A30574:512
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.
Rejoice not for Joy.
Rejoyce not for Joy.
Carnal hearts in their joy are set upon jollity,1 their spirits insult and they think of nothing that should moderate their joy, so the words import, Rejoice not for joy; if you will rejoice, let there not be mere joy, but some kind of mixture in it; there should be a mixture of reverence and fear in our rejoicing, we should rejoice with trembling here in this world.
Carnal hearts in their joy are set upon jolity,1 their spirits insult and they think of nothing that should moderate their joy, so the words import, Rejoyce not for joy; if you will rejoyce, let there not be meer joy, but some kind of mixture in it; there should be a mixture of reverence and fear in our rejoycing, we should rejoyce with trembling here in this world.
- 1Obs. 1.
Whatsoever blessings we have from God, yet (I say) we should rejoice with trembling here, remembering first our