I beg the Reader to remark with me, how much the Prophet dwells in all his Sermons, upon that feature of character which is so lovely and gracious; I mean the Lord Jesus being the Husband of his people. Though Israel had gone a whoring from her God; and worthless, and base as this was, yet, Reader, do not overlook the Lord's grace in Israel's unworthiness. Israel could not have been charged with this crime of unfaithfulness, had not the Lord been her Husband. And while we find the Lord lamenting this perfidy of his spouse, as he doth continually in those scriptures, can there be a higher proof than that the Lord, through the whole of his complaints, is manifesting grace that Israel may return? Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 3:1. Oh! how truly blessed is such a view of Jesus!
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Hosea 9:1-2
1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
2 The floor and the winepressa shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.