A30574:1241
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.
6. God hath promised to direct the humble,1 therefore come with humility in your counsels, and be sure in what is right to follow: and then you may with the more confidence expect God should help you in other things.
- 16. Be humble.
7. Consult with indifferent judgment.
8. If the thing touch others, think what we would §8have if we were in their case.
9. Whether it may not cost too dear, though good.§9 Consider whether the attaining of it, though good, may not occasion so much evil, as it is not worth it: if it be not of present necessity (non deliberand. de necessariis) the rubs attending it may show it is not good at this time, or not thus, or not for me.