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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.
Let no men boast they live more at ease than others. 1Others suffer more hardship than thou; do not think that God loves thee more than others: God loved Judah at this time more than Ephraim, and yet Ephraim lived bravely, and prevailed over Judah, and Judah was brought under in such a manner as this; Judah was Gods true Church, and Israel did apostatize from God, and yet one had more outward prosperity than the other.2 Thus many times those upon whom Gods heart is more set, they suffer hard afflictions: And those that Gods heart is not so much upon, they enjoy their prosperity.
- 1Obs. 2.
- 2Us. for the afflicted.
Oh!1 I beseech you consider of this point; for at this day, how many of our Brethren in the Western parts, Oh! the Plowers have ploughed deep furrows upon their backs, ⟨p. 440⟩while we have been here (as it were) treading out the Corn; let not us think that God loves us more than them, they may be more dear to God than we; Judah was far more dear to God than Israel, and yet Israel must live jocundly and bravely.
Oh!1 I beseech you consider of this point; for at this day, how many of our Brethren in the Western parts, Oh! the Plowers have plowed deep furrows upon their backs, ⟨p. 440⟩while we have been here (as it were) treading out the Corn; let not us think that God loves us more than them, they may be more dear to God than we; Judah was far more dear to God than Israel, and yet Israel must live jocundly and bravely.