A30574:1426
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.
Sow in Righteousness: that is, (saith Hierom upon the place) Sow in the Law, in obedience to the Law, and reap in the Grace of the Gospel; that's his Interpretation; you shall sow in the works of the Law, and reap in the Gospel. This is far fetched.
Sow in Righteousness: that is, (saith Hierom upon the place) Sow in the Law, in obedience to the Law, and reap in the Grace of the Gospel; that's his Interpretation; you shall sow in the works of the Law, and reap in the Gospel. This is far fetcht.
I find Luther upon the place, as Hierom goes somewhat too legal, (so Luther) because his heart was much in the Gospel; and he brings all Scriptures to the uttermost he can for expressing the Grace of the Gospel, he goes somewhat at the furthest the other way:
Sow in Righteousness: what's the seeds of Righteousness? that is,1 saith he, The Doctrine of the Gospel tendering the Righteousness of Jesus Christ: the attending unto this Doctrine of the Gospel, and embracing this, that there is Righteousness in Jesus Christ alone, this is sowing in Righteousness: for (saith he) what other Righteousness is there but this? When Reason would come to the highest degree of Righteousness, ⟨p. 443⟩what is it that it doth, only this, to conclude Righteousness to be, to depart from evil, and do things that are good, but what Righteousness is this? But the Scripture Righteousness is this: for a man to know that he hath no good at all in himself, that all his evil is pardoned in Jesus Christ, this is the Righteousness of the Gospel, and this is the seed, the seed of all good works: I name this, though I can hardly think that this is the scope of the Prophet at this time, yet there is a very good meditation from this which I see that useful man in the Church of God [Luther] goes on in, saith he, What madness and blindness in the Adversary is there, that will urge people to sow, and yet they do reject and cast off this seed that they should sow? That is the Doctrine of the imputation of the Righteousness of Christ by faith, why saith he, in all Pulpits there's crying out to men for good works, that they would sow in Righteousness, but (saith he) where have they their seed? The thing certainly is an excellent truth that he hath upon the place: how vain is it for men to be taught to sow good works till they have got the seed? And the seed of all good works is, The Righteousness that we have by Jesus Christ; and therefore he falls a rebuking those that shall blame the Doctrine of the Gospel as the means of licentiousness, saith he, there's a great many when we preach of the Righteousness of Jesus Christ, think that we preach licentiousness, and that men may live as they list, it's quite contrary, when we preach the Righteousness of Jesus Christ, we preach the seed of all good works, and those that have this seed, good works will come out of them. But saith he further, They would have Righteousness, but what?