A30574:975
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.
It is a judgment to have an unsettled spirit wandering up and down,1 and can settle to nothing▪ sometimes in this place, sometimes in that; sometimes in this way, and sometimes in another;2 this is a judgment of God. Solomon hath such an expression, The sight of the eyes is better than the wandering of the desires: the wandering of mens appetites and desires, work a great deal of vexation to them.
It is a judgment to have an unsetled spirit wandring up and down,1 and can settle to nothing▪ somtimes in this place, sometimes in that; sometimes in this way, and sometimes in another;2 this is a judgment of God. Solomon hath such an expression, The sight of the eyes is better than the wandring of the desires: the wandring of mens appetites and desires, work a great deal of vexation to them.
- 1Obs. 1.
- 2Eccles. 6. 9.
Again, observe that, Those who are cast away out of Gods house, they can have no rest, they go about like the unclean spirit, seeking rest, but can find none. Psal. 139. Here will ⟨p. 297⟩I rest for ever: