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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Virgil he hath a very fine expression of the Idolater toward his Idol there: 1We now make thee but of Marble, but if so be our flock doth increase, and we have as many Lambs as we have Sheep, we will make thee of Gold.
Virgil he hath a very fine expression of the Idolater toward his Idol there: 1We now make thee but of Marble, but if so be our flock doth encrease, and we have as many Lambs as we have Sheep, we will make thee of Gold.
- 1Nunc te marm•r•a pro tempore fecimuis, at tu, si foetura gregem suppleveris aureus esto.
And thus the true worshippers of God should do in their service to God, that must be proportionable; if they be able to bestow but Marble for the present, if God raises their Estates, their Marble is to be turned into Gold, and not only in regard of their Estates,1 but of the Gifts, and Means they have, any Abilities; know that that which God will accept of when thou art low in thy Gifts, and Means, and Parts, it will not serve turn when God increases thee in thy Gifts, and Means, and Parts. Have you more than others? Account it your shame that it should be said of any in the world, That there is such an one that hath less mercies than I, and yet God hath more service from him than he hath from me. There is no proportion between many of your increases for God, and your increases from God. Now you must look to the proportion to make it as exact as can be, my increase from God, and my increase for God; Oh! be often paralleling these two together, and see whether one do not come longer than mother; and be not at rest, Oh Christian! except thou canst make thy ends be even: Those who are rich, must be rich in good works.