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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.
Secondly, They said, We feared not the Lord.
And observe:1 In times of prosperity when men have the favour and countenance of great Ones, then there is little fear of God among them. Now they said, We feared not the Lord. Oh! those times when we had the favour and countenance of great Men, there was little fear of God among us. So long ⟨p. 333⟩as men have any confidence in the Creature, so long they see no need of God, their hearts are swollen with pride, God is not in all their thoughts, they say to God, Depart from us, we do not desire the knowledge of thy Ways. They set their hearts and tongues against the God of Heaven, they can venture upon any thing then; to tell them it's sin against God, it's a poor dry business, it's nothing at all with them; how vile and foolish are the hearts of wicked men, that the enjoyment of such poor things as they have in the Creature should embolden their hearts against the great God of Heaven and Earth? yet thus it is, men little consider but even those things that their hearts do so much rest upon, they are absolutely at the dispose of this God whom their hearts do not fear.
And observe:1 In times of prosperity when men have the favor and countenance of great Ones, then there is little fear of God among them. Now they said, We feared not the Lord. Oh! those times when we had the favour and countenance of great Men, there was little fear of God among us. So long ⟨p. 333⟩as men have any confidence in the Creature, so long they see no need of God, their hearts are swollen with pride, God is not in all their thoughts, they say to God, Depart from us, we do not desire the knowledg of thy Waies. They set their hearts and tongues against the God of Heaven, they can venture upon any thing then; to tell them it's sin against God, it's a poor dry business, it's nothing at all with them; how vile and foolish are the hearts of wicked men, that the enjoyment of such poor things as they have in the Creature should imbolden their hearts against the great God of Heaven and Earth? yet thus it is, men little consider but even those things that their hearts do so much rest upon, they are absolutely at the dispose of this God whom their hearts do not fear.