The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #191
191. Internal Meaning of Hosea, Chapter 8
1-7 They have perverted the church; they have turned its goods and truths into evils and falsities. (3)
8-11 By reasonings from the natural man they have put off everything of the church, (3)
12-14 and also everything of the worship of the church; therefore they cannot but perish. (3)