John Trapp on Hosea 13:5

Verſe 5. I knew thee in the wilderneſſe, in a place of great drought,] In terra torridiſſima, where I gave thee pluviam eſcatilem & petram aquatilem as Tertullian phraſeth it, where I gave thee bread from heaven, ſet the flint abroach,Tert. de patientiae. Pſal. 78.20, 24 kept thy clothes whole and fit, kept back thine enemies, led thee by a pillar of cloud, ſent thee in fleſh at Even, and bread in the Morning, ſerved thee as never Prince was ſerved in his greateſt pomp. And wilt thou yet kiſſe the calf, qui te nec ſervat, nec ſatiat, ut ego? who neither ſaveth thee, nor ſatisfieth thee, as I have done? not ſuffering thee to lack any thing, Deut. 2.7? but crowning thee with loving kindneſſe, and tender mercies: inſomuch as Moſes ſtands amazed at it, and cries out, Happy art thou O Iſrael! who is like unto thee, O people ſaved of the Lord, &c. Deut. 33.29.