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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 › It is time to seek the Lord.
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.
Never any Nation in the world had a greater opportunity §1for seeking God and honouring of him than we have had; we were like to have been befooled of our opportunity of getting mercy from God: but the Lord hath given it us again, and betrusted us with an opportunity again after it was got even out of our hands; Oh! let us then catch hold of it now, and bless God that we have it even restored to us again, and let it be a strong argument upon us now to seek the Lord, seeing we have an opportunity yet to do it, we have the liberty of his Ordinances more fully than ever, let us not be befooled of it.
Never any Nation in the world had a greater opportunity §1for seeking God and honoring of him than we have had; we were like to have been befool'd of our opportunity of getting mercy from God: but the Lord hath given it us again, and betrusted us with an opportunity again after it was got even out of our hands; Oh! let us then catch hold of it now, and bless God that we have it even restor'd to us again, and let it be a strong argument upon us now to seek the Lord, seeing we have an opportunity yet to do it, we have the liberty of his Ordinances more fully than ever, let us not be befool'd of it.
And certainly it is time in a more special manner now §2for us, because that things are in so great a confusion, that every body is at their wits end almost: alas our wise Counsel that is at the stern, yet they are fain to depend upon mere providences, and casualties, and the truth is, there is such a confusion of things, that if God should say to the wisest man in the Land, Well, do you contrive which way you think things should be best, and I'll do according to your contrivance, they could scarce tell what to say, or what to determine of, if God should leave it to them: such a confusion there is, that in a rational way you could not tell how to determine of things, Is it not time to seek the Lord then?