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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 13: VER. 13.
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 note, That the consideration of the shiftless estate of 1our Ancestors should humble us much: And if the consideration of our Ancestors should humble us thus, how much more when we consider of our own shiftless estate. Oh! lately, how shiftless were we! And the truth is, though 2there were Armies raised, yet God would not so much look at them, but rather looked at his Prophets, and his Servants; the praying people were the main and principal means that did help us in that condition, and this should humble us, we should take heed of growing haughty and proud when we are delivered, considering how shiftless we were but a little while ago; and therefore if now we have gotten peace, and prosperity we think is coming in, take heed of pride now, look back to that shiftless, poor condition that you were in a little while ago.
First note, That the consideration of the shiftless estate of 1our Ancestors should humble us much: And if the consideration of our Ancestors should humble us thus, how much more when we consider of our own shiftless estate. Oh! lately, how shiftless were we! And the truth is, though 2there were Armies raised, yet God would not so much look at them, but rather look'd at his Prophets, and his Servants; the praying people were the main and principal means that did help us in that condition, and this should humble us, we should take heed of growing haughty and proud when we are delivered, considering how shiftless we were but a little while ago; and therefore if now we have gotten peace, and prosperity we think is coming in, take heed of pride now, look back to that shiftless, poor condition that you were in a little while ago.
- 1Obs. 1.
- 2Applied to England.