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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 9: VER. 9.
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.
First, When men prosper in a sinful way they forget what God hath done for them in former times. As if he should say, 1You do not remember that I am the Lord thy God from the Land of Egypt; Now you are frolic and merry, and have your hearts desires; but remember there was a time when you were low enough, and cried and made your moan to me in your affliction, Oh! remember those days. Oh! how ordinary is it for us in our prosperity to forget Gods mercies in delivering of us, from Affliction? We have been low enough not long since, 2but the Lord hath in great measure delivered us from our Egypt, and presently as soon as God hath delivered us, every man begins to think of enriching themselves and are plotting for estates, presently (I say) we have forgotten our sad condition, the time of our mourning, our praying, Oh what disposition is there in our hearts now contrary to what seemed to be a while ago? when we were under sore and sad afflictions, New sins that we commit doth as it were occasion God to remember afresh his mercies that he hath done for us.
First, When men prosper in a sinful way they forget what God hath done for them in former times. As if he should say, 1You do not remember that I am the Lord thy God from the Land of Egypt; Now you are frolick and merrie, and have your hearts desires; but remember there was a time when you were low enough, and cried and made your moan to me in your affliction, Oh! remember those daies. Oh! how ordinarie is it for us in our prosperitie to forget Gods mercies in delivering of us, from Affliction? We have been low enough not long since, 2but the Lord hath in great measure delivered us from our Egypt, and presently assoon as God hath delivered us, everie man begins to think of enriching themselves and are plotting for estates, presentlie (I say) we have forgotten our sad condition, the time of our mourning, our praying, Oh what disposition is there in our hearts now contrarie to what seem'd to be a while ago? when we were under sore and sad afflictions, New sins that we commit doth as it were occasion God to remember afresh his mercies that he hath done for us.