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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.
The bread for their soul.] That is; When they are seeking God even for their very lives. By Bread, is to be understood, their oblations more generally,1 not only Bread, but their Oblations, As Malac. 1. 7. Ye offer polluted bread upon mine Altar: it's taken generally for all kind of offerings upon Gods Altar. So, The bread for their souls, that is, those offerings that they did offer for their very lives.
Now from thence the Note is this:1 That it's a sad thing when a creature would seek to God for his very life, yet then God rejects him and his offering too. Before these people they did reject the voice of the Lord at the Temple, and they kept others from going to the House of the Lord, they thought sacrifices elsewhere would serve the turn as well; but now they shall be far enough from bringing any sacrifices to the House of the Lord though they should desire to do it for their very souls. Thus many who in the time of their prosperity do neglect the Worship of God and slight it, and think there is no great matter in it,2 but afterwards when they see their very lives, their souls lie at the mercy of God, then they would fain seek God for their lives, they see they are undone if God be not merciful to them, yet then God rejects them, their offerings then for their souls shall not come into the House of the Lord, that is; will not be accepted of God. When a man is crying for an Alms, but for a piece of bread, to be rejected is something; but when a man is crying for his soul, then to be rejected, and by God himself, this is more grievous.