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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.
Fourthly,1 For men after wickedness is committed, to stand impudently, and boldly in the defence of it, and to be so far from the acknowledgement of their sin, as they will rather venture desperately the undoing of themselves than they will come in to acknowledge or let Justice have its course: this is an abominable wickedness in the eyes of God. Thus they did in the days of Gibeah. And thus you are ready to do, not only to commit horrible wickedness and sins, but to stand in the defence of it; there is this desperate stoutness of spirit, and hardness of heart in many men, that when they are once got into the way of sin, rather than they would yield and submit, they will venture the undoing of themselves: the men of Gibeah did so, and they were undone accordingly.
Fourthly,1 For men after wickedness is committed, to stand impudently, and boldly in the defence of it, and to be so far from the acknowledgment of their sin, as they will rather venture desperately the undoing of themselves than they will come in to acknowledg or let Justice have its course: this is an abominable wickedness in the eyes of God. Thus they did in the daies of Gibeah. And thus you are ready to do, not only to commit horrible wickedness and sins, but to stand in the defence of it; there is this desperate stoutness of spirit, and hardness of heart in many men, that when they are once got into the way of sin, rather than they would yield and submit, they will venture the undoing of themselves: the men of Gibeah did so, and they were undone accordingly.
- 1Obs. 4.
Yea further,1 Not only to stand out our selves in evil, but to join with others to defend them, though it be the venturing of our own undoing and others, this is further wickedness; yet how many have we of the Gentry and Nobility of the Kingdom,