An exposition of the prophecy of Hosea begun in divers lectures upon the first…An exposition of the prophesie of Hosea begun in divers lectures vpon the first…

Is it not so with many of you? when God hath brought you low, you seem to be humble, and meek, and quiet then, and then you are content with every thing, and prize every little mercy. Oh the tenth, the hundred part of ⟨p. 184⟩that will not serve your turn now, you would have been glad of then, and blessed God if you had had it; But now you know not your selves, your hearts are raised up as: your estates are. Well it is good for you to look to the condition that once you were in, when you were low; As we read of Agath•cles, that King, that was a Potters son, and after advanced to a kingdom, he would always be served at his table in earthen vessels, to put him in mind of that condition he was in before: certainly if in any place in England it be seasonable to speak of this, it is here in London, where many that have been Potters children, and in a low degree, have been raised up high, and have gotten great estates. Let them remember in what condition once they were, that they may be humbled, and so may prevent that danger of being brought thither again. Many put others in mind of it in a taunting way, I know what you were not long ago, I know what your father was, &c. But do you put your own souls in mind of this in an humbling way? This is the way to continue mercies.

Is it not so with many of you? when God hath brought you low, you seeme to be humble, and meek, and quiet then, and then you are content with every thing, and prize every little mercie. Oh the tenth, the hundreth part of ⟨p. 184⟩that will not serve your turne now, you vvould have been glad of then, and blessed God if you had had it; But now you know not your selves, your hearts are raised up as: your estates are. VVell it is good for you to looke to the condition that once you were in, vvhen you were low; As vve reade of Agath•cles, that King, that was a Potters sonne, and after advanced to a kingdom, he vvould alwayes be served at his table in earthen vessels, to put him in mind of that condition he was in before: certainly if in any place in England it be seasonable to speake of this, it is here in London, where many that have been Potters children, and in a low degree, have been raised up high, and have gotten great estates. Let them remember in what condition once they were, that they may be humbled, and so may prevent that danger of being brought thither again. Many put others in mind of it in a taunting vvay, I know vvhat you were not long agoe, I know vvhat your father vvas, &c. But doe you put your own soules in mind of this in an humbling way? This is the vvay to continue mercies.