...tells us that the flight into Egypt was prophesied of by Hosea. (ch. xi. 1.) The words there are, " When ISRAEL was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt." Even if there be a mystical sense in this passage, it can scarcely be used as evidence. No unbeliever,...

...out of Egypt is represented by Matthew (ii. 15) as a fulfilment of that declaration of Hosea — 1" When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son ml of Egypt." (xi. 1.) And the fact, that in the sufferings of Christ not a bone of him was broken,...

...Egypt have I called my son. " This passage is in the book of Hosea, chap. xi. ver. 1. The words are, ' When Israel was a child then I loved him and called my son out of Egypt—As they called them, so they went from them, they sacrificed unto Baalam and burnt incense...

...shall eat unclean things in Assyria. As for Samaria, her King is cut off, as the foam upon the water. When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out o£ Egypt, He shall not return into the Land of Egypt, THE ASSYRIAN SHALL BE HIS KING. Ephraim compasseth...

...Egypt have I called my son." This passage is in the hook of Hosea, chap. xi. ver. 1. The words are, " When Israel was a child then I loved him and called my son out of Egypt — As they called them, so they went from them, they sacrificed unto Baalim and hurnt incense to graven...

...have I called my son." " This passage is in the book of Hosea, chap. xi. rer. 1 . The words are, " When Israel was a child, then I loved him and called my son out of Egypt — As they called them, so they went from them, they sacrificed unto Baalim and burnt incense to graven...

...his sons. Dent. xiv. I. " Ye are the children of the LORD your God." The same in Hosea, xi. I. '• When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt," &c. Thus in Jeremiah, xxxi. 20. " Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake...

...Scriptures the " Son of God." The passage of Hosea thus runs from chapter xi. vers. 1st to the 3d : " When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my Son out of Egypt. As they called them, so they went from them : they sacri263 ficed unto Baalim, and burnt incense to...

...forget, yet will I not forget thee." In the chapter of the text he appears as a most kind father: " When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt." A little after, as a nurse — (wondrous condescension!) : — " I taught Ephraim also to go, taking...

...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 the young child and his mother by night, and departed...