A30572:1071
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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Thus then we see that so long as Gods people be Gods people, though they may be brought to great troubles (we cannot be secured from troubles) yet still there is mercy for them; so long as they are his people, so long as the knot is between God and them, and they are in Covenant, there is mercy for them. But now when they are cast off, now there cometh an and, I will do thus and thus, bring them into these extremities, and I will show no mercy to them, there shall be judgement without mercy. The observation then from hence is,1 when God cometh upon the wicked with wrath, he cometh with pure wrath. Wrath without mixture of mercy, and this is intolerable. We have a remarkable place for this Isa. 7. 5. An evil (saith the Text) an only evil, 2behold it is coming. Mark, there may come an evil to the people of God, that which materially is evil, but it can never be said of Gods people that an evil, an only evil is coming: If an evil come, there cometh a great good together with that evil: but now it is upon the wicked, an evil, & an only evil is coming. God threateneth Psal. 75. 8. that he hath a cup in his hand, full of mixture, the mixture of that is an aggravation of the wrath that is in it: but here there is a cup in Gods hand without mixture, and the want of mixture is the aggravation of the evil of this cup.
Thus then we see that so long as Gods people be Gods people, though they may be brought to great troubles (we cannot be secured from troubles) yet still there is mercie for them; so long as they are his people, so long as the knot is between God and them, and they are in Covenant, there is mercie for them. But now when they are cast off, now there commeth an and, I will doe thus and thus, bring them into these extremities, and I will shew no mercy to them, there shall be judgement without mercie. The observation then from hence is,1 when God commeth upon the wicked with wrath, hee cometh with pure wrath. Wrath without mixture of mercie, and this is intolerable. We have a remarkable place for this