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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.
1. You have set down, The cause of all, which follows: God by his gracious Spirit will be as the Dew unto Israel.
1. You have set downe, The cause of all, which followes: God by his gratious Spirit will bee as the Dew unto Israell.
2. And then upon that, the prosperous success this Dew of Gods Spirits hath in them, They shall grow as the Lillie.
2. And then upon that, the prosperous successe this Dew of Gods Spirits hath in them, They shall grow as the Lillie.
Object. 1 J but the Lilly grows, but hath no stability: every thing that grows is not well rooted. Therefore, he adds in the second place, They shall cast out their roots as Lebanon, that is, with growth they shall have stability: not only grow in height speedily, but also grow fast in the root with firmness.
Object. 1 J but the Lilly growes, but hath no stability: every thing that growes is not well rooted. Therefore, hee adds in the second place, They shall cast out their rootes as Lebanon, that is, with growth they shall have stability: not onely grow in hight speedily, but also grow fast in the roote with firmenesse.