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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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Lastly, You are not my people, and I will not be your God. Hence learn this.
When any forsake God from being their God,1 we should do as God doth, reject them from being ours, if they will not be Gods, neither should they be ours: will not such a man have acquaintance with God, will he forsake him and his ways, then he shall not have our acquaintance, we will forsake him. How far we may withdraw from a Church that it shall not be ours, we shall fully meet with all in the second Chap. somewhat will be said about it there: Only now thus much, though it be true when a people forsake God, we are to forsake them, yet let them grow never so wicked, our natural and civill relations cannot be broken because of their wickedness; but the relations of husband and wife, father and child, master and servant must be acknowledged: servants must be dutiful to their masters though never so wicked; And the wife must be loving and dutiful to her husband, though he be never so wicked a man. But for any inward intimate familiarity with those, not thus joined in such Relations, ought not to be; if they reject God, if they will not be Gods, they should not be ours. It is said Job. 8, 20. That ⟨p. 70⟩God will not take the ungodly by the hand; It should be true of us all, we should not take the ungodly by the hand.
When any forsake God from being their God,1 we should do as God doth, reject them from being ours, if they will not be Gods, neither should they be ours: will not such a man have acquaintance with God, will he forsake him and his wayes, then he shall not have our acquaintance, we will forsake him. How far we may withdraw from a Church that it shall not be ours, we shal fully meet with all in the second Chap. somewhat will be said about it there: Onely now thus much, though it be true when a people forsake God, we are to forsake them, yet let them grow never so wicked, our natural and civill relations cannot be broken because of their wickednesse; but the relations of husband and wife, father and childe, master and servant must be acknowledged: servants must be dutiful to their masters though never so wicked; And the wife must be loving and dutiful to her husband, though he be never so wicked a man. But for any inward intimate familiarity with those, not thus joyned in such Relations, ought not to be; if they reject God, if they will not be Gods, they should not be ours. It is said