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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. › Chapter 10 › Verse 12 › You shall sow in Righteousness.
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.
You shall sow in Righteousness.
Thus, Sow in Righteousness, it's a poor seed that we shall sow: now God doth not say, you shall reap in Righteousness, but in Mercy, from the mouth of Mercy. You take out of the mouth of the sack, and sow, but your poor proportion that you sow, when you come to reap (if you be faithful) you shall reap according to the proportion of Mercy, what is fit for a merciful God to do, what is suitable to the infiniteness of my Mercy, so you shall reap, not suitable to what you do and your proportion, but look what is suitable to the infiniteness of my mercy that you shall reap: It was so towards the Jews, if their obedience was but external, yet they should have mercy beyond their ⟨p. 450⟩outward obedience: but if it be applied to those that live in the times of the Gospel, indeed that which comes from you being so mixed as it is, is but poor, yet you may expect to reap,1 not according to what you do, but according to what may manifest the infinite mercy of an infinite God; every man that shall in the uprightness of his heart, that is never so weak, and is employed in very poor, and mean services, yet if their hearts be upright they shall not reap according to the meanness of the work, but look what glory and happiness is suitable for an infinite God in way of infinite Mercy to bestow, that they shall have in the mouth of Mercy, suitable to Mercy. Thus you have the meaning of the word.
Thus, Sow in Righteousness, it's a poor seed that we shall sow: now God doth not say, you shall reap in Righteousness, but in Mercy, from the mouth of Mercy. You take out of the mouth of the sack, and sow, but your poor proportion that you sow, when you come to reap (if you be faithful) you shall reap according to the proportion of Mercy, what is fit for a merciful God to do, what is sutable to the infiniteness of my Mercy, so you shall reap, not sutable to what you do and your proportion, but look what is sutable to the infiniteness of my mercy that you shall reap: It was so towards the Jews, if their obedience was but external, yet they should have mercy beyond their