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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.
And then the sixth Note is this,1 That the fruit of Gods coming to his People after seeking, it is, To make them fruitful, that's the end of Gods coming, the end of the Mercy of God in coming to people, it is, to make their seeds to grow up and be fruitful. It may be you would have God come, but wherefore, to bring comfort to you? No, the end of Gods coming to his Saints, it is, To make them fruitful, and this would be an Argument of the sincerity of your hearts in seeking God: When you are seeking him, what do you seek him for, only for comfort, and peace, and to ease you from troubles? Yea, but do you seek God that you may be fruitful?2 The Hypocrites seek to have Grace that they may have Comfort, and the godly seeks Comfort that they may have grace, so it is, That God may rain Righteousness: I am as a dry ground, Oh! that God would come with the influence of his Grace to make me fruitful in the works of holiness: Many of you would have comfort, (as now in these days mens ears are altogether set upon comfort) but is your comfort the showers of God? doth it make the seeds of Righteousness fructify in your hearts? Certainly you can have little comfort of that comfort that is not as rain from Heaven to bring up the fruits of Righteousness in your hearts, and in your lives.
And then the sixt Note is this,1 That the fruit of Gods coming to his People after seeking, it is, To make them fruitful, that's the end of Gods coming, the end of the Mercy of God in coming to people, it is, to make their seeds to grow up and be fruitful. It may be you would have God come, but wherefore, to bring comfort to you? No, the end of Gods coming to his Saints, it is, To make them fruitful, and this would be an Argument of the sincerity of your hearts in seeking God: When you are seeking him, what do you seek him for, only for comfort, and peace, and to ease you from troubles? Yea, but do you seek God that you may be fruitful?2 The Hypocrits seek to have Grace that they may have Comfort, and the godly seeks Comfort that they may have grace, so it is, That God may rain Righteousness: I am as a dry ground, Oh! that God would come with the influence of his Grace to make me fruitful in the works of holiness: Many of you would have comfort, (as now in these daies mens ears are altogether set upon comfort) but is your comfort the showers of God? doth it make the seeds of Righteousness fructifie in your hearts? Certainly you can have little comfort of that comfort that is not as rain from Heaven to bring up the fruits of Righteousness in your hearts, and in your lives.