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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.
Again, We see here; how large the Spirit of God is in expressions of the particulars: I will be as the dew unto Israel, and he shall grow as the Lilly: and cast forth his roots as Lebanon: his branches shall spread, and his beauty be large, &c. Whereunto tends all this largeness of expression? God doth it in mercy unto us, who especially need it, being in a distressed, disconsolate estate. Therefore they are not words wastefully spent; we may marvel sometimes in Isaiah, and so in some other Prophets, to see the same things in substance so often repeated (though with variety of lively expressions) as it is (for the most part) the manner of every Prophet? Surely, because it is useful and profitable, the people of God need it. There is, nor never was any man in a drooping sinking condition, but he desires line upon line, word upon word, promise upon promise, expression upon expression.
Againe, We see here; how large the Spirit of God is in expressions of the particulars: I will be as the dew unto Israell, and hee shall grow as the Lilly: and cast forth his rootes as Lebanon: his branches shall spread, and his beauty be large, &c. Whereunto tends all this largenesse of expression? God doth it in mercy unto us, who especially need it, being in a distressed, disconsolate estate. Therefore they are not words wastfully spent; we may marvaile sometimes in Isaiah, and so in some other Prophets, to see the same things in substance so often repeated (though with variety of lively expressions) as it is (for the most part) the manner of every Prophet? Surely, because it is usefull and profitable, the people of God need it. There is, nor never was any man in a drouping sinking condition, but he desires line upon line, word upon word, promise upon promise, expression upon expression.
Object. One would think, is not a word of God sufficient?
Object. One would thinke, is not a word of God sufficient?