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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of the prophesy of Hosea being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the seventh book published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of the prophesy of Hosea being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhil, London / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the seventh book published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1650
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 10 › Verse 1 › He bringeth forth fruit to himself.
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if God doth afford to us some wages for what we do, let not us take the greater part unto our selves, let Solomon have the thousand, and let us be contented if we may have two hundred; but ordinarily we take the greater sum, and return the less to God in any fruit:1 but if you observe the 12. verse, the difference between Solomons Vineyard, and Christs Vineyard, Solomon let out his Vineyard, But my Vineyard, which is mine: and there is noted this difference, That Jesus Christ he takes the care of his own Vineyard, he doth not let it out. And therefore if we have any thing,2 we must not have it so much for our wages as free gift, for Christ doth not let out his Vineyard as Solomon did, but he keeps it and dresses it himself,3 and therefore it is fit that he should have all the fruit. In Isa. 61. 3. That they might be called, trees of Righteousness, the Planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. Such should the Saints be, they should bring forth fruits unto God.4 And in Philip. 1. 11. Being filled with the fruits of Righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. So should the Saints be, and all the fruits they bear.
if God doth afford to us some wages for what we do, let not us take the greater part unto our selves, let Solomon have the thousand, and let us be contented if we may have two hundred; but ordinarily we take the greater sum, and return the less to God in any fruit:1 but if you observe the 12. verse, the difference between Solomons Vinyard, and Christs Vinyard, Solomon let out his Vinyard, But my Vinyard, which is mine: and there is noted this difference, That Jesus Christ he takes the care of his own Vinyard, he doth not let it out. And therefore if we have any thing,2