A30574:1520
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.
'Tis the Lord I seek, and he is a great God, and is fit to be waited on, though he doth not come presently. We think it is a matter of State,1 because of the distance that there is between one and another to make them stay, Why should we think much that we should wait upon the great and Infinite ⟨p. 482⟩God? And perhaps you pray, and find no benefit; it is fit for you to wait upon God. There is an infinite distance between God and you,2 Seek till he comes. If you do not get that, that you seek for, yet you are doing your duty, and that is enough.
- 1simile.
- 2Motive to continue seeking God▪
This is a very great evil among many, They are praying and seeking God, but they only have their eyes upon what they shall get by seeking God, and if nothing comes of it, then they are discontented; whereas merely the consideration of that, that thou art doing thy duty should be enough to quiet thy heart.
This is a very great evil among many, They are praying and seeking God, but they only have their eyes upon what they shall get by seeking God, and if nothing comes of it, then they are discontented; whereas meerly the consideration of that, that thou art doing thy duty should be enough to quiet thy heart.