A30574:216
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
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › CHAP. VIII. › Verse 7: VER. 7.
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.
Thirdly,1 Sowing it is a work for the maintaining of the succession of provision for one Generation to another. Idolaters they labour to keep up their false worship for the posterity that is coming after;2 they are not content to enjoy it themselves all the while they live, but they take a course to have those they leave behind them to enjoy it when they are gone.3 Thus we should do, and great reason we have to do thus, in the true Worship of God, not think it enough to enjoy it our selves, but to take all ways that possibly we can that we may leave our posterity to enjoy it, that we may sow for posterity as well as for our selves, that we may leave a stock of provision for our children afterwards. Through Gods mercy our forefathers did so, and we have reaped the harvest of their seed, and through their endeavours we have enjoyed much of this Worship of God, and the Truths of God, let us likewise sow for those that are coming after.
Thirdly,1 Sowing it is a work for the maintaining of the succession of provision for one Generation to another. Idolaters they labor to keep up their false worship for the posterity that is coming after;2 they are not content to enjoy it themselves all the while they live, but they take a course to have those they leave behind them to enjoy it when they are gone.3 Thus we should do, and great reason we have to do thus, in the true Worship of God, not think it enough to enjoy it our selves, but to take al waies that possibly we can that we may leave our posterity to enjoy it, that we may sow for posterity as well as for our selves, that we may leave a stock of provision for our children afterwards. Through Gods mercy our forefathers did so, and we have reapt the harvest of their seed, and through their endeavors we have enjoyed much of this Worship of God, and the Truths of God, let us likewise sow for those that are coming after.