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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.
By Righteousness is meant,1 First, That God will deliver them from oppression, that though they have unrighteous dealing with men, yet they shall have righteous dealing with him. And this is a great mercy to a people that God shall undertake that there shall be nothing but righteous dealings betwixt them and himself.
- 1Righteousness, what?
Secondly, By Righteousness is meant, The fruit of Gods faithfulness in the fulfilling of all those promises of his for good unto them, wherein the Lord doth stile himself Righteous. (Saith he) If you will now plough up your fallow ground, and seek the Lord, the Lord will deliver you from oppression, and the Lord will make good all his faithfulness to you, according to all that good word that he hath promised.
Secondly, By Righteousness is meant, The fruit of Gods faithfulness in the fulfilling of all those promises of his for good unto them, wherein the Lord doth stile himself Righteous. (Saith he) If you will now plow up your fallow ground, and seek the Lord, the Lord will deliver you from oppression, and the Lord will make good all his faithfulness to you, according to all that good word that he hath promised.
And this Righteousness it shall be Rain, 1that is: First, to note that all their good and help it must come from Heaven as the Rain doth, as if the Prophet should say, If you look to men, yea, to men in public place you have little hopes that there should be such righteous dealings, or to expect that the good Word of God in all his Promises to his People should be fulfilled, yea, but look to Heaven, saith God, I'll rain, it shall come down from Heaven by ways that are above nature, that are above the power of man, I'll rain Righteousness; seek him therefore till he rain Righteousness, be not discouraged though you should see those in public glace to carry things never so unrighteously, yet seek the Lord till he rain Righteousness.