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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.
You have ploughed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity.
You have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity.
You do not hear of any sowing; for the truth is, there need no sowing for wickedness, there need be but the preparation, do but plough, that is, do but prepare the ground, and wickedness will come up alone. When you plough Righteousness you must sow the seeds of Righteousness.
You do not hear of any sowing; for the truth is, there need no sowing for wickednss, there need be but the preparation, do but plow, that is, do but prepare the ground, and wickedness will come up alone. When you plow Righteousness you must sow the seeds of Righteousness.
Ye reap iniquity.
The meaning is this,1 You have your hearts desire to bring about your own ends, to have what you ploughed for. Sometimes men do plough and take a great deal of pains in that which is evil, and God crosses them; but at other times God lets them reap: that is, Do you labour for to promote such a thing though it be not according to Gods mind, it may be God will let you have it; well, you plough for it, and you shall have it; and doest thou bless thy self in that? Oh! woe to thee, it is a woeful harvest that thou hast, it is a fearful curse for any man or woman for to have their hearts desires satisfied in their sin, it were a thousand times better that thy ploughing were to no purpose at all, that all thy labours and endeavours were quite lost; thou art loth to lose thy endeavours in the ways of sin, Oh! but it were a