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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.
Their way in which they trusted.] That is, The way of Religion, they thought that was good; But had they had nothing else to trust in but that, their trust would not have been very sure.
From thence the Note is this,1 That those who trust to any way of their own, had need of creature strengths to uphold them. It's a Note of very great use, they had need of bladders to be under their arm-holes, if they trust in a way of their ⟨p. 499⟩own. But now if the Way be the Way of God that a man hath confidence in, why then though all outward helps should fail him, though all encouragements should fail in this world, though we should see the creatures at never so great a distance, yet the heart that hath confidence in Gods way hath enough to uphold it; here's the difference between men trusting in their own way, and in Gods way. Indeed when men trust in their own way so long as the Sun shines upon their way, that they have external helps, they can go on confident, but let outward helps fail, and their hearts sink within them.
- 1Obs. 4.
But now when the heart is upright with God, and trusts in the Word,1 and Promises, then it is able to say with Habakkuk, in Chap. 3. 17. That though the Fig-tree shall not blossom, neither the fruit be in the Vines; the labour of the Olive should fail, and the Field should yield no meat, the Flock should be cut off from the fold, and there should be no Herd in the stalls; yet they will rejoice in the Lord, and joy in the God of their salvation. Let Heaven and Earth meet ether, whatsoever becomes of Armies, and of the Policies of men, of Friends, and all outward respects; yet I will bless my self in the Lord, and bless the time that ever I knew God, and his ways,