A30574:58
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.
VERSE XII. Obs. 1. Though the sins of people be great, and judgments near, we know not what an exhortation may do 441 Obs. 2 The actions of men are seeds 445 Obs. 3 They shall come up in the same kind ib. Obs. 4 The seed lies in the ground rotting a while, yet afterwards comes up. ib. Obs. 5 The seed sown comes up through the blessing of God upon it ib. Obs. 6. The better the seed is, the longer it lies under ground 446 Obs. 7 The Ministers of God are sowers. ib. Obs. 8 Large opportunities of doing service for God should be our riches ib. Obs. 9 It is not every seed will serve the turn 447 Obs. 10 As a man sows so shall he reap. 450 Use. Let the Saints set a price upon the actions of Righteousness 451 Obs. 11 God will give abundantly above our good works 455 Obs. 12 The hearts of men naturally are fallow grounds 456 Obs. 13 It is high time to seek the LORD 474 Reasons. 1 God hath been a long time patient ib. 2 Mercy is even going ib. 3 It is an acceptable time. ib. Obs. 14 It is time for England to seek God 478 Obs. 15 God will come to sow Righteousness in time 480 Obs. 16 Sometimes God doth not presently rain Righteousness upon his people that sow it 481 ⟨image 13⟩Obs. 17 Those that seek aright will continue seeking till God comes ib. Motives to continue seeking. 1. Thou art doing thy duty. 482 2. Thou canst not do better. ib. 3. While you are waiting God is working good ib. 4. While thou art seeking thou art not without some dews. 483 5. When he comes he will come more fully. ib. Obs. 18 To those that are content to seek God till he comes, he will come with plentiful showers 484 Obs. 19 The help of those that seek God is from Heaven 485 Obs. 20 When God comes he makes his people fruitful ib. Obs. 21 God comes in righteousness to them that seek him 486 Obs. 22 Though the good we do be our own good yet God rewards us as though he got by it ib.
VERSE XII. Obs. 1. Though the sins of people be great, and judgments near, we know not what an exhortation may do 441 Obs. 2 The actions of men are seeds 445 Obs. 3 They shal come up in the same kind ib. Obs. 4 The seed lies in the ground rotting a while, yet afterwards comes up. ib. Obs. 5 The seed sowen comes up through the blessing of God upon it ib. Obs. 6. The better the seed is, the longer it lies under ground 446 Obs. 7 The Ministers of God are sowers. ib. Obs. 8 Large oportunities of doing service for God should be our riches ib. Obs. 9 It is not every seed will serve the turn 447 Obs. 10 As a man sows so shall he reap. 450 Use. Let the Saints set a price upon the actions of Righteousness 451 Obs. 11 God will give abundantly above our good works 455 Obs. 12 The hearts of men naturally are fallow grounds 456 Obs. 13 It is high time to seek the LORD 474 Reasons. 1 God hath been a long time patient ib. 2 Mercy is even going ib. 3 It is an acceptable time. ib. Obs. 14 It is time for England to seek God 478 Obs. 15 God will come to sow Righteousnes in time 480 Obs. 16 Sometimes God doth not presently rain Righteousness upon his people that sow it 481