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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 14: VER. 14.
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, That God is not angry but when he is provoked, neither 1should we be; let us be as our Heavenly Father is: saith God, You have provoked me to anger.
First, That God is not angry but when he is provok'd, neither 1should we be; let us be as our Heavenly Father is: saith God, You have provok'd me to anger.
- 1Obs. 1.
And then Secondly, It is sin that provokes God, it puts 1God to stir up his anger, it puts it to trial, to see whether there be any anger in God or no; in Heb. 3. 9. Your Fathers provoked me, they tried me, they would put it to 2trial whether there was such anger in me yea, or no. Wicked men indeed do so, they hear much of the anger of God against sin, and they put it to trial, they will see whether it be so or no; they dare not say so in words, but their actions do so: Oh! it's a dreadful evil to provoke God, 1 Cor. 10. 22. Do ye provoke the Lord to jealousy? are you stronger than he? Can you stand it out with God? Is it not folly to provoke a man that is a Superior, that hath power over you, and can crush you? Oh wretched, bold heart that darest stand it out to provoke the eyes of his Glory, to provoke the holy one of Israel▪ What, to provoke him that can stamp you into Hell presently ▪ to provoke him that hath the point of the Sword of Justice at your hearts! but yet this is the boldness of ungodly men; a man that dares not provoke his Landlord, yet will dare to provoke God.