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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 12 › Verse 10: VER. 10.
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.
You may see here, That the Lord takes account of the manner of mens preaching, as well as the things they preach; and men may have their sins aggravated, not only for standing out against the Word, but against the Word so and so delivered. The main necessary Truths of God are made known to you all, yea, but some of you, have them made known to you in a more sweet, wooing, and 1winning way, and a more convincing way than others have, and God takes account, not only of the things you hear, but of the manner of it.
You may see here, That the Lord takes account of the manner of mens preaching, as well as the things they preach; and men may have their sins aggravated, not only for standing out against the Word, but against the Word so and so delivered. The main necessary Truths of God are made known to you all, yea, but some of you, have them made known to you in a more sweet, woing, and 1winning way, and a more convincing way than others have, and God takes account, not only of the things you hear, but of the manner of it.
- 1Effectual preaching.
And Secondly, The revealing the Word by similitudes is 1a very useful and profitable way; for it makes much for the settling of Truth, and the making Truth go to a mans heart before he is aware, the Truth conveyed in a way of similitude takes impression upon the memory; sometimes speak a Truth, and express it in the way of a Simile, and many will go away and remembering the Simile, so come to remember the Truth. I remember it's reported of that Noble Marquess, Marquess Galeacias that had a great Estate, and was of Kin to the Pope, and yet coming upon a time but to hear Peter Martyr preach, and upon a mere Simile that he had, God stroke his heart,