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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth 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 eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth 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, 1651
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 12 › Verse 8: VER. 8.
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So he put off all that the Prophet spake. I remember in Luke, 12. when Christ was preaching to the Pharisees, the text saith, Those that were rich derided him; rich covetous men they slight any thing that is said against them, for they have where withal, they think to relieve their consciences against all their guilt; Well, though thou mayest think to relieve thy conscience for the present, it will not always be so, there is a time that conscience will speak, and will not be put off with those conceits that now thou puttest it off withal, The Saints they believe the 1Ward against sense, and carnal hearts believe sense against the Word; here's the difference between a Godly man, and a wicked; I say, one that's Godly, and hath Faith, he believes the Word against sense; let me go on in a way that I know is Gods way, though I do not prosper, yet I have peace in it, I do not repent me of it; but a wicked man, he will believe sense against the Word, let the ⟨p. 330⟩Word say, my way is never so dangerous, yet if I have experience by sense, that I prosper in it, that shall suffice me, Yet I am rich, and have got substance. —In all my labours they shall find no iniquity in me, that were sin.2
So he put off all that the Prophte spake. I remember in Luke, 12. when Christ was preaching to the Pharisees, the text saith, Those that were rich derided him; rich covetous men they slight any thing that is said against them, for they have where withal, they think to relieve their consciences against all their guilt; Well, though thou maiest think to relieve thy conscience for the present, it will not alwaies be so, there is a time that conscience will speak, and will not be put off with those conceits that now thou puttest it off withal, The Saints they beleeve the 1Ward against sence, and carnal hearts beleeve sence against the Word; here's the difference between a Godly man, and a wicked; I say, one that's Godlie, and hath Faith, he beleeves the Word against sence; let me go on in a way that I know is Gods way, though I do not prosper, yet I have peace in it, I do not repent me of it; but a wicked man, he will beleeve sence against the Word, let the