum verbi Dei est amplissimum: Si hac au- feras, solem è mundo sustulisti: Quid eris mundus, sublato, verbo, quam infernus? Luther. LONDON, Printed by W. E. and F. G. for R. Dawlman. MDCXLIII.
 
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations CONTINUED Upon the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Chapters of the PROPHESY OF HOSEA. Being first delivered in several LE-CTURES at Michaels Cornhil London. By Jeremiah Burroughs. Being the Fifth Book, published by Thomas Goodwyn, William Bridge, William Greenhil, John Yates, Sydrach Simson, Williams Adderly. LONDON, Printed for Peter Cole, at the sign of the Printing-Press in Cornhil, near the Royal Exchange, 1650.
 
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations CONTINUED Upon the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Chapters of the PROPHESY, OF HOSEA. Being First delivered in several LECTURES at Michaels Cornhil, LONDON. By Jeremial Burroughs. Being the Sixth Book published by Thomas Goodwin, William Bridge, William Greenhil, John Yates, Sydrach Simpson, Will. Adderly. LONDON: Printed by Peter Cole, at the sign of the Printing-Press in Cornhil, near the Royal Exchange. 1650.
 
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations CONTINUED Upon the Eleventh, Twelfth & Thir-teenth Chapters of the PROPHESY OF HOSEA Being First delivered in several LECTURES at Michaels Cornhil, LONDON. By Jeremiah Burroughs. Being the Seventh Book published by Thomas Goodwin, William Bridge, William Greenhil, John Yates, Sydrach Simpson, Will. Adderly. LONDON: Printed by Peter Cole, at the sign of the Printing-Press in Cornhil, near the Royal Exchange. 1651.
 
Four volumes in early (probably original) full speckled brown leather over boards, rebacked. Raised bands and author name and title labels on spines. Boards variably scuffed and chipped, mostly mild. Corners variably bumped or chipped. “BH” on two fore-edges. Red page edges. Ex Libris (William Brodie of Brodie) with book plate on each front paste down. Ink notation and name written in an early hand on front and rear blanks of vol 2. Some browning of edges of front and rear blanks. Very sparse marginal damp stain, toning, and focal worming (vol 3). Later blue ink notation on rear pastedown of vol 3. Otherwise clean, bright, and tight throughout, with strong hinges.
Beeke: “This mammoth exposition of Hosea is one of Burrough’s finest works. … Burroughs died before finishing the work, but two of his closest friends, Thomas Hall and Edward Reynolds, finished the commentary. Spurgeon called this work “masterly,” noting that it is “a vast treasure-house of experimental exposition.” No work on Hosea has since superseded this commentary.”
Beeke: Jeremiah Burroughs (or Burroughes), 1600-1646, attained his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in 1621 and 1624, respectively. His tutor was Thomas Hooker. He was a member of the Westminster Assembly and opposed the king’s Book of Sports (he was suspended from his post as rector of Tivetshall, Norfolk for refusing to obey injunctions regarding said book). From 1638 – 1640 he was teacher of a congregation of English Independents at Rotterdam in the Netherlands. From 1640 to his death in 1646 he was a popular preacher and leading Puritan in London, being a pastor of two of the largest congregation sin that city. He was a prolific writer and nearly all of his books are compilations of his sermons. As an Independent he tried to bring unity between Presbyterians and Brownists.
 
Vol 1: ffep, blank, title, (2), 750, rfep. Vol 2: ffep, blank, title, (22), 700, (16), blank, rfep. Vol 3: ffep, title, (26), 517, (15), rfep. Vol 4: ffep, title, (26), 570, (16), rfep