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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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Thus the Scripture is clear in it, and your experience is enough to confirm it. For a man that hath been a bondslave in the Galleys, and after he should be ransomed by the liberality of his friends here in England, if he should be taken and brought back again to the galleys, oh how tedious and grievous would it be! but if he had lived long here, and flourished and gotten preferment and lived bravely, and had grown a great Merchant, & then after this to be brought again to the galleys, how sad a thing would this be! it would be very terrible to him. If some of you that have been beggars heretofore,1 if God by some way or other should bring you to the same poverty you were in before, oh how tedious would it be! you would rather venture the loss of your souls and God and all, then be brought into such a condition, and we see it that many men that have been raised from a low estate to an high, are so afraid of returning to a low estate again, that they will ⟨p. 182⟩venture soul, and conscience, and God and all, rather then they will endanger themselves in the least degree in their estates.
Thus the Scripture is cleare in it, and your experience is enough to confirme it. For a man that hath beene a bondslave in the Gallies, and after he should be ransomed by the liberality of his friends here in England, if hee should be taken and brought back again to the gallies, oh how tedious and grievous would it be! but if he had lived long here, and flourished and gotten preferment and lived bravely, and had grown a great Merchant, & then after this to be brought againe to the gallies, how sad a thing would this be! it would be very terrible to him. If some of you that have beene beggars heretofore,1 if God by some way or other should bring you to the same poverty you were in before, oh how tedious would it be! you would rather venture the losse of your soules and God and all, then be brought into such a condition, and we see it that many men that have beene raised from a low estate to an high, are so afraid of returning to a low estate again, that they will ⟨p. 182⟩venture soule, and conscience, and God and all, rather then they will endanger themselves in the least degree in their estates.