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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.
Therefore (saith he) is Judgment far from us, 1neither doth Justice overtake us; we wait for light, but behold obscurity, for brightness, but we walk in darkness, 2(this light it is especially spoken of the light of Justice) as if they should say; the Land once indeed was dark, all the Courts of Judicature, and all the men that had places to judg in, they were darkness, and we had nothing but darkness; yea, but now we waited for light, we hoped now there would be Reformation, it's spoken after their many days of Fasting and Prayer,3 but yet behold darkness, behold oppression still, Oh! many who are come empty into places of power suck harder than some former Oppressors did? And what will be the end of these things? How many poor men travel many times far, expecting fruits of Justice, but they meet with Hemlock? they sigh and lift up their eyes and hearts to Heaven, sending up their moans to God, Lord, is this the fruit of our labour? do our hopes come to this? What, must we go home with sad hearts and be made a scorn and prey to those that are wicked round about us? Oh! these are sad moans at such times as these are.
Therefore (saith he) is Judgment far from us, 1neither doth Justice overtake us; we wait for light, but behold obscurity, for brightness, but we walk in darkness, 2(this light it is especially spoken of the light of Justice) as if they should say; the Land once indeed was dark, all the Courts of Judicature, and all the men that had places to judg in, they were darkness, and we had nothing but darkness; yea, but now we waited for light, we hoped now there would be Reformation, it's spoken after their many daies of Fasting and Prayer,3 but yet behold darkness, behold oppression still, Oh! many who are come empty into places of power suck harder than some former Oppressors did? And what will be the end of these things? How many poor men travel many times far, expecting fruits of Justice, but they meet with Hemlock? they sigh and lift up their eyes and hearts to Heaven, sending up their moans to God, Lord, is this the fruit of our labor? do our hopes come to this? What, must we go home with sad hearts and be made a scorn and prey to those that are wicked round about us? Oh! these are sad moans at such times as these are.