...principles of his own government by allusions to that of a Family, and thus at the same time explained it? " When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my Son out of Egypt." " I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms ; but they knew not that I healed them. I...

...minds, upon the bare assertion and imagination of the writer. 111. -Hi. God says by the prophet Hosea, " When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my Son out of Egypt," ch. xi. 1. Now, this is not prediction, but narration. But when Matthew describes the flight of Joseph...

...been from of old, from everlasting."—Micah v.2. Hosea's Prophecy of Christ's Flight into Egypt. " When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt."—Hosea xi. 1. Znchar "tali's Prophecy of Christ's Riding into Jerusalem. " Rejoice greatly,...

...have I drawn the«, Jer. xxxi. 3. [Compare the word everlasting, in the original, with these words, when Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. Hos. xi. 1.] 1. Truly God is good to Israel, Ps. Ixxiii. 1. — This God is our God for ever and ever...

...of goodness, and the exertions of his Almighty power. Thus he signalised the children of Israel: " When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt" (Hos. ii. 1); and, " I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms ; but they knew not that...

...texts. Jer. xxxi. 9 : " For I am a father unto Israel. And Ephraim is my firstborn." Hosea xi. 1 : " When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt." And Christians, who believe in Jesus, and through him are brought nigh to God, are God's children and sons....

...represented as a dependent, confiding child, under the care and protection of an affectionate parent. " When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt." It is also represented in the tender and endearing relation of a spouse. " Thy Maker is thy husband...

...to Christ ; but this person is in the 4th verse evidently Israel. So the words in Hosea xi. 1 — " When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt," are applied by St. Matt, to Christ ;h but the context of Hosea xi shews, that the primary application...

...1 The ingratitude of Israel unto God for At» benefits. 5 His judgment. 8 God s mercy toward them. tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. 11 The t 2 As they called them, so they went from them : they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to...

...against him.' And it is observable, that what God spake, by his prophet Hosea, concerning Israel, ' When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt,' is by St. Matthew applied to Christ ; ' Joseph took tbf young child and his mother by night, and departed...