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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. › Chapter 9 › Verse 4: VER. 4.
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, 1That, those who abuse their joy to their lusts when they have it, it's just with God it should be taken from them, that they should have none to give to God though they would never so fain.
- 1Obs. 1.
Secondly,1 This makes an affliction to be bitter and grievous indeed, That all joy and comfort in Gods service is gone; for that's the scope, They shall offer no Wine offerings, all their joy in the service of God shall be gone; they shall not only have sorrow in their outward afflictions that are upon them, but every time they come to think of any service of God their hearts shall be dejected, all their joy in the service of God shall be taken away: there was a time when some of you were wont to offer Wine offerings to the Lord, that is, to have much joy and comfort in the service of God, but is not all gone? where's your Wine offerings to the Lord? you can now perform duties, but your hearts are heavy and dull in the performance of them, there's no sweetness, there's no enlargement of spirit in holy duties, all the Worship of God is a burden now unto you. Now there is no burden of affliction so great a burden as when the duties of Gods Worship comes to be a burden. The Saints, so long as they have a Wine offering for the Lord in holy duties, so long as their spirits in holy duties can be free and joyful, their afflictions are not very burdensome, they are well enough, this is more delightful to them than all the Wine in the world, for they can say of Gods love, They love is better than Wine; so they can say of their love to God again, That our love unto him is more comfortable to us than any Wine in the world; Now though they be in afflictions, their estates are gone, that they have no Wine to drink themselves, yet they have a Wine offering to offer unto the Lord. It's no great matter though we ⟨p. 164⟩