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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.
Hence note that,1 We are ready to imitate our forefathers in that which is evil, but not in that which is good. Their forefathers were great enemies and were mightily incensed against adding but one Altar to Gods Altars, but they will not imitate their forefathers in this good thing, in standing for that one true Worship of God; ordinarily when any thing is evil there we will imitate our forefathers, but we leave them in that which is good.
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If you would ask the reason why it came to pass that their Progenitors were so zealous for Gods own Altar, and yet now their children after them make many Altars, the reason may be this, which will afford a Note of very great use unto us, When their Progenitors came first into the Land of Canaan, and Joshua as soon as they came in he did according to the Commandment of God by Moses, set up an Altar, and they seeing upon their first coming into the Land the goodness of God towards them, they were much taken with this; but now after they had enjoyed the Land a while, after they begun to be settled, to be warm in their nests, and to prosper in the Land, then they ventured upon this way of corrupting of Gods Worship, and multiplying Altars; and when they had once ventured, and ⟨p. 80⟩escaped unpunished, then they thought they were sure: and so by degrees they come to this excess in superstitious Worship▪
If you would ask the reason why it came to pass that their Progenitors were so zealous for Gods own Altar, and yet now their children after them make many Altars, the reason may be this, which will afford a Note of very great use unto us, When their Progenitors came first into the Land af Canaan, and Joshua assoon as they came in he did according to the Commandement of God by Moses, set up an Altar, and they seeing upon their first coming into the Land the goodness of God towards them, they were much taken with this; but now after they had enjoyed the Land a while, after they begun to be setled, to be warm in their nests, and to prosper in the Land, then they ventured upon this way of corruping of Gods Worship, and multiplying Altars; and when they had once ventured, and