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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.
That it is an honour for men to labour and go through difficulties for God while others are labouring for taking their ease: 1Be not troubled that you see other people can take liberty to themselves to provide for their estates and comings in,2 and to live bravely, Doth God give you an heart in the mean time to be willing to go through hard work for God? Envy not at them, thou art in the better condition, thou art ploughing for God; while they are providing for their own ease, thou art doing God service, and they are only providing for themselves, Oh! thou art far the happier man, the happier woman.
That it is an honor for men to labor and go through difficulties for God while others are laboring for taking their ease: 1Be not troubled that you see other people can take liberty to themselves to provide for their estates and comings in,2 and to live bravely, Doth God give you an heart in the mean time to be willing to go through hard work for God? Envie not at them, thou art in the better condition, thou art plowing for God; while they are providing for their own ease, thou art doing God service, and they are only providing for themselves, Oh! thou art far the happier man, the happier woman.
- 1Obs. 1.
- 2Use for workers.
And then in the second place,1 Take the ploughing for the hard things they suffered for God, aswell as the hard things they did for God. Then the Note of Observation is this: