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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, Whereas Israel thought themselves holy and devout for God in the multitude of their sacrifices, and their devotion, and their services that they tendered up to God, yet God looks upon them as filthy and wicked, as the men of Gibeah were that committed sodomy and such kind of filthiness, saith God, You have corrupted your selves as in the days of Gibeah; whatsoever your fair shows are, and your sacrifices be that you offer, yet you are looked upon as thus vile and abominable before God.
Thirdly, Whereas Israel thought themselves holy and devout for God in the multitude of their sacrifices, and their devotion, and their services that they tendered up to God, yet God looks upon them as filthy and wicked, as the men of Gibeah were that committed sodomy and such kind of filthiness, saith God, You have corrupted your selves as in the daies of Gibeah; whatsoever your fair shews are, and your sacrifices be that you offer, yet you are lookt upon as thus vile and abominable before God.
From whence therefore the Note may be,1 That men may have very fair shows in the Worship of God, and do that which ⟨p. 208⟩may seem to be much for the honour of God, and yet God looking with other eyes than men do, God may behold them as filthy, abominable, and loathsome in his sight. God will not be put off with words of Reformation and the Service of God, for men may have such base ends in it, and may mix so much of themselves to corrupt the right way of God, and to keep out the right service of God with shows of serving him, that this may make them and their services to be as odious to God as the most filthy thing in the world; that's the clear and plain Note from thence. We do not read of such abominable filthiness of body as was in the days of Gibeah, but because of the corruptions of Gods Worship that they carried fairly, yet the Lord looked upon it as filthy, as that was in the days of Gibeah.
From whence therefore the Note may be,