A30574:1238
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
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4. In your Counsels (especially in matters of Religion) be sure to look at the Word; 1and think not thus, In way of reason and prudence such a way were better, and would conduce for peace: As I remember Luther hath such an expression, Reason is a most deadly enemy even to Faith, it is dangerous to reason matter of Faith. And so in the matters of the Worship of God, there's a great deal of danger. Keep to the Word therefore in all your Counsels, and labour for sincerity of heart in all your Counsels: this is that ⟨p. 401⟩that makes men miscarry in their Counsels, their hearts are biassed with some lust or other, and therefore when any thing is spoken to them that is suitable to what they have a mind to, that they embrace; and if any thing be spoken to them that is otherwise, that they reject: Oh! it's just with God to answer thee according to the Idol that is set up in thy own heart.
4. In your Counsels (especially in matters of Religion) be sure to look at the Word; 1and think not thus, In way of reason and prudence such a way were better, and would conduce for peace: As I remember Luther hath such an expression, Reason is a most deadly enemy even to Faith, it is dangerous to reason matter of Faith. And so in the matters of the Worship of God, there's a great deal of danger. Keep to the Word therefore in all your Counsels, and labor for sincerity of heart in all your Counsels: this is that ⟨p. 401⟩that makes men miscarry in their Counsels, their hearts are byassed with some lust or other, and therefore when any thing is spoken to them that is sutable to what they have a mind to, that they imbrace; and if any thing be spoken to them that is otherwise, that they reject: Oh! it's just with God to answer thee according to the Idol that is set up in thy own heart.
- 14. Look at the Word, especially in matters of Religion.