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The returning backslider, or, A commentary upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy…The returning backslider, or, A commentarie upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy…
The returning backslider, or, A commentary upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy of the prophet Hosea Wherein is showed the large extent of Gods free mercy, even unto the most miserable forlorn and wretched sinners that may be, upon their humiliation and repentance. Preached by that learned and judicious divine, Dr. Sibbs, late preacher to the honourable society of Gray's Inn, and master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge. Published by his own permission before his death.The returning backslider, or, A commentarie upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy of the prophet Hosea Wherein is shewed the large extent of Gods free mercy, even unto the most miserable forlorne and wretched sinners that may be, upon their humiliation and repentance. Preached by that learned and judicious divine, Dr. Sibbs, late preacher to the honourable society of Grayes Inne, and master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge. Published by his owne permission before his death.
London: printed by George for George Edwards, 1639
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Observ. That God will turn away his Anger upon Repentance.
Observ. That God will turne away his Anger upon Repentance.
When there is this course taken (formerly mentioned) to turn unto the Lord & to sue for pardon: to vow Reformation, Ashur shall not save us, and a through reformation of the particular sin; and when there is wrought in the heart faith to rely on Gods mercy, as the Father of the Fatherless, in whom they find mercy: then Gods Anger is turned away. God upon Repentance will turn away his Anger. The point is clear, we see when the Lord hath threatened many grievous judgements and plagues for for sin, one upon the neck of another, denounced with all variety of expressions in the most terrible manner: yet after all that thundering, Deut. 28. & 29. It follows, And it shall come to pass when all these things are come upon thee; 1the Blessings and the Curses which I have set before thee: and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations whether the Lord thy God hath driven thee: and shalt return unto the ⟨p. 189⟩Lord thy God, &c. That then the Lord thy God will turn thy Captivity, and have compassion upon thee, &c. After Repentance, you see the promise comes presently after: not that the one is the meritorious cause of the other; but there is an order of things, God will have the one come with the other: where there is not sense of sin and humiliation, and thence prayer to God for pardon, with reformation and trusting in his Mercy; there the anger of God abides still. But where these are, His anger is turned away. God hath established his order, that the one of these must still follow the other.
When there is this course taken (formerly mentioned) to turne unto the Lord & to sue for pardon: to vow Reformation, Ashur shall not save us, and a through reformation of the particular sinne; and when there is wrought in the heart faith to rely on Gods mercy, as the Father of the Fatherlesse, in whom they finde mercy: then Gods Anger is turned away. God upon Repentance will turne away his Anger. The point is cleere, wee see when the Lord hath threatned many grievous judgements and plagues for for sinne, one upon the neck of another, denounced with all variety of expressions in the most terrible manner: yet after all that thundering,