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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
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › CHAP. VIII. › Verse 11: VER. 11.
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.
But this is the Note, in that the Altar of Incense stands just against the Mercy-seat, and yet there is a Veil between the Mercy-seat and it. So when we are to offer up our Incense upon the Merits of Christ and his Intercession, though we cannot by the eye of our bodies see the Mercy-seat, yet we must act our faith upon the Mercy-seat; and then that's observable, that the Incense must be burnt upon this Altar at that very time when the Lamps were to be trimmed and lighted, so you shall observe it in Exod. 30. 7. and that was to note thus much to us: That we are to join the Word with our Prayers, and not to come ignorantly to God, but labour to enlighten our souls with the Lamp of his Word, when we come to offer up our Incense to God.
But this is the Note, in that the Altar of Incense stands just against the Mercy-seat, and yet there is a Vail between the Mercy-seat and it. So when we are to offer up our Incense upon the Merits of Christ and his Intercession, though we cannot by the eye of our bodies see the Mercy-seat, yet we must act our faith upon the Mercy-seat; and then that's observable, that the Incense must be burnt upon this Altar at that very time when the Lamps were to be trim'd and lighted, so you shall observe it in Exod. 30. 7. and that was to note thus much to us: That we are to joyn the Word with our Prayers, and not to come ignorantly to God, but labor to enlighten our souls with the Lamp of his Word, when we come to offer up our Incense to God.
Further, There is a command that no strange Incense shall be offered upon it. This is to teach us thus much: That we must take heed of bringing any thing to God to offer him in Prayer, but what comes from the Spirit of God, only Gods own Incense; Take heed (I say) of bringing unsanctified parts, or any thing but that which is from the Spirit of God.