DISCOURSE: 1169 CHRIST CALLED OUT OF EGYPT Hosea 11:1. _When Israel was a child, then I loved him; and called my Son out of Egypt_. WITHOUT supposing a primary and secondary sense of Scripture, it is impossible to interpret the prophetic writings, so as to make them accord with the construction put... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1170 THE MANNER IN WHICH GOD DRAWS HIS PEOPLE Hosea 11:4. _I drew them with of a man, with bands of love_. THE doctrine of Divine influences is generally considered as enthusiastic and absurd. But though we grant that there is much in it which is above our comprehension, there is nothing... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1171 GOD’S COMPASSION Hosea 11:7. _My people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt him: [yet] how shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim?... [ Continue Reading ]