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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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Fourthly,1 Plead with your mother, plead. It is a […] of forensecall word, and carrieth with it such a kind of pleading, as must be a convincing, a powerful pleading. God loveth to have people dealt withal in a convincing way. The Lord doth not cry out to the Prophet or to these other good people that were free from that Idolatry that the people of Israel were generally corrupted withal, he doth not say, I say, bid them go and terrify them, and cry out of the• […] speak bitterly unto them; but […] and plead• the cause with them, seek to convince them, doc not go and […] upon […] […] them.
Fourthly,1 Plead with your mother, pleade. It is a 〈…〉 of forensecall word, and carrieth with it such a kinde of pleading, as must be a convincing, a powerfull pleading. God loveth to have people dealt withall in a convincing way. The Lord doth not cry out to the Prophet or to these other good people that were free from that Idolatry that the people of Israel were generally corrupted withall, he doth not say, I say, bid them go and terrifie them, and cry out of the• 〈…〉 speake bitterly unto them; but 〈…〉 and plead• the cause with them, seeke to convince them, doc not goe and 〈…〉 upon 〈…〉 〈…〉 them.
- 1Obs, 4.
God loveth to have people dealt withal in a convincing way, Let not therefore any think it enough either Minister or other, that they can speak terribly to people, and cry out of the sins of the people, but let them labour to convince them, to deal with them as rational creatures, and to take away their secret objections and their secret shifts, and to make their sins plain before their consciences. A convincing Preacher and a convincing Christian is such a one as may be very useful, and do abundance of good to the Church of God.