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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
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › CHAP. VIII. › Verse 4 › They set up Kings, but not by me
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,1 To do that which God would have done, yet if we do not know that it is Gods mind, we sin against God: Though we do the thing that God would have done in ⟨p. 18⟩His secret will, yet we sin against God, if we know it not to be His revealed will. Now no action can be good, but that which is done; not only materially good, but formally also, that is which is done in obedience to God; And that shows the dangerous condition of ignorant people, all their actions are sin because they know not Gods mind in them.2
Secondly,1 To do that which God would have done, yet if we do not know that it is Gods mind, we sin against God: Though we do the thing that God would have done in ⟨p. 18⟩His secret will, yet we sin against God, if we know it not to be His revealed will. Now no action can be good, but that which is done; not only materially good, but formally also, that is which is done in obedience to God; And that shews the dangerous condition of ignorant people, all their actions are sin because they know not Gods mind in them.2
- 1Obs. 2.
- 2Misery of Ignoran•s.
Thirdly,1 To go about great businesses without consulting with God, it is sin. Even the Heathens were conscious of this, therefore Pullius Scipio would never go out about any great business but would go to the Capitol to pray to the gods.