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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.
Thirdly, it was to note this, That God would have cheerfulness §3in his service, and therefore the bread of mourners is accounted polluted.1 Levit. 10. 19. we read of Aaron when there was such an occasion of mourning as ever was (almost for a man, for the death of his children that were so eminent in office, and were destroyed so with such a visible hand of God (fire from Heaven) when Moses was angry that the Priests had not eat of the sin offering, saith Aaron, If I had eaten of the sin offering to day, 2should it have been accepted? It would have been but as the bread of mourners. I that have bin struck this day, and am in such a dreadful condition, Would God have regarded the sin offering? God required joy in his services in Deut. 1•. 7. 18. verses, and hence that profession was required in Deut. 26. 13, 14. verses, Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, 3I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, 4and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the Stranger, to the Fatherless, and to the Widow, according to all the Commandments which thou hast ⟨p. 168⟩commanded me, 5I have not transgressed thy Commandments, neither have I forgotten them. And then in the 14. vers. I have not eaten thereof in my mourning &c.
Thirdly, it was to note this, That God would have cheerfulness §3