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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…
An exposition of the prophecy of Hosea begun in divers lectures upon the first three chapters, at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jer. Burroughs.An exposition of the prophesie of Hosea begun in divers lectures vpon the first three chapters, at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jer. Burroughes.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1652
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For us not to look back to Gods former mercies, it goeth to the very heart of God. God hath an expression that it frets him to the very heart: You have it in Ezek. 16. 43. Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things. It is a thing that frets God at his heart to see a people so unworthy of mercy, when God cometh in such ways of mercy to them as he doth. My brethren, God hath done great things for us whatsoever others say and think: Let them murmur, and repine, and say what they will, let us say God hath done great things for us: Let us lay to heart the condition we lately were in, that so we may be stirred up now to seek after God, that we may never be brought into that condition any more, if they would have it again, much good may it do them, but for us let it be our care to seek God, and to use all lawful means to prevent our bringing back to it again.
For us not to look back to Gods former mercies, it goeth to the very heart of God. God hath an expression that it frets him to the very heart: You have it in Ezek. 16. 43. Because thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth, but hast fret•ed me in all these things. It is a thing that frets God at his heart to see a people so unworthy of mercie, when God commeth in such wayes of mercie to them as he doth. My brethren, God hath done great things for us whatsoever others say and thinke: Let them murmure, and repine, and say what they will, let us say God hath done great things for us: Let us lay to heart the condition we lately vvere in, that so we may be stirred up now to seeke after God, that wee may never be brought into that condition any more, if they would have it again, much good may it do them, but for us let it be our care to seeke God, and to use all lawfull meanes to prevent our bringing back to it again.
For even the very straits we now are in are an aggravation of our former misery and present mercy, it should not therefore make our former misery or present mercy seem less, but greater.