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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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First,1 That a man may do that which God commandeth, and yet not obey God. He may do that which God would have done, and yet not please God. He may do what God requireth, and yet serve himself therein, and not God.
First,1 That a man may doe that which God commandeth, and yet not obey God. He may doe that which God would have done, and yet not please God. He may doe what God requireth, and yet serve himselfe therein, and not God.
- 1Obser. 1.
Secondly,1 A carnal heart is contented to go so far in Gods commands as will serve his own turn, but there he stoppeth. So far as might serve the bringing up of Jehu to the Crown of Israel, 2to the setting of him on the Throne, so far he goeth in the way of Gods command, but no further. Such a heart is like to the hand of a rusty dial: Suppose a rusty dial hath the hand stand (as now) at ten of the clock, come and look upon it now, and it seemeth to go right, but it is not from any inward right frame of the clock it doth so, but by accident; for stay till after ten, and come again at eleven or twelve and it standeth still as before at ten. So let God command any thing that may hit with a mans own ends, with his own way, and be suitable to him, and a man seems to be very obedient to God; but let God go on further, and require something else, something that will not serve his turn, that will not agree with his own ends, and here God may seek for a servant, as for him he will go no further.
Secondly,1