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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.
Great Armies are the things that are the Confidence of Carnal hearts: 1when they can get a great Army up of a multitude of Mighty Men, let there be never such threats in the Word, yet if they think they have strength enough to bear them out, they bless themselves in that. Oh! let us take heed of this Carnal Confidence: Through Gods Mercy the Lord hath given us now, that we have the multitude of Mighty Men on our side,2 let us take heed that our Faith do not ebb and flow as our Armies do; and I will give you one Scripture that shows how far a gracious heart is from making flesh his Arm, Cursed is that man (you know the Scripture) that maketh flesh his Arm. But an example of a godly man to show how far he was from trusting in an Army of mighty men,3 in 2 Chron. 14. 11. It is nothing (saith Asa) with thee to help with many, or with them that have no power. Why Lord, though we have no power, yet thou canst help us. Why did Asa speak thus? Had he no power? You shall find in the Chapter a little before, that Asa had five hundred and fourscore thousand valiant fighting men, Almost six hundred thousand valiant men that he had at that time when he is pleading with God, Lord thou canst save where there is no power. We account it a great Army, if we have twenty, or thirty, or forty thousand men; he hath almost six hundred thousand men, and yet goes to God and prays, Lord, thou canst help where there is no power.
Great Armies are the things that are the Confidence of Carnal hearts: 1when they can get a great Army up of a multitude of Mighty Men, let there be never such threats in the Word, yet if they think they have strength enough to bear them out, they bless themselves in that. Oh! let us take heed of this Carnal Confidence: Through Gods Mercie the Lord hath given us now, that we have the multitude of Mightie Men on our side,2 let us take heed that our Faith do not eb and flow as our Armies do; and I wil give you one Scripture that shews how far a gracious heart is from making flesh his Arm, Cursed is that man (you know the Scripture) that maketh flesh his Arm. But an example of a godly man to shew how far he was from trusting in an Armie of mighty men,